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14 <br />• Expanding access to opportunity. The strength of America's economy, the stability and <br />security of its neighborhoods, and the ability for all to prosper depends on all Americans <br />having equal access to opportunity — no matter what they look like or where they come <br />from. This rule facilitates local decision-making by HUD grantees to expand equal <br />access to opportunity for all Americans. <br />• Valuing local data and knowledge. HUD is providing grantees with publicly open data to <br />assist with their assessment of fair housing, but grantees will also use local data and <br />knowledge to inform local decision-making, including information obtained through the <br />community participation process. <br />• Customized tools for local leaders. Recognizing that one size does not fit all grantees, <br />given their differing responsibilities and geographic areas served, HUD will be providing <br />fair housing assessment tools specific to local jurisdictions, public housing authorities <br />(PHAs), and states and Insular Areas. <br />• Collaboration is encouraged. Many fair housing priorities transcend a grantee's <br />boundaries. Actions to advance these priorities often involve coordination by multiple <br />jurisdictions. The final rule encourages grantees to collaborate on fair housing <br />assessments to advance regional fair housing priorities and goals. <br />• Community voice. The rule facilitates community participation in the local process to <br />analyze fair housing conditions and set local priorities and goals. <br />• A phased -in approach. The final rule provides for additional time for communities to <br />adopt this improved process for setting local fair housing priorities than originally <br />proposed. <br />• Additional time for small grantees and recent regional collaborations. Local jurisdictions <br />receiving a CDBG grant of $500,000 or less and qualified PHAs will have more time to <br />submit their first AFH. Grantees that recently submitted a Regional Analysis of <br />Impediments in connection with HUD's Sustainable Communities competition have <br />additional time to submit their first AFH than originally proposed. <br />P223 <br />