EXHIBIT D-1
PUBLIC COMMENTS AND RESPONSES AS OF OCTOBER 15, 2014
Organization
Comment
Lake County Response
Open Communities
Lake County appreciates the continued
support of Open Communities.
Steven W. Mandel,
Lake County Board
District 11
Open Communities is here to assist with education and testing needs for
Lake County and looks forward to a continued cooperative partnership with
the County.
It is because of the importance of this work that I believe we should have a
practical way to monitor our progress while implementing it. I am concerned
that no timeline was given for any of the initial priority recommendations
identified in Section IX, or at least for the three phases in which they were
categorized. Also, there was no general time frame given for when we will
develop the rest of the AI implementation plan.
Affordable Housing
Corporation of Lake
County
The AI is silent as to the all-too common practice of landlords' resistance to
accepting housing subsidies toward a rent payment. We recommend that
this issue is identified as an impediment in the AI.
The narrative was revised to address this
topic in Section VIII of this document.
Affordable Housing
Corporation of Lake
County
While Section IX identifies a handful of manageable priority
recommendations as a starting point, we are concerned that the lack of
defined timeframes for implementation will undermine accountability, inhibit
results and weaken the County's credibility as to its commitment toward fair
housing choice.
Many landlords refuse to rent to voucher holders or participate in rental
assistance programs, creating a serious impediment to fair housing choice.
We think this should be identified as an impediment in the AI.
Implementation priorities are established in
Section IX of this document.
Lake County Housing
Action Coalition
We agree with the report's recommendation that the County support
municipalities in reviewing their zoning and building laws and regulations to
determine whether there may be provisions that limit housing options. In
addition the County should review its Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)
and building code requirements to identify any limits to fair housing choice.
The narrative was revised to include AREA’s
review which did not identify impediments in
the County’s UDO. Appendix C was added
to identify development options in
unincorporated areas of Lake County.
Lake County Housing
Action Coalition
While recommended actions for Impediment 17 are based upon the
assumption that testing will continue, we think that rewording would be
helpful to make it explicit that the County will ensure that testing is on going.
The narrative was revised to indicate that the
County should support continued testing.
Lake County Housing
Action Coalition
Lake County recognizes the emphasis
placed on this issue by LCHAC.
Lake County Housing
Action Coalition
A staff person who is clearly responsible for fair housing would focus
accountability and help ensure that fair housing is a true priority for the
County.
Attaching specific timelines to each of the activities or phase identified in the
Implementation of Priority Recommendations chart is very important.
Lake County Housing
Action Coalition
The report should include timeline for when the County will develop a
timeline for other recommendation actions.
Implementation priorities are established in
Section IX of this document.
Lake County Housing
Action Coalition
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Implementation priorities are established in
Section IX of this document.
The narrative was revised to address this
topic in Section VIII of this document.
Implementation priorities are established in
Section IX of this document.
APPLIED REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS, INC.
LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS