ADECA holds public forum to discuss impediments to fair housing choice The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) Community and Economic Development Unit invites the general public to attend a public forum scheduled to be conducted on Thursday, November 13, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at the Perdido Beach Resort Hotel located at 27200 Perdido Beach Blvd., Orange Beach, Alabama 36561.
The forum will be conducted by ADECA and Mr. Robert Gaudin of Western Economic Services, LLC in Portland, Oregon. A similar forum will also be conducted at 4:00 p.m. on the same day and at the same location in conjunction with the Community Development Block Grant Compliance Workshop. ADECA is a recipient of federal grant funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and is required to periodically conduct an "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice" as a means of affirmatively furthering fair housing within Alabama in efforts to eliminate direct and/or indirect discrimination in housing and related services based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, familial status, or disability. ADECA is seeking the public's input by hosting these forums, which will assist ADECA in complying with the federal civil rights program-related laws and requirements. These forums will allow citizens opportunities to discuss Alabama's "Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice."
For more information, please contact Mr. Shabbir Olia and/or Dr. Kathleen Rasmussen at: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
Community and Economic Development Division
401 Adams Avenue, Room 500; P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5690
Written comments may also be submitted to ADECA at the above mailing address and email addresses following the conclusion of the public forums.
The Perdido Beach Resort Hotel's facilities wherein the forums will be conducted are handicap accessible, and the forums will be accessible to all persons regardless of disability. If you have a disability that might require special services, materials, or assistance, then please notify Teresa Nobles or Denise Molina in ADECA's Community and Economic Development Unit at 334-242-0492 to arrange for those services.
Annually, AHFA works with ADECA to prepare the State of Alabama Consolidated Plan, which outlines Alabama's affordable housing and community development needs and strategies to meet them. ADECA's public forum is part of this process.
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