The city is undertaking a substantial revision of its Analysis of Impediments this year, with the assistance of the Fair Housing Project of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity and the Vermont Human Rights Commission. The city will continue to participate in quarterly meetings of the Fair Housing Working Group.

Affirmative Marketing

It is the policy of the city of Burlington HOME Program to provide information and otherwise attract eligible persons in the housing market area to available housing constructed or rehabilitated under the HOME Program without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, sexual orientation, familial status, receipt of public assistance or disability.

The city of Burlington HOME Program will incorporate the Equal Housing Opportunity logo in its letterhead, press releases and advertisements.

Grantees receiving HOME funds will be required to contact one or more of the following agencies before filling vacancies during the HOME affordability period as stated in the HOME Program Loan/Grant agreement: local or State Housing Authority, Community Action agencies, area Mental Health and Mental Retardation agencies, area Office on Aging agency, area homeless shelters, the Department of Social Welfare, Committee on Temporary Shelter, Vermont Center for Independent Living or any state-wide handicapped accessibility clearing house, area AIDS service organizations, medical centers, schools, municipalities and any other social service agencies.

Any advertisement of vacant rental or ownership units during the HOME affordability period must include the equal housing opportunity logo or statement. Advertising media may include newspapers, radio, television, brochures, leaflets, or simply a sign in a window.

Housing borrowers, grantees or property management agents must display the fair housing poster in areas that are accessible to the public. Property owners or their management agents must maintain a file containing a record of all marketing efforts (e.g., copies of newspaper ads, copies of letters).

The city’s HOME Program will monitor compliance as part of its ongoing monitoring process. Where noncompliance is discovered, the HOME Program will provide technical assistance to secure voluntary compliance. If this proves unsuccessful, the HOME Program will refer aggrieved parties to appropriate entities to seek redress.

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