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* Reviewing the state's or the entitlement jurisdiction's laws, regulations and administrative policies, procedures, and practices. * Assessing how those laws affect the location, availability, and accessibility 0fhousing. * Evaluating conditions, public and private, affecting fair housing choice for all protected c|oeeee. * Assessing the availability of affordable, accessible housing in a range ofunit sizes. The FH|Chas produced A|ein2001.2009.and 2015.Aeprepared, the 2015/Ucovers the jurisdictions receiving direct funding from HUD —that is, the cities of Bloomington, Coon Rapids, Eden Prairie, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Plymouth, St. Paul and Woodbury, as well as Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington counties. In addition to the 13 entitlement jurisdictions, the Carver County Community Development Agency, the Scott County Community Development Agency, and the Metropolitan Council participated in and helped fund the Al to ensure that the process encompassed all seven counties of the metropolitan area. (The Council itself does not receive either CDBG or HOME dollars and is therefore not required to complete an Al. However, the Council contributes funding, participation, and technical support to the work of the FHIC to identify and develop strategies that address impediments tofair housing in the region] The State of Minnesota's Al —led by DEED in coordination with Minnesota Housing and the Minnesota Department ofHuman Services (DHF) --o|uooddreuueutheueven-county metro area. These organizations jointly certify that they will affirmatively further fair housing when using HUD resources and that such responsibility will be extended to downstream recipients of the funding, such as local program administrators or developers. Under the new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, a new Assessment of Fair Housing will replace the Analysis of Impediments process. While HUD has not yet released all of the details of or the expected timelines for the Assessment of Fair Housing, the approach clearly builds on the work that the Council conducted to develop Choice, Place, and Opportunity: ,4nEquity Assessment ofthe Twin Cities. Council role p Elect toadopt oCouncil-wide Fair Housing Policy. * Require Livable Communities Act grant recipients to have fair housing policies and provide best practices tosupport local government efforts. * Require housing projects fundedthroughtheCounoi|Livab|eConnnnunitieeAotgranteto have affirmative fair housing marketing plans. * Recognize local efforts to further fair housing by including Fair Housing elements in the Housing Performance Scores (see more inPart |||). p Participate inthe Fair Housing Implementation Council and provide both data tools and technical assistance to support the 2015 Regional Analysis of Impediments and future Assessments ofFair Housing. * Support local fair housing planning and decision -making with data tools, best practices, and technical assistance. "TWo:omwrmmes