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APPENDIX 9

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

ILLUSTRATION: Actions to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing

o Establish a State policy of promoting fair housing in the CDBG

program.

o If the State has a policy of promoting fair housing in the CDBG

program, the State may monitor voluntary actions undertaken by

recipients. The State may:

\-- Ask about the recipients general communication with

fair housing groups and request information about any

existing recipient funding of such groups;

\-- Ask to see materials developed locally to promote

awareness of fair housing laws and guidelines.

o Participate in the New Horizons Housing Opportunity Program.

o Encourage the participation of the State real estate licensing

agency in the HUD and National Association of Real Estate License

Law Officials (NARELLO) Agreement.

o Encourage recipients to review local zoning laws and procedures

to determine whether they contribute to, or detract from,

progress in fair housing. The State may wish to suggest that

recipients establish a collection of zoning material to have

available for the use of fair housing groups as well as

recipients\' staff.

o Schedule special fair housing activities during April, National

Fair Housing Month.

o Encourage recipients to fund local fair housing organizations or

provide both financial and technical assistance to citizens

wishing to organize such a group.

o Encourage recipients to participate in and actively promote

community efforts to enact strong fair housing laws. The

State may want to suggest that recipients develop:

\-- Reference collections of fair housing laws and ordinances

for use of citizens\' groups as well as recipients\' staff.

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\-- A \"model\" fair housing ordinance for community

consideration.

o Encourage recipients to use local resources to assess existing

public opinion about the status of fair housing in the community.

Possible contacts include:

\-- Fair housing organizations

\-- Public and private \"community centers\"

\-- Civil rights groups

\-- Organizations representing minorities, women, older

citizens, and the handicapped.

o Provide recipients with pamphlets or booklets giving fair

housing advertising guidelines and with fair housing posters

to display. Suggest that recipients develop covering letter

to accompany this material and send to all local:

\-- Newspapers

\-- Other publishers of real estate advertisements

\-- Real estate firms

\-- Banks

\-- Savings and loan associations

o Encourage recipients to develop active public information and

educational programs to provide fair housing information to the

community. The State may wish to suggest that recipients focus

these programs on the following types of groups:

\-- Citizen groups concerned with housing issues (fair housing

groups, tenant associations, builders, real estate

personnel).

\-- Organizations representing specific population groups

(minorities, women, senior citizens, etc.)

\-- Other local organizations (advocacy groups, unions, voters

leagues)

o Suggest recipients undertake efforts to focus public information

activities on:

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\-- Specific population groups known to have suffered from

discriminatory practices in the past.

\-- Groups directly involved in housing-related activities.

o Ask recipients to document any specific actions such as those

above, undertaken to affirmatively further fair housing.

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