Exhibit VII-5.
Date Fair Housing Ordinance Was Originally Adopted
Number of
Respondents
0
1
3
1
2
7
1
6
21
Less than 1 year ago
2–5 years ago
6–10 years ago
11–15 years ago
16 or more years ago
Don’t know
Prefer not to answer
No response
Total
Percentage of
Respondents (n = 21)
0.0%
4.8%
14.3%
4.8%
9.5%
33.3%
4.8%
28.6%
100.0%
Note: Date was provide by municipal employees.
Source: Applied Real Estate Analysis, Inc.
The municipal representatives were also asked on the survey the reason the fair
housing ordinance was adopted. Though 38 percent of the respondents stated that they
did not know their municipality’s reason for adopting a fair housing ordinance, the
remainder identified the following reasons (respondents were allowed to identify multiple
responses):
Decided it was the “right” thing to do: 5
Encouraged by community residents to adopt an ordinance: 1
Encouraged by elected officials to adopt an ordinance: 2
Encouraged by local organizations to adopt an ordinance: 3
Don’t know: 8
Prefer not to answer: 0
Other (Compliance with grant requirements): 1
No response: 6
Regarding protected classes, 4 respondents provided the protected classes identified in
their ordinance, 3 respondents indicated that they did not know the protected classes,
and 13 did not provide a response. Only one municipality indicated that their ordinance
includes all of the protected classes listed in the Federal Fair Housing Act and the
Illinois Human Rights Ordinance.
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APPLIED REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS, INC.
LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS