Source: City of Burlington’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, May 2010
“The Consolidated Plan for Housing & Community Development contains a certification to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) that requires all entitlement communities to undertake fair housing planning. The U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suggests that entitlement communities, such as Burlington, conduct fair housing planning at least once every three to five years. Fair housing planning consists of three components: (1) conducting an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, (2) identifying actions to eliminate any identified impediments, and (3) maintaining AFFH records.
An Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) is a comprehensive review of municipal housing, economic, and transportation conditions, as well as public and private sector policies in order to ensure that housing choices and opportunities for all persons in a community are available. Under the
HOME and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) statutes, the AI is a document required by HUD as part of the Consolidated Plan (ConPlan). The city must certify to HUD that an AI was conducted and fair housing action steps are being implemented. Goals and objectives are designed to identify and mitigate obstacles to fair housing choice. Many of these are also included in the fiveyear
ConPlan.
Developed to accompany the City of Burlington’s FY2008 to FY2013 ConPlan, this AI has been completed to meet requirements of the Housing and Community Development Act and HUD regulations governing the preparation
of the ConPlan.”
