2003-031 - Approving the Affirmative Marketing Procedures and Minority Outreach Program

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Neighborhood Development Division and for the Santa Ana Housing Authority. Copies of the list will be available at the public ~recelStion counters for the Housing and Neighborhood Development Division and the Santa Ana Housing Authority. B. Requirements and practices owners must adhere to: - The City will require o~ers of City HOME and CDBG-assisted rental units covered under this marketing plan to display the Equal Housing Opportunity logotype or slogan in all correspondence with current or potential tenants, and on lease agreements. The City will require them to display the fair housing poster in their leasing offices, and to develop written procedures for selecting tenants. These procedures must meet the following criteria: o They must be consistent with the purpose of providing housing for very low-income and low-income families; o They must be reasonably related to program eligibility and the applicants' ability to perform the obligations of the lease3 o They must give reasonable consideration to the housing needs of families that would have a federal preference under section 6©(4)(A) of the Act; o They must provide for the selection of tenants from a written waiting list in chronological order of their application, insofar as is practicable; o They must call for prompt written notification to any rejected applicant of the grounds for any rejection. C. Procedures for owners: The City will require owners of City HOME and CDBG-assisted rental units to continuously review the demographic makeup of their tenants. If and when such review indicates that their tenants no longer reflect the City's minority population, they will be required to inform the City of that fact and request City review and approval of steps they will take to correct that deficiency. Compliance with the City's affirmative marketing-requirements and procedures will be made an obligation of all rental property owners receiving HOME or CDBG assistance from the City of Santa Aha, and will be enforceable by means of appropriate actions described in loan documents recorded through the County of Orange. D. Record keeping: The City ~vill require owners of its HOME and- CDBG-assisted rental units covered under this marketing plan to make an annual report to the City detailing the steps they have taken to comply with this program. They will also be required to report on the ethnicity of their tenants, as well as rents, income levels, and other household characteristics. Reports will be made on a form that is acceptable to Resolution No. 2003-031 Page 4 of 5 EXHIBIT 1