City of Marysville
Fair Housing Presentation
April 2, 2024
CITY OF MARYSVILLE
The City of Marysville Celebrates
Fair Housing Month
Implement substantive
measures to combat
segregation patterns
and cultivate inclusivity.
Combat
discrimination and
eliminate barriers.
Eliminate
Fair Housing
Violations
W e lc o m e !
Our Mission Our Vision Our Goals
President Lyndon B. Johnson
signed this legislation on April
11, 1968, that made
discrimination in housing
transactions unlawful.
The Fair Housing Act prohibits
discrimination in housing
because of race, color national
origin, religion, sex (including
gender identity and sexual
orientation), disability, and
familial status.
56th Anniversary
CITY OF
MARYSVILLE
To eliminate
Fair Housing Violations in the
City of Marysville
Adopt Fair Housing
Resolution and
provide access to training
Goals
Action
Obligation to
Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
Federal funding
recipients with an
AFFH obligation must
be proactive in
combatting
segregation; it is not
sufficient to merely
prohibit
discrimination.
The FHA requires HUD
to “administer the
programs and activities
relating to housing and
urban development in a
manner affirmatively to
further” policies
outlined in the FHA.
See 42 U.S.C. §3608
(e)(5).
Previously, funding
recipients have
certified that they
have analyzed
impediments to fair
housing choice (AI)
and have taken steps
to address
impediments.
Fair Housing Act: What Does it Do?
• Prohibits discrimination in housing-related transaction • Discrimination includes:
⚬ refusing to rent to someone,
⚬ steering someone away to a particular type of housing or neighborhood,
⚬ enacting zoning measures to exclude particular groups etc., because of membership in a protected class.
42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.
Explicitly prohibits discrimination based on:
•Race
•Color
•Religion
•Sex
•Familial status
(includes families
with minor
children; pregnant
women)
•National origin
•Disability
•LGBT individuals
•Persons with
limited English
proficiency
•Survivors of
domestic violence
Fair Housing Act: Who Does it Protect?
Fair Housing Act:
Where Does it Apply?
The FHA applies to “dwellings.”
“Dwellings” are defined as “any building, structure, or portion thereof” that is “occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families.” 42 U.S.C. § 3602(b).
The FHA covers most housing, including federally-subsidized and private housing, with few specific exceptions.
A landlord
refuses to rent
to a family:
Because the
family is African
American.
A landlord
refuses to rent
to a family:
With children
because he/she
considers
children to be
too disruptive to
the other
tenants.
A real estate agent only shows a prospective homes
to:
Hispanic homebuyer
homes in Hispanic
neighborhoods
because the agent believes this is
where the purchaser would feel most
“comfortable.”
Disparate Treatment
Examples
Applies when a decision or
action reinforces
segregation
Example: A town’s “refusal
to amend the restrictive
zoning ordinance to permit
privately-built multi- family
housing outside the
[majority minority] area
significantly perpetuated
segregation in the Town.”
Arises when there is a
neutral practice or policy
that disproportionately
impacts a protected
class.
Plaintiffs who allege
discriminatory effects do
not have to show
discriminatory intent.
Disparate Impact Perpetuation of
Segregation
Expands and
protects duty to
affirmatively
further fair
housing (AFFH)
AFFH Housing Element Law
Changes (Focus of this
document)
Gov. Code 8899.50
AFFH in all housing and Community
Development programs of public entities
Gov. Code
65583(c)(5) Include
a program in
housing element to
AFFH
Gov. Code
65583(c)(10)
Include an
Assessment of Fair
Housing in housing element
Gov. Code 65583.2(a)
Sites inventory must
be consistent with
AFFH and the
Assessment of Fair
Housing in housing element
Applies to housing
elements due to be
revised on or after
January 1, 2021
California Legislation
enacted to expand AFFH
AB 686
What
Should
We DO?
Training
Posters Pamphlets
Provide Access
to HUD
Training
Provide Fair
Housing Posters in
all Government
offices
Provide
Pamphlets in spaces where the
public frequents
Events
Provide
information at
events in the
Community
Fair Housing
Complaints
Support organizations that
field Fair Housing Complaints
Provide
HOW TO REPORT
HOUSING
DISCRIMINATION
If you believe your rights may have been
violated, we encourage you to report housing discrimination.
When reporting housing
discrimination, please provide as much
information as possible, including:
Your name and address
The name and address of the person(s) or
organization your allegation is against
The address or other identification of the
housing or program involved
A short description of the event(s) that cause
you to believe your rights were violated; and
The date(s) of the alleged violation
During Fair Housing
Month 2024, FHEO is
highlighting its efforts
to provide fair housing
education to our
stakeholders. Click the
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recently developed
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