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<br />Orange County 1 25-29 Regional AFH
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<br />I. Executive Summary
<br />The Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) provides communities an opportunity to assess
<br />their progress toward the goals of eliminating housing discrimination and promoting
<br />access to housing opportunity for both current and future residents. Jurisdictions that
<br />receive funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
<br />including Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership s
<br />Program (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds, complete an AFH at least
<br />once every five years, consistent with the Consolidated Plan cycle, as part of their
<br />obligations under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Cranston -
<br />Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
<br />As a fair housing planning document, t he AFH facilitates HUD grantee compliance with
<br />statutory and regulatory requirement s to affirmatively further fair housing. Affirmatively
<br />furthering fair housing entails taking meaningful actions, in addition to combating
<br />discrimination, that overcome patterns of segregation and foster inclusive communities
<br />free from barriers that restrict access to opportunity based on protected characteristics. The
<br />duty to affirmatively further fair housing applies to all activities and programs within a
<br />jurisdiction related to housing and urban development.
<br />This AFH is a collaborative effort among the following jurisdictions:
<br />• Orange County and the Urban County Program participating cities of Brea, Cypress,
<br />Dana Point, La Palma, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods, Los Alamitos,
<br />Placentia, San Juan Capistrano, Seal Beach, Stanton, Villa Park, and Yorba Linda.
<br />• The HUD Entitlement Cities of Aliso Viejo, Anaheim, Buena Park, Costa Mesa,
<br />Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, La Habra,
<br />Laguna Niguel, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, City of Orange, Rancho
<br />Santa Margarita, San Clemente, Santa Ana, Tustin, Westminster.
<br />To prepare the AFH, jurisdictions first must identify fair housing issues. A fair housing issue
<br />refers to a condition within a specific geographic area that restricts fair housing choice or
<br />limits access to opportunity. Fair housing issues may include ongoing local or regional
<br />segregation/concentration or lack of integration, racially or ethnically concentrated areas
<br />of poverty, disparities in access to opportunity, disproportionate housing needs, and
<br />evidence of discrimination or violations of civil rights law or regulations related to housing.
<br />To identify fair housing issues, HUD recommends that jurisdictions gather and analyze
<br />data. For this AFH, the jurisdictions analyzed data on the following topics:
<br />• Demographics
<br />• Segregation or Concentration/Integration
<br />• Racially and/or Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty
<br />• Disparities in Access to Opportunity
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