TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Jay Reinstein, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Dr. Anthony Wade, Human Relations Director
Yamile Nazar, Human Relations Manager
DATE: May 7, 2018
RE:
Title
Modification to City of Fayetteville's Fair Housing Ordinance
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
Council is asked to adopt the proposed modification to the City's Fair Housing Ordinance presently enforced by its Human Relations Department. The outcomes of these modifications would result in making our ordinance equal to several similarly situated local governments in North Carolina. It would also facilitate greater operational expediency and allow the City to apply for the same level of federal grants as those city and county governments in support of the City's Ordinance.
Background:
A review of the City's Fair Housing Ordinance has been ongoing since 2017 with assistance from the City Attorney's Office and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). The findings from that review show that presently the City of Fayetteville's Fair Housing Ordinance is not substantially equivalent to several similarly situated local governments in North Carolina. As such, this ordinance does not allow the Department to execute its operations with the same level of expediency as those cities, while simultaneously preventing the City from applying for the same level of federal grants as those city and county governments.
* Presently the City of Fayetteville's Fair Housing Ordinance is not substantially equivalent to the Federal Fair Housing Act
* Within North Carolina the following are substantially equivalent to federal law:
o the N.C. Fair Housing Act under the Civil Rights Division of the N.C. Department of Administrative Hearings
o the local government fair housing ordinances in:
* Durham
* Orange Count...
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