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F-10 | City of Pleasanton Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Section F.4 Assessment of Fair Housing F.4.1 Fair Housing Outreach and Enforcement Fair housing complaints can be an indicator of housing discrimination in Pleasanton. Fair housing issues can arise through discrimination against an individual based on disability, race, national origin, familial status, disability, religion, or gender when renting or selling a dwelling unit. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) is the federal agency responsible for eliminating housing discrimination, promote economic opportunity, and achieve diverse, inclusive communities. FHEO services and activities include investigating fair housing complaints, conducting compliance reviews, ensuring civil rights in HUD programs, and managing fair housing grants. Data from the Alameda County Housing Collaborative, gathered from fair housing organizations in the County, on fair housing inquiries, enforcement, and outreach indicated that from January 2013 to March 2021 Pleasanton had 16 fair housing inquiries. This number of inquiries represented the sixth lowest total out of the 13 cities that were examined in the data packet during that time. These inquiries constituted a total of 0.20 cases per 1,000 residents. The inquiries were not categorized by protected class. No fair housing complaints or resolution of fair housing cases were noted for Pleasanton in the Alameda County Housing Collaborative data from 2016 to 2021. According to this data, the four largest percentages of fair housing complaints in Alameda County from January 2017 to June 2020 were related to disability at 49.8 percent, retaliation at 12.3 percent, race at 11.3 percent, and familial status at 9.9 percent. The Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO Housing) is committed to ending illegal discrimination in housing. Every year ECHO Housing conducts an audit of rental properties in local communities, including Pleasanton, to see how well they are conforming to fair housing laws. A different protected class is selected each year as the focus of the audit. The 2020-2021 audit focused on discrimination against home seekers who have a Housing Choice Voucher (commonly known as Section 8). ECHO audited 10 properties in Pleasanton and found no discrimination at those properties. The City does not have any pending lawsuits, enforcement actions, judgements, settlements, or findings related to fair housing and civil rights. The City does not currently have any local fair housing laws. The City complies with state and federal housing laws as follows:  Fair Housing Act; Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 – the City complies by ensuring its actions related to housing are not discriminatory through City protocols, decision-making procedures, and adhering to non-discrimination requirements of federal funding programs.