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o permitting manufactured housing; and <br />o inclusionary housing policies. <br />The purpose of the ordinance and code analysis is to assess fair housing issues and identify <br />significant contributing factors in order to formulate fair housing goals. It is to look at what <br />policies, practices, and activities are underway and to consider how they may facilitate or <br />hinder fair housing choice.20 <br />Examples of codes and ordinances to pay specific attention to: <br />• Crime Free Ordinances <br />According to a recent HOME Line study, nearly fifty cities in the Twin Cities Metro have <br />adopted some form of crime free ordinance designed to address crime in multifamily rental <br />housing. These ordinances often contain a number of elements, including requiring the <br />owner/manager to attend one or more <br />training sessions, including a "crime <br />free" set of requirements in leases, <br />conducting screening including <br />criminal background screening, and <br />when incidents at the property trigger <br />compulsory eviction proceedings in <br />the ordinance, initiating such evictions. <br />City police departments are normally the part of the city responsible for overseeing and <br />administering these crime free ordinances. <br />Encouraging actions by landlords to reduce crime at their properties is certainly a valid <br />municipal function. But cities, including their police departments, need to be alert to ways <br />in which these policies can go too far and encourage actions in violation of the FHA. The <br />20 HUD AFH Handbook. <br />31 <br />