City Manager's Agenda 2024 #256

Official designation: CMA 2024-256

Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $40,529 to the Grant Fund Human Rights Salary and Wages Account ($34,529) and the Grant Fund Human Rights Travel and Training Account ($6,000). The grant award is used to cover a portion of the salary of the Cambridge Human Rights Commission (CHRC) Attorney-Investigator, who works on Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) cases. FHAP activities include case processing, education/outreach, and participation in any mandatory HUD-sponsored training. HUD requires ongoing staff training on the Fair Housing Act and regulations, investigation skills and techniques, decision drafting, conciliation, and changes in federal anti-discrimination law. The grant award also provides funding for CHRC staff and commissioner travel and training for fair housing-related educational opportunities