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DRAFT CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
<br />FAIR HOUSING ACTION PLAN
<br />FY 2010-2014
<br />Purpose of Fair Housing Plan
<br />The City of San Leandro (City) is committed to eliminating racial and ethnic segregation, illegal
<br />physical and other barriers to persons with disabilities and other discriminatory practices in housing.
<br />To prohibit such discrimination, the City upholds federal and State laws such as the federal Fair
<br />Housing Act which protects certain categories of people from housing discrimination. Under federal
<br />law, a person cannot be discriminated against based on race, religion, national origin, gender, age,
<br />familial status, and/or disability. In California, State law not only protects the same classes under
<br />federal law, but also makes it illegal to discriminate based on marital status, sexual orientation,
<br />source of income, and/or any other arbitrary reason (e.g., physical appearance).
<br />Under the National Affordable Housing Act, the Department of Housing & Urban Development
<br />(HUD) requires local government entities which are eligible to receive federal funding from housing
<br />and community development programs administered by HUD, such as Community Development
<br />Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership (HOME), to develop and implement an
<br />Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) and consequently, a "Fair Housing Action Plan
<br />(FHAP)".
<br />The AI is a comprehensive review of an entitlement jurisdiction's laws, regulations and
<br />administrative policies, procedures and practices. The AI involves an assessment of how these laws,
<br />regulations, policies, and procedures affect the location, availability, and accessibility of housing,
<br />and how conditions, both private and public, affect fair housing choice. The AI outlines
<br />jurisdictional demographics, analysis of impediments to fair housing, and conclusions and
<br />recommendations to help reduce barriers to fair housing choice. The FHAP is a planning document
<br />that summarizes the impediments identified in the AI and describes the actions planned to overcome
<br />the effects of the impediments, as well as measurable results that the City intends to achieve. The
<br />FHAP integrates public input into workable strategies that affirmatively further fair housing.
<br />In Apri12009, the Alameda County HOME Consortium (Cities of Alameda, Fremont, Hayward,
<br />Livermore, Pleasanton, San Leandro, and Union City; the Alameda Urban County that includes the
<br />City of Albany, Dublin, Emeryville, Newark, and Piedmont; and the Unincorporated County)
<br />contracted with consulting firm Bay Area Economics (BAE) to update the Analysis oflmpediments
<br />to Fair Housing Choice (AI) that was last updated for the Alameda County HOME Consortium in
<br />November 2002. The AI Update was completed in January 2010.
<br />The City of San Leandro's Fair Housing Action Plan identifies and outlines strategies to address the
<br />City's impediments indentified in the AI. The FHAP shall be implemented within the City's FY
<br />2010-2014 HUD Five-Year Consolidated Plan period, beginning July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2015.
<br />Citizen Participation
<br />The City prepared a Draft Fair Housing Action Plan for public review and comment for thirty (30)
<br />days from March 20~' through April 19`'', 2010. The draft FHAP was available for public review at
<br />Housing and Community Development Strategic Plan - FY 2010-2014
<br />City of San Leandro
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