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Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for the Procurement of Consulting Services Related to Assessment of Fair Housing.
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The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule requires certain program participants to perform an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) using the HUD-provided Assessment Tool designed for use by a particular type of program participant. The AFH is an analysis of fair housing issues and contributing factors in a program participant’s jurisdiction and region that results in goals that the program participant sets forth to achieve over the program participant’s subsequent planning cycle. The AFH is replacing the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice planning process.
Under the AFFH rule, the “AFH” (also referred to in the rule as an “assessment”) means the analysis undertaken pursuant to 24 C.F.R. § 5.154 that includes an analysis of fair housing data, an assessment of fair housing issues and contributing factors, and an identification of fair housing priorities and goals, and is conducted and submitted to HUD using the Assessment Tool. The AFH may be conducted and submitted by an individual program participant (individual AFH), or may be a single AFH conducted and submitted by two or more program participants (joint AFH) or two or more program participants, where at least two of which are Consolidated Plan program participants (regional AFH). 24 C.F.R. § 5.152 provides more information.
HUD encourages program participants to collaborate between and among Public housing agencies (PHAs), local governments, States, and Insular Areas to conduct and submit a single Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH), through either a joint or regional AFH.
The Community Development Department will partner with City of Austin (Lead Procurement), City of Pflugerville, Travis County, Williamson County, Austin Housing Authority, Georgetown Housing Authority, Round Rock Housing Authority, Taylor ...
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