​As a recipient of federal block grant funds including Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Act (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from U.S. HUD, the City of Dallas must certify that it will “affirmatively further fair housing” in accordance with federal regulatory requirements at 24 CFR 91.225(a)(1). The certification means that the City will conduct an Analysis of Impediments to fair housing choice (AI) within the jurisdiction, take appropriate actions to overcome the effects of any impediments identified through that analysis, and maintain records reflecting the analysis and actions in this regard.1 Given that submission of the Assessment of Fair Housing to HUD was no longer necessary, the City of Dallas was instead required to complete an update of its 2015 Analysis of Impediments. The City of Dallas and the North Texas Regional Housing Assessment (NTRHA) went above and beyond what was required to update its Analysis of Impediments. The comprehensive nature of that effort to “affirmatively further fair housing” and the proximity between completion of the Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) and submission of the Analysis of Impediments permits a significant portion of information gathered throughout the AFH process to be utilized throughout this Analysis of Impediments. Such information comes from all three vital phases of the AFH process: community outreach, data analysis and the formulation of fair housing goals to address the issues identified.  View the complete: ​2019 Analysis of Impediments