2 <br />Visit Our Website <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />   <br />Fair Housing Training at Planning Commission <br /> <br />Using federal Community Development Block Grant funds (CDBG), the City of Eugene <br />contracts with Fair Housing Council of Oregon (FHCO) to provide trainings to <br />Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing throughout the year. On February 27, Mel Keller <br />and Sam Goldberg from FHCO provided information and resources on fair housing to the <br />Eugene Planning Commission as it relates to land use code, planning, housing policies, <br />and practices. Watch the presentation below and read the agenda packet here. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The purpose of fair housing laws is to provide access to housing choice by everyone, free <br />from discrimination. Federal, state, and local fair housing laws all play a part in protecting <br />people seeking housing free from unlawful discrimination in any housing transaction, <br />including rentals, sales, lending, and insurance. Fair housing guarantees that individuals <br />from a “protected class status” that includes race, sex, national origin, religion, family <br />situation, or level of ability, has the right to find housing that fits their needs. Additionally, <br />the City of Eugene also protects against housing discrimination based on ethnicity and <br />age. <br /> <br />A summary of the City’s Fair Housing Plan is available, which was adopted by City <br />Council as part ofthe 2020 Eugene‐Springfield Consolidated Plan. The full plan, also <br />known as the Analysis of Impediments is available here. <br /> <br />Urban Growth Strategies: Planning for Homes, Jobs, and <br />Public Lands to 2045 <br />