The City of Columbus and Franklin County partnered together to prepare a fair housing study known as an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, or AI. As the capital of Ohio, Columbus is not only the seat of state government, but also home to the flagship campus of The Ohio State University and a […]
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In 2019, the Quad Cities, represented by Davenport, IA and Moline and Rock Island, IL partnered together on a Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. The Regional AI discusses patterns of race, housing, and poverty; access to opportunity; and housing barriers. It also outlines recommended individual strategies for each of the three cities
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In 2021, Mosaic developed a Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice for the St. Louis HOME Consortium, a group consisting of St. Louis County, St. Charles County, Jefferson County, the City of Florissant, the City of O’Fallon, and the Housing Authority of St. Louis County. The Consortium members work together to plan and
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In some communities, priorities and goals barely change from one plan to the next. Not so in Atlanta. Atlanta’s 2020 Consolidated Plan arrived at a time of transition for the City. A new leadership structure unifying management of the City’s HUD-funded programs under one office had to be reflected as well as significant changes to
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In 2011, the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation was awarded a Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant to develop a regional sustainability plan. Awardees under this joint HUD-EPA program were required to produce a Fair Housing and Equity Assessment, a set of study requirements overlapping to a large degree those of an Analysis of Impediments. Because
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When it came time for the City of La Crosse to develop a new Analysis of Impediments, it sought to bring into the process other jurisdictions and organizations throughout the region, several of whom were not under any HUD requirement to prepare an AI but joined the effort nonetheless. The cooperation among the regional partners
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In the Twin Cities, Mosaic worked with the Fair Housing Implementation Council, a client group of 15 cities and counties, to develop an analysis of housing development patterns and their impact on social equity. Our work included geospatial analysis of the locations of subsidized affordable housing, an exploration of market trends in unsubsidized “naturally occurring”
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San Bernardino County is the largest county in the U.S. and is characterized by a mix of dense urbanized areas, vast open desert, and small alpine communities in the mountains. As an Urban County with many individual municipalities cooperating in the County’s CDBG program, the public engagement around the Consolidated Plan and Analysis of Impediments
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The City of Albany, Georgia contracted Mosaic to prepare its Five-Year Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan, and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice in 2015 and again in 2020. Additionally, Mosaic has assisted the City with other planning and community development projects, including development of Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area (NRSA) plans and environmental review
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