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FY 2010-2011 CAPER -4- September 19, 2011 • ECHO Housing provided information, counseling, and/or investigation in fifteen (15) fair housing inquiries or allegations of housing discrimination involving twenty (20) clients. Of this number, ECHO Housing provided counseling and investigative services in twelve (12) cases involving twenty-three (23) clients. With some cases reporting more than one type of discrimination, the allegations accounted for the following: four (4) cases involved disability, three (3) involved familial status (children in the family), five (5) involved race. Below were the outcomes: ■ Three (3) cases are pending; ■ One (1) case had an "other" disposition; ■ Five (5) cases have insufficient evidence; ■ One (1) case was mediated by ECHO Housing; and ■ Two (2) cases were conciliated by ECHO Housing. • ECHO's fair housing counselors conducted sixteen (16) fair housing training sessions: One (1) session for two (2) landlords and property managers; ■ One (1) Fair Housing Seminar for sixty (60) persons; ■. Four (4) sessions for fifty-two (52) tenants or potential homebuyers; ■ One (l) session for ten (10) realtors; and ■ Nine (9) general presentations for seventy-two (72) persons. • ECHO Housing raised awareness in the community about fair housing through fifty- seven (57) public service announcements [sent to 57 radio and television stations] and distribution of 1,260 educational fliers to the public libraries in Alameda County, non- profit agencies, community centers, and local festivals and fairs. • In celebration of April Fair Housing Month, ECHO Housing received a Fair Housing Proclamation from the City of San Leandro in recognition of Fair Housing Month. On March 31, 2011, ECHO Housing held a Fair Housing Seminar for the Rental Housing Owners Association (RHO) which provided training and education to thirty (30) landlords on fair housing law and equal access in housing. Additionally, ECHO Housing held a training session for the Apartment Owner's Association on April 15t" and two (2) fair housing presentations at the Alameda County Veteran's Administration on April 12`x' and 13`x' • ECHO Housing conducted thirteen (13) random and targeted audits to gauge the level of discrimination in the rental housing market. The analysis of these paired audits is designed to measure the level of discrimination based on race. ECHO Housing tested a total of thirteen (13) rental properties, all of which are located in San Leandro. The fair housing staff produced the analyzed data in an audit report in September 2011. Priority: Maintain and improve the current capacity of the housing and shelter system, expanding transitional and permanent supportive housing, and providing services to homeless individuals and families, including integrated health care, employment services and other supportive services.