In 2010, Yakima County received a HOME grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide housing assistance to low- and moderate-income persons in most of the areas outside of the City of Yakima. As a condition of receiving the grant, the County certified that it will undertake steps that affirmatively further fair housing as follows:
Yakima County will comply with pending final regulations and guidance regarding assessments of fair housing (AFH) once said regulations and guidance are finalized by HUD.
This study is intended to assist the County toward meeting the first two obligations by assessing the impediments to fair housing in the jurisdiction and recommending actions to be taken to overcome the impact of identified impediments.