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<br />Resolution 72-309 <br /> <br />August 7, 1972 <br />Resolution 72-228 <br /> <br />April 4, 1973 <br />Resolution 73-77 <br /> <br />October 26, 1973 <br />Resolution 73-73 <br /> <br />January 1975 <br /> <br />May 1975 <br />Resolution 75-121 <br />July 7, 1975 <br />Resolution 75-176 <br /> <br />August 1975 <br />Correspondence <br />on record. <br /> <br />Advisory Committee to help facilitate discussions and develop a work plan <br />to achieve open housing in San Leandro. The project was entitled the San <br />Leandro Freedom of Choice in Housing Project. His scope of services was <br />also to include: assisting minority families in their efforts to purchase <br />homes in San Leandro; implement a central rental locator service to identify <br />available units; conciliation regarding acts of discrimination in property <br />sales and rentals; and creating a system for periodic evaluation of changing <br />ethnic demographics in the neighborhoods. <br /> <br />A final report was prepared for HUD after 12 months as an evaluation of <br />the program. One of the most significant outcomes of the Project was the <br />creation ofthe Joint Equal Rights Committee oflocal real estate <br />associations and creation of a Fair Practice Code and Affirmative Action <br />Plan. This included plans for training of real estate brokers and agents in <br />the Fair Housing Act, community education, monitoring of the industry, <br />and work with lendin institutions on fair lendin ractices. <br />The City Council created the San Leandro Committee on Social Needs to <br />assess the social needs in San Leandro and to advise the City in <br />develo ment of new services and fundraisin efforts. <br />The City Council marked the fifth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of <br />1968 by passing a resolution naming the week of April 8-14, 1973 as <br />"Freedom of Choice in Housing Week" and asked that the schools in San <br />Leandro include a classroom discussion of the San Leandro Freedom of <br />Choice in Housing Project and the 1968 Civil Rights Act. <br />Currently: The City annually proclaims April as Fair Housing <br />Month to raise awareness about fair housing laws and the City's <br />programs to help community members in need of assistance. <br />Housing assistance programs, tenant/landlord counseling services <br />and other resources are advertised on the City's web site under the <br />Communi Develo ment De artment. <br />The City Council created the Human Resources Commission to "have an <br />overview of the social conditions in the city of San Leandro, including drug <br />abuse, crisis intervention, family counseling, psychological services, child <br />care, freedom of choice in housing and employment, social service <br />information and referral, legal aid, convict rehabilitation, unemployment <br />and ove " <br />The City began the annual process of filing a Housing Assistance and <br />Public Facilities Plan in compliance with the Housing and Community <br />Develo ment Act of 1974. <br />The City established the position of Housing Rehabilitation Counselor to <br />assist low- and moderate-income families with home rehabilitation ro'ects. <br />The City began providing assistance funding to the San Leandro Fair <br />Housing Committee, a private non-profit organization which offered free <br />fair housin services to the communi , <br />The Human Resources Commission conducted a Multi-cultural Capacity <br />study of the social service agencies being funded through the City's <br />Communit Assistance Grant ro ram, The ob'ective was to evaluate the <br />