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Council programs and policies, including the review of comprehensive plans, Livable <br />Communities Act activities, and Housing Performance Scores, are not funded through HUD <br />programs. Nonetheless, the Council will continue to advance and advocate for fair housing <br />through the Council roles articulated throughout this Plan. <br />Both the HUD rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing and the Supreme Court ruling <br />on disparate impact and housing discrimination contain interpretations of the Fair Housing <br />Act that support a "both/and" approach toward the challenges of providing housing <br />choices to all regardless of race, ethnicity, and income. HUOb release of the rule noted. <br />"By encouraging a balanced approach that includes targeted investments in revitalizing <br />areas, as well as increased housing choice in areas of opportunity, the rule will enable <br />program participants to promote access to community assets such as quality education, <br />emp|oyment,andtranoportation.''"ThioP|anadvocateoforbothincreaoingopportunitieo <br />for low-income households to find housing in higher -income and opportunity -rich <br />neighborhoods AND improving outcomes and opportunities for households living in all Areas <br />0fConcentrated Poverty. <br />Established in 2002, the region's Fair Housing Implementation Council (FHIC) provides a <br />venue for local entitlement communities" <br />response tothe HUD -required <br />Analysis ofImpediments kAU <br />tofair housing choice and to <br />leverage their use of federal <br />C[}BGand HOME funds to <br />affirmatively further fair housing. <br />The current signatories tothe <br />2012-2015FH|CCooperative <br />Funding Agreement are the <br />Anoka County Housing and <br />Redevelopment Authority, <br />Dakota County, Hennepin <br />County, Ramsey County, <br />Washington County, and <br />the cities ofCoon Rapids, <br />Woodbury, Minneapolis and <br />St. Paul. |ndeveloping an <br />Al, jurisdictions examine the <br />impediments orbarriers to fair <br />housing, housing choices, and <br />the availability ofhousing choice <br />that affects protected c|auuea° <br />within ageographic region. The <br />essential components ofanA| <br />Fii <br />� <br />to voluntarily cooperate to develop a regional <br />ure 18: Jurisdictions participating in or considering participation in <br />the 2O14Regional Analysis ofImpediments toFair Housing Choice <br />Entitlement Cities <br />Entitlement Counties <br />Participating Counties <br />~�County <br />Boundaries <br />City and <br />Township <br />Boundaries <br />oAnVsR9Ia ` <br />� <br />"=" <br />� <br />°n <br />" 20 <br />,111.s <br />� <br />vvAomNaTow/ <br />oAxunA�/ � <br />`�.I <br />o-."l/ ~ <br />� _E <br />~^adetailed above, protected classes under Minnesota law are sex, disom handicap, familial status, <br />national origin, creed, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, and receipt of public assistance. <br />HOUSING POLICY PLAN "TWo:omwcomq* <br />