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o First Point I and II — a 552-unit affordable rental project at 2110, 2114, and 2020 <br />East First Street <br />o First American — a 220-unit residential project which will include 11 affordable <br />units at 114 and 117 East Fifth Street. <br />o Legacy Square — a 92-unit affordable rental project at 609 North Spurgeon Street. <br />City of Tustin <br />Housing Discrimination <br />• Although the 2015-2020 Al documentation refers to the Fair Housing Council of OC to <br />provide fair housing assistance, the City of Tustin contracts with the Fair Housing <br />Foundation to provide such services. During the 2018-2019 Fiscal Year, the Fair Housing <br />Foundation assisted the City of Tustin with combatting housing discrimination through <br />managing twelve (12) allegation cases and one (1) discrimination case for Tustin residents, <br />providing services to those individuals throughout the case management process. They also <br />provided ample fair housing education and outreach to further prevent discrimination, <br />assisting 127 Tustin landlords/tenants who were provided with either landlord/tenant <br />counseling, mediation, UD assistance, and/or referral services during the last fiscal year. <br />Overall, the Fair Housing Foundation's outreach efforts assisted 672 individuals within <br />City of Tustin limits during the 2018-2019 Fiscal Year. <br />Discriminatory Advertising <br />• The City of Tustin partners with the Fair Housing Foundation to address issues such as <br />discriminatory advertising. As allowed by resources, FHF reviews advertising for Orange <br />County rentals and Los Angeles County rentals listed in media such as The Orange County <br />Register, La Opinion, Los Angeles Sentinel, local weekly newspapers, Craigslist and The <br />Penny Saver for discriminatory content. Potential discriminatory advertisements were <br />referred for further investigation and possible enforcement action. <br />Reasonable Accommodations <br />Similarly, the City of Tustin has actively contracted and engaged with the Fair Housing <br />Foundation to provide educational services to owners and managers of apartment <br />complexes on why this practice is unlawful. The Fair Housing Foundation partners with a <br />wide variety of agencies, notably the Tustin Effective Apartment Managers (TEAM) group <br />to provide resources and services directed to affirmatively furthering fair housing. The Fair <br />Housing Foundation has also implemented the "Accommodation & Modification 101 <br />Workshop" to continue strengthening the bonds between the Fair Housing Foundation and <br />housing providers, and to continue to provide education on their fair housing rights. The <br />housing providers who attended this workshop stated that they had a better understanding <br />and a greater sense of knowledge and confidence in knowing the difference in identifying <br />a reasonable an unreasonable accommodation or modification request. As a result of this <br />workshop, housing providers have a better understanding of their responsibilities and <br />disabled residents or rental home seekers will most likely benefit from having requests <br />reviewed and evaluated in a fair manner. <br />28 <br />75A-307 <br />