City of Spokane 2024 Fair Housing Survey for Housing Consumers & Advocates - Please Respond by 4/7/2024

Purpose of Survey

As a recipient of US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development funds, Spokane is required to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing.

The Spokane CHHS Department has contracted with Northwest Fair Housing Alliance to prepare the 2024 Fair Housing Plan. The Fair Housing Plan will be used to identify fair housing issues in Spokane and set goals to overcome barriers to fair housing,

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey to provide input on fair housing issues in the City of Spokane.

This survey has been designed for input from housing consumers and their advocates (including tenants, transitional housing residents, homebuyers / owners, home mortgage borrowers, healthcare providers, tenant attorneys, tenant advocates, housing counselors, and social service providers).

Completing this survey is not the same as filing a complaint.

Please contact Marley Hochendoner at (509) 209-2667 or execdir@nwfairhouse.org if you have questions about this survey or the 2024 Fair Housing Plan.
1.Where do you live? (*The first questions ask about your demographic information, to provide information on whether survey responders are representative of all protected classes, geographies and roles in housing transactions in the City of Spokane)
2.What is your race?
3.Are you Hispanic, Latino, or Latinx?
4.Do you or does someone in your household have a disability?
5.What is your sexual orientation?
6.What is your gender?
7.Do you have children under 18 in your household?
8.How many people are in your household?
9.Which best describes your annual income?
10.Do you use a voucher (section 8, VASH, etc.) or other subsidy (HEN, etc.) to pay some or all of your housing costs?
11.Which best describes your current living situation?
12.Which role(s) best describes you?
13.Please select any of the following that you believe are protected under federal or WA state fair housing laws. (*The next questions focus on your fair housing knowledge, beliefs, and experiences)
14.How well do you understand fair housing laws?
15.How often do you believe that discrimination in the rental of housing occurs in Spokane?
16.If you believe that discrimination occurs in the rental of housing, on what bases do you believe that discrimination is most often based on?
17.If you believe that discrimination occurs in the rental of housing, why do you believe it most often occurs?
18.How often do you believe that discrimination in the sale of housing occurs in Spokane)?
19.If you believe that discrimination occurs in the sale of housing, on what bases do you believe that discrimination is most often based on?
20.If you believe that discrimination occurs in the sale of housing in Spokane, why do you believe it most often occurs?
21.How often do you believe that discrimination in mortgage lending occurs in Spokane?
22.If you believe that discrimination occurs in mortgage lending in Spokane, on what bases do you believe that discrimination is most often based on?
23.If you believe that discrimination occurs in mortgage lending in Spokane, why do you believe it most often occurs?
24.Which agency(cies) could you contact to file a fair housing complaint?
25.What are you most concerned about with respect to fair housing and access to housing opportunities in Spokane? Check your top concerns.
26.Who is in need of increased fair housing education?
27.What is the most effective way to provide fair housing information to tenants and homebuyers in Spokane?
28.What languages are most needed for fair housing education materials in Spokane?
29.What is most needed to eliminate barriers to fair housing and improve access to equal housing opportunities in Spokane?
30.Are you aware of any housing practices in Spokane that are barriers to fair housing and equal opportunity access to housing?
31.If you work for an organization on behalf of tenants or homebuyers, has your organization received housing discrimination complaints from your clients/constituents/members that occurred in Spokane?
32.I believe I have been illegally discriminated against while attempting to obtain rental housing in Spokane?
33.I believe I have been illegally discriminated against while renting in Spokane (e.g., treated differently because of my protected class, harassed because of my protected class, etc.)
34.I believe I have been illegally discriminated against and terminated from rental housing in Spokane because of my protected class.
35.I believe I have been illegally discriminated against while attempting to purchase a home in Spokane.
36.I believe I have been steered to a particular area of Spokane, neighborhood, or housing complex because of my race, national origin, disability, or presence of a child.
37.I have had difficulty obtaining homeowner’s insurance in Spokane because of my protected class (race, national origin, disability, etc.)
38.I have been denied a home mortgage loan in Spokane because of my protected class (race, disability, sex, national origin, etc.)
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