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REGIONAL AUDITS
Housing discrimination is one of the great unseen epidemics in our community. With the help of our Fair Housing Testers, FHOM sheds light on the problem with systemic audits of the housing market that measure the extent of housing discrimination.
Through these audits we can learn how housing discrimination is affecting a specific class of the community, a specific type of housing "product," or a specific geographic area. With this information in hand, FHOM and other organizations can then inform the community, seek public action and solutions, or elicit support for additional fair housing training and monitoring.
Since 1985, FHOM has conducted 15 audits focusing on the following discriminatory areas, including several studies of Sonoma County:
- Race (4)
- Familial status (3)
- Latino national origin (4)
- Physical disability
- Accessibility for the disabled
- Sales practice
- Mortgage-lending practice
- Race-based residential care for the elderly
- Property insurance (race, national origin, neighborhood)
The following is a brief overview of our Audit findings:
| Focus of Audit |
Year of Study |
% of Tests Evidencing Discrimination
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| National Origin Discrimination Based on Voice Identification |
2005
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55% in Marin
70% in Napa
80% in Sonoma
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| Familial Status Discrimination in Rental Housing |
1986 |
42 |
| 2000 (Sonoma County) | 60 |
| 2002 | 33 |
| Racial Discrimination in Rental Housing |
2001 | 33 |
| 1997 | 47 |
| 1994 | 42 |
| Discrimination against Latinos (Nat'l Origin) / in Rental Housing |
1992 |
25 |
| 1998 | 31 |
| 2000 (Sonoma County) | 70 |
| Discrimination Against People with Disabilities in Rental Housing |
1996 |
28 |
| Race Discrimination in Elderly Residential Care Facilities |
2000 - 2001 |
60 |
| Discrimination in Property Insurance Based on Race/Nat'l Origin/Neighborhood |
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72 |
Learn more about our Audit of Racial Discrimination in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly:
Race Voice ID Executive Summary
RCF Audit Report
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