The following are examples of successful policies, plans, and practices to identify barriers and promote fair housing:
- Use Community Development Block Grant funds for fair housing enforcement, education, and technical assistance activities.
- Ensure all new, multifamily construction meets the accessibility requirements of the federal and state fair housing acts through local permitting and approval processes.
- Approve agreements to conduct banking. For example, establish accounts and make deposits to reward lenders with exemplary records of compliance with federal Community Reinvestment Act.
- Increase or maintain resources to establish and support outreach, public education, and community development activities through community-based or neighborhood organizations.
- Consult with a wide range of groups throughout the entire community and consider environmental justice issues in the development and update of regulations, guidelines, and other local programs.
- Work with schools to establish a fair housing curriculum that can include coloring books, poster contests, puppet shows, and classroom lessons.
- Increase housing choices for households with federal Housing Choice vouchers through affirmative marketing and expanding participating property owners.
- Adopt ordinances that prohibit discrimination by landlords against tenants with federal Housing Choice vouchers.
- Amend ordinances that have the purpose or effect of precluding the development of affordable housing.