1. Certify its written review of the most recently completed Lake County AI,
including identification of local actions to overcome the impediments.
2. Review local laws and ordinances to determine if impediments are created. If
so, the municipality must provide plans to address those issues.
3. Conduct an analysis of the affordability and accessibility of both rental and
owner-occupied housing. Address the need for further development of
affordable and accessible housing.
4. Develop a fair housing policy statement if one doesn’t currently exist. The
municipality should also consider adopting a fair housing ordinance that is
substantially equivalent to the Illinois Human Rights Acts.
5. Establish a procedure for receiving fair housing complaints.
6. Market the community to all underrepresented members of the protected
classes.
7. Provide information on fair housing rights to current and prospective
residents.
8. Encourage real estate professionals and multifamily property owners to
attend fair housing training sessions on an annual basis.
9. Request that local lending institutions provide affirmative lending plans.
10. Recommend that residential developers incorporate affirmative marketing
best practices into their marketing plans, and educate them about affirmative
marketing by providing training materials during the permitting process.
Additional discussions between Lake County and funding recipients should be held
to determine the documentation required to be submitted with the application, as
well as the deliverables required after receipt of funds to demonstrate that each
funding recipient is meeting its responsibility. The fair housing liaison would be
responsible for reviewing the documentation submitted for the application and
indicating whether or not the requirements were met.
Incorporate the responsibilities of each funding recipient into the funding
agreement. After determining the deliverables that will be required to demonstrate
that the funding recipient is affirmatively furthering fair housing, Lake County should
incorporate the responsibilities into the funding agreement. The agreement needs to
clearly indicate that the inability to meet any of the responsibilities may result in a
remediation plan, possibly leading up to and including rescission of the award,
including a requirement to return any disbursed funds.
After funds are awarded, the fair housing liaison should review the municipalities’
deliverables quarterly to ensure that they continue to meet their responsibilities.
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APPLIED REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS, INC.
LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS