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Fair Housing Equity Plan

      Director

      Kevin DuBose
      [email protected]
      (865) 215-2865

      400 Main St., Room 532-J
      Knoxville, TN 37902

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      What is an equity plan

      An Equity Plan is a fair housing plan required by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In these plans, communities commit to goals that advance equity in housing, community development programs, and residents’ access to well-resourced areas, opportunity, and community assets. 

      Update and feedback meeting:
      Saturday, April 27, 2024
      10 a.m. 
      Cansler YMCA, 616 Jessamine Street

      Attend online: Zoom link
      Passcode: 951120

      City staff will discuss initial findings, including data analysis, identification and description of fair housing issues, and gauge the community’s considerations of which identified fair housing issues should be prioritized. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback during the meeting.

      The components of the Equity Plan creation process include: Conducting Data Analysis and Research; Community Engagement; Determination of Fair Housing Issues and Establishment of Fair Housing Priorities; Identification of Fair Housing Goals; and Submission of the Plan to HUD.


      Working meeting: March 12, 2024
      6 p.m.
      Cansler Family YMCA
      616 Jessamine Street

      Thanks to everyone who came out to the first public meeting on the Equity Plan on March 12, 2024. Your feedback is instrumental to our creation of the plan. And thanks to the local television stations that came out to cover the event. You can watch the reports on WBIR, WATE and WVLT. 


      Be part of the process
      Answer our survey! The survey should take 5 minutes or less of your time to complete. The survey, available through May 19, will help us better understand community perceptions regarding housing challenges as we continue to work on the Fair Housing Equity Plan.   

      https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/COKEquity


      Your input is an important part of creating a Fair Housing Equity Plan and we want to hear from you!  If you have any questions, please contact Fair [email protected].

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      Meeting accommodation

      The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary aids and services.

      If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to attend a public meeting, please contact Stephanie Brewer Cook at 865-215-2034 or [email protected] no less than 72 business hours prior to the meeting you wish to attend.

      If you have Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and want to request language translation services, contact the Human Resources Department at [email protected], or 865-215-3100 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.