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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute any and all documents with the Long Beach-based Fair Housing Foundation to provide services to prevent housing discrimination and address impediments to Fair Housing Choice with an estimated total funding amount of $85,000 per year for an initial term from April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012, with two one-year extensions thereafter. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, known as the Fair Housing Act (Act), requires recipients of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds to administer all programs and activities related to housing and community development in a manner which furthers fair housing. The Act prohibits any person or agency from discriminating in the sale, rental or financing of housing based on race, age, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin. Furthermore, as required by Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the City Council must appropriate funds to prevent housing discrimination and address impediments to Fair Housing Choice. The City has been in compliance by providing fair housing services to Long Beach residents and other housing stakeholders since 1964.
In order to remain in compliance with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) regulations, the City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on January 27, 2011, to provide comprehensive fair housing services including, but not limited to, investigations of housing discrimination complaints; enforcement of federal, state, and local fair housing laws; and public education, outreach, and training. The City of Long Beach currently contracts with a single qualified entity to provide all fair housing services citywide.
The RFP sought one or more consultants or firms to provide the scope of services as detailed in the RFP. The nature of the services the City is seeking is categorized by t...
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