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Past performance of fair housing activities carried by Fair Housing Foundation
During FY 2015-19, the Fair Housing Foundation (FHF) conducted multi-faceted fair
housing outreach activities within the City of Orange to provide fair housing education to
tenants, landlords, rental property owners, realtors, and property management companies.
Each activity was promoted utilizing multiple marketing channels including social media,
event flyer distribution, and press releases with the local cable channel. Activities included:
o Conducted 8 Tenant Workshops (2-Hours each) to 20 attendees total.
o Conducted 8 Landlord Workshops (2-Hours each) to 43 attendees total.
o Staffed 10 Community Event Informational Booths (8-Hours total) making fair housing
information available to 2,820 attendees at the 2015 Friendly Center Health and Resource
Fair, 2016 Friendly Center Resource Fair, 2016 25th Anniversary Health Fair, 2016
Orange Senior Wellness Fair, 2017 Rideshare & Health Fair, 2017 Health and Wellness
Fair, 2017 Friendly Center Community Resource Fair, 2018 CalOptima's Community
Resource Fair, 2018 City of Orange Rideshare & Health Fair, and 2019 CalOptima
Community Resource Fair.
o Conducted 29 FHF 101 presentations to civic leaders and community organizations
including the Heart to Heart Collaborative, West Orange Elementary English Learner
Advisory Committee Meeting, Office of Assembly member Tom Daly, Friendly Center,
CDBG Program Committee, Women’s Transitional Living Center OC Senior Roundtable
Networking Group, Fristers, OC Adult Protective Services, Vietnamese American
Human Services Network, Heart to Heart, Patriots and Paws, Realtors Group, Orange
Children & Parents Together (OCPT), Planned Parenthood, El Modena Family Resource
Center, Santiago Canyon College - Student Services, Youth Centers of Orange, Orange
Code Enforcement, Rehabilitation Institute of So Cal, Mariposa Center, and OCPT Head
Start. There was a total of 457 attendees.
o Distributed 26,094 pieces of Fair Housing Literature in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese
during outreach activities and mass mailings.
To promote education opportunities to rental housing providers, FHF conducted focused
outreach efforts such as mailings, presentations, and trainings to 608 small property
owners/landlords, and 203 Property Management Companies in the City of Orange
promoting our fair housing certificate training. Thus, FHF conducted 9 Certificate
Management Trainings (4 Hours each) to 65 attendees, all successfully passing the post Fair
Housing Exam.
FHF provided ongoing Landlord/Tenant Counseling, Mediation, and Assistance to 894
Households resulting in 1334 Landlord/Tenant Issues.
FHF counseled and screened 79 households for potential fair housing violations,. These
included allegations of housing discrimination based on Disability-48, Race-19, Familial
Status -5, Age – 2, Arbitrary – 1, National Origin – 2, and Gender -2. FHF opened 26
Bonafide Fair Housing Cases based on: Arbitrary – 1, Disability -8, Gender -1, Familial
Status-3, National Origin -1, and Race-12. FHF conducted 17 Onsite Tests, 207 Property
Surveys, collected 52 Witness Statements, 315 documents, and 71 photos. Of these cases, 8
Sustained Allegations were successfully conciliated, 4 Inconclusive cases were provide
educational information and provided additional options to the client, such as filing with
DFEH or small claims, 14 No Evidence cases were provided educational information and
provided additional options to the client, such as filing with DFEH or small claims.