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DocuSign Envelope ID: 92860B03-367C-49AA-BA95-OFDE6BFCF177 <br />Exhibit F, <br />City's Fair Housing Marketing Policy <br />Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Principles, Policies & Practices <br />Lakewood, OH <br />Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Principles <br />■ Protect and safeguard the right and opportunity of all persons to be free from all forms of <br />discrimination including discrimination based on age, race, color, creed, religion, national <br />origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, gender, gender _identity or expression, sexual <br />orientation, or physical characteristic. <br />■ Vigorously protect the right of all citizens to equal housing opportunities regardless of <br />characteristics protected by fair housing law. <br />■ Affirmatively further fair housing choice in its operations and promote the value of fair <br />housing in its approach to marketing, community outreach and resident selection. <br />■ Take all necessary and proper actions to create and sustain conditions in which individuals <br />of similar income levels in the same housing market area have available to them a like <br />range of housing choices regardless of characteristics protected by fair housing law. <br />Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Policies &Practices <br />■ City owned and assisted projects must make special efforts to attract racial or ethnic groups <br />"least likely to apply" when marketing housing opportunities. <br />■ Special efforts must be made to market city owned and assisted housing opportunities to <br />historically disadvantaged, marginalized, and underrepresented groups including but not <br />limited to publicizing the availability of housing opportunities in media typically accessed <br />by these groups. <br />■ A non-discriminatory hiring policy for all employees including those involved in property <br />sales or rental. <br />■ Housing sales and management staff must review and understand the purpose and <br />objectives of fair housing law. <br />■ HUD's Equal Housing Opportunity logo must appear on all signs, ads, brochures, and <br />written communications associated with city -owned and assisted housing opportunities. <br />■ HUD's fair housing poster must be displayed in rental offices and locations where potential <br />tenants of city -owned and funded housing are likely to apply for occupancy. <br />■ A sign displaying the HUD Equal Housing Opportunity logo, slogan, or statement must be <br />displayed at all city -sanctioned housing project sites. <br />■ A fair, unbiased, clearly defined, and documented selection process must be utilized to <br />screen prospective buyers and tenants of city -owned and assisted housing. <br />■ Provide agents and employees marketing city owned and assisted housing with education <br />and training oportunities regardingon fair housing law, policies, and procedures. <br />F-1 <br />