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Links/Resources: <br />• "The Cost of Being `Crime Free' : Legal and Practical Consequences of Crime Free <br />Rental Housing and Nuisance Property Ordinances," Emily Werth, Sargent Shriver <br />National Center on Poverty Law (2013) - nttp://povertylaw.org/files/docs/cost-of- <br />being-crime-free.pdf <br />• "Reducing the Cost of Crime Free: Alternative Strategies to Crime Free/ Nuisance <br />Property Ordinances in Illinois," Open Communities and the Shriver Center (2015) - <br />http://ebcic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Report-Reducing-The-Cost-of- <br />Crime-Free.pdf <br />• The "Keating Memo", HUD Guidance on Occupancy Limits - <br />https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/DOC_7780.PDF <br />Community Engagement <br />The importance of community involvement in fair <br />housing decisions cannot be overstated. For cities <br />receiving federal funding, robust community <br />engagement is a requirement when making planning <br />and financing decisions, when creating the HUD <br />required Consolidated Plan, and when developing any <br />Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing. For cities not <br />receiving federal funding, community engagement is a <br />best practice that puts the community needs, <br />experiences and expertise at the core of city decision making. <br />36 <br />