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High Point council hears update on fair housing certification, investigator hired; complaint intake expected by fall 2025
Summary
City staff told the High Point City Council the city has interim HUD certification, has hired a fair housing investigator and expects to begin accepting fair-housing complaints and community trainings by fall 2025, though HUD staffing issues could delay funding and timelines.
High Point Mayor Cyril Jefferson on Monday recognized a managing director for a city update on the municipality’s fair housing initiative, during which staff said the city has interim certification through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), recently hired a fair housing investigator and is preparing to begin accepting complaints and running community trainings by fall 2025.
The update, given by Jeron Hollis, managing director, summarized the city’s timeline after the council last year approved a local fair housing ordinance and HUD granted a three‑year interim certification. "We’ve had seven complaints that we’ve sent to the state human relations commission," Hollis said, and added that the city is building capacity to take incoming cases and run landlord trainings once final certification steps are complete.
The update matters because local certification through HUD’s Fair Housing Assistance Program would allow High Point to investigate certain…
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