1. Fair Housing: Concepts, Compliance, and Practice
November 4, 2015

2. Training Topics Fair Housing 101 Reasonable Accommodations
Compliance Overview
Exercise: When discrimination is illegal
First we’ll go through the basic ER process from start to finish
As you know, most CHIP projects involve multiple locations that you don’t know at the beginning of the program year – so next we will discuss the tiered review process

4. Standard Fair Housing Program
Local Fair Housing Contact
Complaint Intake
General Information
Assistance with filing complaints with HUD or OCRC
Education
Fair Housing training in each CDBG / HOME target area or target population
Fair Housing education to schools, local organizations, or civic groups
Outreach
Production of effective fair housing informational materials
Distribution to 10 key locations in a community
Analysis of Impediments
Analysis
Identification of impediments
Proposed remedies
Action plan with a timetable
Recordkeeping
SFHP developed in consultation with fair housing providers, grantees, and the OCRC (1993).
INTAKE – we are developing an intake template
Outreach: 10 public events, agencies, or organizations each quarter (from CD app)
Analysis of impediments:
Complete AI 5 years/updated annually
Analysis of the community
Demographics
Community housing stock
Rentals? Ownership?
Rehab needs
Group Quarters
Barriers to Fair Housing
Policies? Zoning? Taxes? Lending Practices?
Recommendations and Action Plan
Include challenges
How to overcome identified barriers

5. Standard Fair Housing Program: Additional CHIP Program Requirements
Education
Fair Housing training that targets the potential applicant pool of the funded housing activities, agency staff that serve clients, and CHIP "target areas" or "target populations,“ if applicable
Outreach
Materials distributed to all CHIP program participants / applicants
5 additional points of distribution (agencies, organizations, events serving CHIP target areas and potential program participants)
Analysis of Impediments
Conduct Analysis of Impediments if not specifically included in a direct grantee Analysis
Training (from CHIP App):
All Grantees of Community Housing Impact and Preservation (CHIP) funds are required to conduct a fair housing training for each housing activity undertaken, e. g. private owner rehabilitation potential applicants, rental rehabilitation potential applicants, tenant based rental assistance (TBRA) applicants, Habitat For Humanity applicants, emergency monthly housing payment applicants, etc.). Also if you are targeting any special populations such as individuals with disabilities, seniors, homeless, battered spouses, etc., training should be designed and provided to the groups. Training should also be provided to agency staff that serve clients such as housing authorities, homeless prevention and supportive service agencies.
Homebuyer education activities must contain a fair housing component that includes information related to potential discriminatory actions related to lending, insurance and real estate practices, including abusive or unfair lending practices.
Owners who participate in rental rehabilitation projects must receive fair housing and tenant landlord training and/or information. Additionally, owners of rental rehabilitation projects consisting of five or more rental units must submit an affirmative marketing plan and receive training or information regarding affirmative fair housing marketing.