Meeting Date: May 24, 2023
To: Members of the Housing & Redevelopment Authority
From: Melissa Hanson, Housing Coordinator
Claudia Garcia, Spanish Interpreter, Human Rights Commission Staff Liaison
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Consider the Fair Housing Statement as Recommended by the Joint Subcommittee of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority and Human Rights Commission for the City of Northfield.
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Action Requested:
Staff recommends the Human Rights Commission motion approval and support for the recommended Fair Housing Statement for the City of Northfield.
Summary Report:
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) and Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) have declared, through resolution, April 2021 and April 2022 as Fair Housing Month, to align with National Fair Housing Month efforts. Staff recommends that the City of Northfield establish and adopt a Fair Housing Statement to affirmatively further fair housing in the City of Northfield. Adopting a Fair Housing Statement would replace the annual requirement to adopt a resolution stating that the city affirmatively furthers fair housing through its use of Federal Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds received through the Dakota County Community Development Agency (Dakota CDA). The first step to establishing a fair housing policy is to establish a Fair Housing Statement. Attached to this report is the recommended statement (Att. 1).
Staff is working with the City Communications Department to create a Fair Housing Page on the City website that will be readily accessible in addition to links and local resources. Att. 2 and Att. 3 are links to examples of how a Fair Housing Page could look like. Att. 4 is the proposed webpage content.
On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which was meant as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The 1968 Act expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale...
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