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Fair Housing Center presents Analysis of Impediments; recommends certificates, zoning changes and stronger enforcement
Summary
Noah Woods of the Fair Housing Center presented a 5‑year Analysis of Impediments identifying 14 barriers to fair housing choice in Toledo and a set of recommended actions, including use of Certificate of Qualification for Housing programs, zoning updates and stronger enforcement.
Noah Woods, a staff attorney at the Fair Housing Center, presented the organization’s Analysis of Impediments (AI) to fair housing, a companion document to the Consolidated Plan that identifies local barriers and recommends an action plan for the next five years.
Woods described the AI as the product of community outreach, public meetings at library branches, online surveys and analysis of demographic and lending data. He said the full AI is available on the Fair Housing Center’s website and on the city’s site.
The AI identifies 14 priority barriers. Among those Woods highlighted were:
- Criminal-history screening and reentry barriers: Woods said disparate outcomes in the criminal justice system can follow people into housing markets and cited disparities in arrest rates: “black men are arrested at 5 and a half…
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