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Okay,
that
was
lena
and,
I
believe,
joanna
for
the
minutes.
Okay,
the
motion
carries
we
will
move
on
to.
We
do
not
have
any
registered
public
commenters
today,
so
we
will
continue
to
move
forward
through
our
agenda
with
community
discussions.
Up
first
is
a
presentation
by
megan
conference
executive
director
of
the
fair
housing
partnership.
G
G
To
understand,
as
I
go
through.
This
is
that
the
categories
are
largely
related
to
a
federal
administrative
guidance
and
rules
that
has
led
to
municipal
policy
and
then
for
case
resolutions
to
understand
that
administrative
complaints
are
governed
and
investigated
by
hud
or
state
and
local
commissions,
as
well
as
you
can
also
take
housing.
G
Key
clayton
county,
which
was
related
to
employment,
to
look
into
disparate
impact
is
to
change.
The
slide.
Please
to
understand
disparate
impact
is
to
understand
that,
in
fact
is
a
legal
theory
that
governs
discrimination
when
it's
based
on
a
rule
that
disproportionately
has
an
impact
on
a
protected
group
of
people,
and
so
what
happens
with
that
is
that
in
december
of
2020,
in
the
last
federal
administration,
a
new
disparate
impact
rule
was
implemented.
That
succeeded
the
2013
rule.
G
This
means
that,
on
the
administrative
level
at
the
city
commission
or
at
hud,
we
have
great
difficulty.
If
any
capacity
to
bring
disparate
impact
cases
forward,
so
in
june,
2021
hud
announced
that
they
will
be
restoring
the
rule,
but
until
the
rule
is
actually
restored,
our
capacity
and
ability
to
do
desperate
impact
cases
outside
of
litigation
is
is
quite
constrained.
G
And
so
to
go
into
sorry,
so
my
slide
and
my
own
sleds
have
gotten
to
do
so.
I
skipped
passive.
You
can
go
two
slides
back,
so
we're
discussing
impact
to
discuss
a
firmly
furthering
fair
housing
briefly
until
we
get
into
municipal
policy
related
to
it
is
that
in
june,
hud
also
restored
the
affirmative
furthering
fair
housing
requirement.
G
Now,
what's
really
interesting
about
what
happened
in
june?
Is
that
hud
restored
the
previous
affh
rule,
but
it
did
not
restore
compliance
and
so
how
municipal
municipalities
do
compliance
of
affh
is
an
ongoing
discussion
that
hud
has
had
listening
sessions
on
and
additional
rulemaking
is
expected,
but
has
not
happened,
and
so
what
I
want
to
underscore
with
asfh
as
we
get
into
what
has
happened
nationwide,
is
that
the
affha
regulation
is
built
into
the
fair
housing
act
of
1968.
G
Boston
is
that
boston
massachusetts
passed
local
legislation
related
to
affh
and
local
compliance,
and
so
municipalities
can
go
to
can
pass.
Local
legislation
can
have
decision
making
about
the
implementation
of
affh
locally,
and
what
boston
has
done
is
they
have
created
a
requirement
that,
when
residential
projects
are
submitted,
that
the
an
affh
assessment
is
also
submitted,
and
this
assessment
does
a
lot
of
what
we
talked
about
in
the
past,
which
looks
at
whether
it
will
cause
displacement
of
the
protected
classes?
G
And
it's
complicated?
I
understand
that,
and
so
this
framework
is
a
wonderful
way
to
have
a
concrete,
tangible
way
to
dig
into
those
details
in
order
to
work
this
through
on
a
day-to-day
level
and
so
going
into
case
resolutions
that
we've
seen
is
to
so.
I
did
just
impact
my
apologies
and
you
skip
over
to
down
to
appraisals.
To
cover
appraisals.
You
understand
is
that
it
has
been
widely
covered
in
the
news
in
the
news.
G
There
have
been
multiple
stories
of
black
homeowners
who
have
gotten
properties
wildly
under
appraised
because
of
their
home,
featuring
their
identity
of
who
they
are,
and
so
in
march,
of
2021
hud
had
a
fifty
thousand
dollar
settlement
with
jp
morgan
chase
bank
regarding
an
appraisal
and
recognized
that
the
complaint
continues
against
the
actual
appraisal.
Company
the
j.p
morgan
chase
bank
conciliation
is
based
on
the
bank
contract
with
the
appraisal
company
and
using
that
appraisal
in
the
determination
of
the
mortgage
product.
G
For
that
homeowner
and
so
hud
is
deeply
invested
in
addressing
appraisals
and
so
hud,
and
the
federal
government
has
created
the
interagency
task
force
on
property
appraisal
and
value
equity
that
was
created
in
june.
It
expects
to
move
full
force
forward
in
22
and
essentially,
what
we're
seeing
right
now
is
the
reimagining
of
how
we
calculate
property
value.
G
They
resolved
a
six-figure
case
in
on
disability
based
on
reasonable
accommodations
and
that
settlement
occurred
last
march,
with
19
apartment
complexes
that
were
governed
by
that
housing
provider
in
eastern
pennsylvania
and
then
to
move
towards
more
locally
fhp.
In
september
2021,
we
won
on
a
motion
to
dismiss
on
all
counts
in
federal
litigation,
and
this
included
impact
where
the
argument
was
on
behalf
of
a
survivor
of
domestic
violence
who
was
fleeing
her
unit
because
her
abuser
continued
to
stalk
her
at
the
unit
after
she
had
obtained
the
pfa.
G
The
housing
provider,
who
was
a
private
landlord
in
the
glenn
shaw
area,
was
refusing
to
release
her
from
her
lease,
and
so
she
was
facing
thousands
of
dollars
in
unpaid
rent
for
future
tennessee.
Not
her
current
tennessee
or
potential
violence
committed
against
her
by
her
abuser,
and
so
after
we
won
the
motion
to
dismiss.
G
The
private
landlord
within
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
where
domestic
violence
is
an
explicit
protected
class
in
order
to
prevent
survivors
from
having
to
choose
between
physical
violence
perpetrated
against
them
or
death,
and
so
we
hope
to
have
this
change
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
Moving
forward
in
22
to
protect
survivors,
as
we
have
seen
with
covid,
had
arguably
worsened
domestic
violence
in
terms
of
quarantine
and
isolation
and
having
to
be
homebound
and
then
simply
to
go
over
and
to
share.
As
everyone
may
be
aware.
G
G
The
exception
to
the
homeless
charter
was
not
triggered
by
the
second-class
city
law
or
the
pennsylvania
human
relations
act.
I
bring
this
up
to
underscore.
Is
that
I'm
sure
that
everyone
has
experienced
a
lot
of
the
affordable
housing
conversation
happening
both
nationwide
and
locally
is
about
making
vouchers
more
available,
because
we
all
know
we
can't
simply
build
our
way
out
of
the
housing
crisis.
G
We
need
to
know
and
understand
in
order
to
evaluate
what
we
need
to
build
and
what
we
want
to
prioritize
to
build
in
order
to
address
historical
exclusion
and
segregation
and
to
address
what
we
know
to
be
difficulties
in
our
city,
including
disability,
accessibility.
So
with
that,
I
thank
you
all
for
your
time.
I
hope
I
haven't
gone
over
and
I
wish
everyone
a
very
good
luck
in
this
new
year.
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B
I
I
H
H
These
are
some
pie,
charts
that
represent
where
what
we've
completed
to
date,
we
have
assisted
73
homeowners
in
south
pittsburgh
in
the
neighborhoods
that
you
see
around
the
pie,
chart
there
to
submit
app
to
complete
and
submit
applications
to
you
guys
at
the
ura
and
hof
and
then
of
those
73.
29
have
been
approved
and
this
pie
chart
here
shows
you
you
know
where
those
are.
You
can
see
high
concentrations
in
carrick
and
belts
hoover
and
then
athena,
if
you
could
jump
to
the
next
one.
H
We
currently
have
one
under
construction
and
25
completed
to
date.
This
just
shows
you
here
also
high
concentration.
The
difference
between
the
completed
and
under
construction
ones
are
ones
that
have
been
approved
but
have
not
yet
closed.
You
know
with
with
this
the
administrative
staff
there,
but
athena
if
you
can
jump
to
the
next.
This
will
just
give
you
a
visual
representation
of
where
those
projects
are
scattered
throughout
our
south
pittsburgh
hilltop
service
area.
You
can
see
high
concentration
in
the
western
neighborhoods
of
the
hilltop,
some
in
the
eastern
and
then
also
throughout
carrick.
H
You
know,
carrick
is
a
pretty
large
geography,
it's
about
a
fifth
of
the
city's
population
or
I'm
sorry,
it's
the
fifth
largest
neighborhood
in
the
city.
Next,
one
one
reason
why
we
love
doing
the
homeowner
assistance
program.
You
know
which,
just
to
remind
everyone,
is
up
to
thirty
thousand
dollars
in
home
repairs
for
homeowners
who
are
at
or
below
eighty
percent
area.
Median
income
is
because
we
also
have
other
programs
that
vertically
work
very
well
with
our
role
as
an
administrator.
So
one
of
these
is
the
emergency
stabilization
grant
program.
H
So
this
is
a
program
that
we
have
internally,
that
is
completely
funded
through
philanthropic,
corporate
and
other
sources
that
is
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
in
a
number
of
neighborhoods
throughout
our
service
area,
and
they
typically
address
emergency
issues
that
need
triage.
So
things
like
roof
repair,
gutter,
downspout
electrical,
anything
that
you
know
threatens
water
or
fire
you
know
is
going
to
be
of
the
highest
priority.
H
H
Another
of
these
programs
that
work
real
well
vertically,
with
our
role
as
a
program
administrator,
is
the
is
our
free
wills
program.
So
this
is
a
free
last
will
and
testament
that
we
provide
to
any
hilltop
homeowner
over
50
years
old.
So
we
launched
this
program
about
five
years
ago
and
the
reason
for
it
was
really
because
when
we
started
doing
research
about
vacant
properties,
you
know
often
we'd
find
that
the
name
on
the
deed
was
someone
who
had
been
deceased
for
many
years,
just
through
a
simple
google
search,
you'd
find
an
obituary.
H
So
what
what
that
kind
of
prompted
for
us
was
that
people
weren't
thinking
through
you
know
the
next
generation
of
of
the
ownership
of
their
home,
and
you
know
transferring
that
asset
and
building
community
wealth
in
the
process.
So
what
we
wanted
to
do
was
get
people
to
start
thinking
about
this
and
you
know:
do
it
at
no
cost,
so
we
also
have
any
hap
clients
that
have
been
referred
to
us.
We've
also
helped
get
a
free.
Will
next
slide
please.
J
There
are
some
there
are
these
examples,
and
I
would
try
to
be
very
brief
on
these.
These
are.
These
are
fairly
straight.
Very
recent
projects
which
we
had
the
first
project
which
I'm
gonna
talk
about
is
con,
was
is
the
project
at
concordia
street,
and
this
project
seemed
to
be
a
very
fairly
straightforward
project
in
the
in
the
starting
with
a
roof
replacement,
a
vertical
line
that
vertical
line
replacement.
J
This
is
not
a
common
scenario,
but
every
project
is
a
unique
project
in
a
way.
Second,
when
when
we
opened
the
vertical
stack
line
for
the
replacement,
the
the
plumbing
contractor
realized
that
there
was
an
existing
blockage,
existing
clog
in
the
in
the
in
the
siever
line
and
again
once
we
found
that
out,
and
it
wasn't
part
of
the
scope.
J
But
we
had
to
take
care
of
that,
so
we
snaked
the
line
that
did
not
help
and
after
a
combination
of
camera
inspection,
water,
jetting
and
and
the
snaking,
we
finally
could
make
it
work.
But
we
realized
that
that
there
was
a
bigger
problem
in
in
the
in
the
sibo
line,
because
these
most
of
these
lines
are
old,
terracotta
lines.
With
this
practice
we
could,
you
know,
solve
the
problem
in
hand,
but
eventually
the
homeowner
would
need
to
get
it
replaced.
J
J
I
mean,
I
generally
prefer
to
stay
away
from
these
structure
repairs
because
these
repairs
tend
to
be
very.
You
know
these
are
not
time
effective
as
well
as
these
take
a
lot
of
money
out
of
budget,
and
but
with
for
this
project
we,
you
know,
I
teamed
up
with
the
ur
inspectors
with
the
city
inspectors
and
the
contractors,
and
we
we
came
up
with
a
design
which,
with
which
we
could
strengthen
the
existing
retaining
wall,
and
you
know
that
plan
was
very
successful.
J
As
you
can
see
in
the
photographs,
you
know
that
that
was
a
false
facade
ball
in
front
of
the
existing
wall
and
we
could
save
a
lot
of
money.
You
know
with
these
kind
of
prospects,
so
that's
that's
more
like
a
value
engineering
thing
here
and
well
later
in
the
project
we
found
that
we
found
out
that
there
was
a
drainage
issue
in
the
back,
and
you
know
with
these
projects.
Code
enforcement
and
keeping
the
water
keeping
water
away
from
the
property
is
the
main
intent.
J
J
K
K
So
for
the
first
we're
going
to
talk
about
meredith
street
also
in
carrick,
we,
the
homeowner,
who
is
of
limited
mobility
and
his
elderly,
had
a
horrible
hoarding
issue
that
we
had
to
work
around,
as
well
as
a
limited
working
hours.
Because
of
her
sleeping
schedule
and
because
of
the
hoarding
issue,
there
were
unsanitary
working
conditions
which
made
it
difficult
for
the
contractor
to
complete
interior
work,
but
working
with
the
homeowner,
we
were
able
to
get
the
interior
work
done
and
then
on
the
exterior.
K
Also
on
spring
street,
in
arlington,
we
were
dealing
with
a
lot
of
mechanical
electrical
and
plumbing
issues
that
ended
up,
taking
up
a
lot
of
the
budget
away
from
the
original
scope
of
work,
as
well
as
reworking
the
scope
for
the
accessibility
needs
of
the
resident,
who
was
also
elderly
and
of
limited
mobility,
and
we
did
that.
We
accomplished
that
by
adding
a
new,
accessible
laundry
room.
K
So
even
though
we
face
difficulties
and
challenges
when
we
move
forward
with
these
projects,
so
we're
still
able
to
work
with
the
contractor
and
ultimately
work
with
the
homeowner
on
making
these
projects
successful,
as
well
as
having
a
happy
homeowner
at
the
end.
Who
can
confidently
stay
in
their
home?
So
next
slide.
Please,
and
I
will
turn
it
back
to
aaron.
H
H
So
we
wanted
to
share
just
some
lessons
that
we've
learned
from
some
of
these
harder
projects,
one
being
which
you
know,
jeff
really,
I
think
underscored
in
his
case
studies
there
was
that
an
on-call
social
worker
to
work
with
our
hap
clients
who
have
unique
needs
would
be
especially
helpful.
You
know
someone
who
can
help
us
and
the
contractors
work
through
issues
with
the
client.
You
know
that
might
be
related
to
hoarding
or
addiction,
and
you
know
there
are
a
number
of
other
case
studies,
and
you
know
that
we
did
not
share.
H
You
know
that
also,
you
know
face
other
other
issues,
so
just
something
to
consider
other
lessons
learned
more
along
the
lines
of
what
mohawk
was
was
mentioning
there.
We
have
had
you
know,
a
great
working
relationship
and
really
appreciate
you
know
the
partnership
with
you
know
the
administrative
staff
at
the
ura
for
this
program,
and
we
have
had
to
you
know
with
issues
that
were
not
foreseen.
You
know
we've
had
to
tap
into
some
emergency
project
funds
to
resolve
them.
H
You
know
these
are
things
that
were
very,
very
impossible
to
guess
at
the
time
that
the
contractors
scope,
the
work
scope
and
the
contractor
estimates
were
being
developed.
So
the
importance
of
having
some
you
know,
administrative
discretion
over
emergency
project
funds,
for
what
lies
beneath
is,
is
really
really
critical,
so
we
do
hope.
You
know
that
that
can
continue.
H
So
you
know
things
like
that,
add
cost
and
you
know
and
then
kind
of
come
to
an
impasse
where
everyone's
wondering,
if
there's
a
work
around
what
to
do
but
but
diagnostic
budgets
would
go
a
long
way.
You
know
to
to
foresee
them.
So
with
that
any
other
questions
yeah
in
the
last
slide
here,
yeah
questions,
thoughts,
comments,
feedback.
A
H
Yeah
thanks
joanna,
so
the
to
answer
your
second
question.
First,
there
there
is
still
a
very
long.
You
know
wait
list
of
people
I
and
the
ura
staff
would
would
know
more
than
me
exactly,
but
I
believe
it's
about
a
year
and
you
know
new
applications
aren't
being
accepted
currently,
so
you
know,
the
demand
for
this
program
far
far
out
exceeds
you
know
the
amount
of
funding
and
capacity
available
to
do
it
and
then
your
second
question
about
timeline
for
closings
mohawk
jeff.
H
J
Yeah
joanna
to
answer
your
first
question,
the
timeline
has
definitely
improved.
I
mean
out
of
my
experience.
The
closing
timelines
has
definitely
improved
from
2019
20
to
now,
but
roughly
the
closing,
I
think
it
takes
from
the
time
from
the
initial
walk
through
to
the
final
approval.
It
takes
almost
six
weeks
at
this
point.
E
J
A
thousand
dollar
cap.
I
think
that
should
do
because
plumbing
I
mean
I
would
say,
the
mep
problems,
mechanical
electrical
and
plumbing.
Those
are
the
things
which
really
needs
a
diagnostic
and
the
diagnostic
part
are
not
very
expensive
and
can
be
tapped
out.
It
can
be
tabbed
in
within
a
thousand
dollar
budget.
I
think.
L
B
J
L
J
J
You
know
contractors
and
on
the
same
line
I
mean
what
we
at
hilter
we
try
to.
Do.
We
try
to
develop
these
contractors
as
well.
So,
as
aaron
mentioned
earlier,
we
have
esg
programs
that
the
emergency
stabilization
brand
and
with
which
are
which
are
smaller
projects
in
the
app.
So
we
try.
We
start
these
contractors
with
these
smaller
projects
and
once
they
develop
through
the
capacity
of
a
hack
or
even
the
bigger
projects,
then
we,
you
know,
start
using
them
on
our
hat
projects.
J
H
A
As
you
can
see,
given
us
some
things
to
chew
on
and
think
through
a
little
bit
more
deeply,
and
thank
you
for
your
your
on
the
ground
view
of
how
hap
is
performing
it's
very
informative
for
us.
So
with
that
concluded,
we
will
move
on
to
the
administrative
items
of
the
advisory
board.
I
believe
we
have
a
committee
update
from
our
communications
and
community
outreach
committee.
Knowledge.
Will
you
be
making
that
presentation,
or
do
you
have
someone
else
from
your
committee
who
would
be
presenting
that.
A
D
I
can,
if
nobody
else
can.
Thank
you
sure
we
just
met
yesterday
and
we
talked
a
lot
about
ways
to
promote
hof.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
one
people
know
about
it,
so
they
can
access
programs
and
two
there's
broad
support
for
the
programs
and
the
funding
and
people
understand
what
it
is
and
what
it
does.
D
So.
We
talked
about
working
with
ura
staff
around
bolstering
the
hof
within
their
existing
marketing
strategies,
social
media,
e-newsletters,
etc,
and
we
also
talked
about
a
strategy
that
would
highlight
stories
of
people
that
have
benefited
from
the
hos
in
local
newspapers
as
well
as
regional.
So
we
were
going
to
identify
some
news
outlets
and
identify
hof.
D
Neighborhoods
to
identify
people
impacted
that
may
be
interested
in
sharing
their
stories,
so
we'll
be
providing
that
opportunity
to
this
board.
If
people
know
of
folks
that
would
be
good
to
highlight,
and
that
would
be
interested
in
sharing
their
stories.
Let
us
know
I
was
going
to
mention
that
to
aaron
before
he
left
as
well.
I'm
sure
there's
a
lot
of
folks.
That
might
be
good
for
something
like
this.
A
I
I
So
presently,
so
the
green
shows
funds
that
have
been
closed
or
committed,
or
essentially
funds
that
have
been
expended
and
then
the
light
blue
are
funds
that
are
not
yet
committed.
So,
for
example,
rental
gap
you'll
see
we've
committed
about
60
percent
of
our
funding,
whereas
for
homeowner
assistance
we're
pretty
much
fully
committed,
especially
once
we
take
into
account
like
aaron
said.
Our
wait
list
is
over
130
people
right
now
and
it's
over
a
year
long.
That
is
essentially
fully
committed
at
this
point
until
we
receive
the
2022
funding
from
the
city.
I
No
worries
so
50,
ami
or
below
is
light.
Blue
80
ami
below
is
green
and
then
115
ami
is
yellow.
So
these
are
the
same
figures
that
you
see
every
month
that
just
was
a
new
visualization
and
hopefully
this
will
help
the
advisory
board
and
the
public
better
understand
where
our
money
is
going
and
who
is
helping.
I
I
would
love
feedback
from
the
advisory
board
on
the
way
we're
representing
this
data.
Since
this
is
a
new
year,
we
now
would
be
a
great
time
to
implement
some
changes
if
you
have
any
feedback
for
me
or
any
recommendations
on
ways
that
we
can
better
represent
our
data
or,
if
you'd
like
to
see
different
information
on
the
screen,
I
am
welcome
to
any
feedback
or
comments.
The
advisory
board
may
have.
M
M
L
I
F
Latina,
I
think
this
is
great
also,
and
I
wonder
if
we
want
to
show
something
related
to
job
creation.
I
just
I
know
our
focus.
This
is
great
for
all
the
households
that
we're
helping,
but
we're
also
creating
jobs
like
all
of
the
contractors
that
are
working
on
the
rental
gap
and
the
homeowner
stuff
and
people.
F
B
I
I
B
E
A
If
we
could
possibly
have
both-
because
I
think
geographically
sometimes
within
council
districts,
there's
a
lot
of
range
in
terms
of
demographics
and
income
levels,
sometimes
within
a
single
council
district.
So
that
might
be
helpful.
If
we
could,
you
know
if
we
could
do
both
I'm
sorry
to
make
more
make
more
work
and
also
something
I
was
thinking
about
when
we're
looking
at
this
chart.
A
There
are
a
few
items
and
we
haven't
fully
discussed
how
to
implement
some
of
the
recommendations
from
the
rfp
working
group
that
I
would
like
to
see
perhaps
visualize
once
we
get
those
implemented
into
something
in
into
our
reports.
But
of
course
we
haven't
implemented
those
for
you
to
have
the
data
to
show,
but
once
we
do
hopefully
be
able
to
have
some
of
those
reported
out
because
in
terms
of
you
know,
job
creation,
one
of
them
was
minority
contractors
or
subcontractors
that
are
employed.
Some
things
like
that.
A
C
Yeah
also
picking
up
on
this,
this
marketing
and
outreach
discussion.
One
of
the
things
that's
going
to
be
helpful.
I
think,
as
we
do,
outreach
to
specific
communities
is
having
that
granular
information,
so
whether
it's
by
council,
district
or
income
level,
or
both,
I
think,
the
the
more
specific
we
can
make
it
to
specific
populations.
L
L
L
D
J
N
Here
and
again,
that
is,
for
non
nine
percent:
low
income,
housing
tax
credit
projects
that
that
will
be
funded
through
that
rfp
and
then
on
the
right
side
of
this
screen.
We've
got
the
nine
percent
low
income,
housing
tax,
credit
pre-application
that
the
ura
annually
posts
and
the
update
here
is
that
it
was
originally.