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Community Development Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/community-development <br />Item # 11 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />July 16, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Regional Assessment of Fair Housing and Memorandum of Understanding with <br />Surrounding Jurisdictions <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Agreement with MDG Associates, Inc. for the Preparation of the Fiscal Year 2025-29 <br />Regional Assessment of Fair Housing and Memorandum of Understanding with <br />Surrounding Jurisdictions <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize the City Manager to execute an Agreement with MDG Associates, Inc. to <br />prepare the Fiscal Year 2025-29 Regional Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH), <br />whereby the City will act as the lead for the Regional AFH, in an amount not to <br />exceed $159,882 for a one-year term beginning August 1, 2024 and expiring July <br />30, 2025 (Agreement No. A-2024-XXX). <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding and <br />Payment Agreement with all of the surrounding jurisdictions in Orange County to <br />jointly engage MDG Associates, Inc. to provide a Regional AFH, and authorize the <br />City Attorney to reasonably revise or amend the Memorandum of Understanding as <br />needed in order to collect payment, substantially in the form attached hereto, with all <br />of the surrounding jurisdictions participating in the Regional AFH (Agreement No. A- <br />2024-XXX). <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Fair Housing Act of 1968 requires jurisdictions that receive federal funds from the <br />U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Community <br />Development Block Grant, Emergency Solutions Grant, and/or the HOME Investment <br />Partnerships program to prepare an Assessment of Fair Housing to address the <br />impediments to fair housing choice that are within their ability to control or influence. In <br />Orange County, all federal grantees of these sources of funding from HUD, including <br />the City of Santa Ana (City), have decided on a collaborative, regional approach to <br />complete a Regional Assessment of Fair Housing. This assessment will determine <br />current impediments to fair housing choice in the private and affordable housing sectors <br />and identify appropriate strategies or remedies to address these impediments for each <br />participating jurisdiction over the next five years from 2025 to 2029. <br />