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2013/14 2010/11- 2014/15 CITY OF SANTA ANA CONSOLIDATED PLAN ACTION PLAN OTHER ACTIONS IDENTIFICATION OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE As a recipient of federal grant funds, the City of Santa Ana is required to prepare an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing choice (AI). In addition to identifying impediments, a strategy to overcome these barriers must be implemented. The Al must be prepared to complement the Consolidated Plan. The City was a participant in the development of a regional Al, prepared by the Fair Housing Council of Orange County (FHCOC) on behalf of ten municipal jurisdictions and the County of Orange. This document covers an array of private and public sector policies affecting housing choice locally and in the Orange County region. This document has served as the basis for fair housing planning. The AI covers the 2010-2014 timeframe. Summary of Impediments Identified in the Analysis 1. Housing Discrimination: Evidence suggests housing discrimination may be underreported throughout the nation; therefore, the number of complaints received may not accurately measure the actual extent of this fair housing impediment. Even so, for the 5-year period of 2005 to 2009, 302 housing discrimination complaints arising from Regional AI participants were filed with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). A review of available data indicated that at the time the Regional Al was prepared, complaints within the region were mainly related to disability (35 percent), race and color (20 percent) and national origin (14 percent). 2. Real Estate Advertising: This impediment refers to print or online advertisements for the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicate a preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familial status, disability, sexual orientation, source of income, or age (other than housing for persons 55 or older). A review of relevant data (sampled from online and newspaper print ads) found about 14 percent contained "questionable language," which is language that deviates from the physical description of a property or its associated services. The majority of the questionable language was "No Pets", which is a possible discouragement to disabled persons with assistance animals. Other questionable language included that detailing refusal or acceptance of housing assistance or a unit's proximity to a particular house of worship. 3. Hate Crimes: A hate crime is defined in the Al as "a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of one or more of the following actual or perceived characteristics of the victim: disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or their association with a person/group with one or more of these actual or perceived 28 DRAFT 04/22/2013 29A-33