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I there should not be .r, funU Yor the managers as well . Joellyn Murphy explained that some of the money won in damages goes back into thr 'um fund . She said MCFH W..n•t,c : i to get disc: r ir::ination cases into the courts to mrUce it difficult to discriminate , not just .l legal . But she suggested ted that the loan fund would not be much used , Si Dee many people don ' t realize they ' re being discriminated against, , and that few of those who do go to court . Housing Aide Rc._r •om said that he thought the City ought to take some action, despite the pre -emption by the St'i te . More than half the people in Redwood City rent , he said , and the MCFH audit h•,d shown that a majority of those providing .rent.' ,.1 housing were committing cr-i mco regularly . If some other fr; ud were being regularly perpetrated among half ct. the citizens , the City would surely see to it thul:t, it stopped , whether or not it fell under State or federal jurisdiction . sa.J, d that he thought getting the City Attorney into di serim„- i.nation cases - Ind finding a way to . get aihrtrr,ent owners to post vacancies and . rental terms were I'jCFIIt s most meaty suggestions . City I. .int: ger Falco wondered whether the specific prices of apartments xrou] d be so important as the teens and conditions , like whether or not an applicant would have to &,c through a credit check . Joel.Lyn Murphy said that many time^ the discrimination is done both by quoting 1 if,he:e rents and harsher terms and conditions . Concerning the JCCFIT suggestions about fair hoi sing education , Bob I'Iorris asked if pamphlets mightn ' t be distributed to other people as well as managers am, real.tf r s . People weren ' t aware of their houz:i rg rights , he said . Suggestio•rs were mt.de that iv go out in a quarterly new: 1 Lter•, if Redwood City begins cne , or that it be scrt out with City water bills Charles Olivia , of Challenge Development Corp ):^at:ion , asked if any of the auditors had gone back and confronted the managers who had discriminated . Joellyn Murphy said that confronting the mean, ;ers and owners was the point or their recommendation that the Housing Concerns Committee join with MCFH in setting up meetings with the owners . Mayor Keckley thanked Joellyn Murphy and MCFH for having presented a full report and lots of recommendations . With the Committee ' s consent , he turned the report over to City staff and asked them to go to work and come back with some recommendations , taking their time to work things out and come up with a plan that would stand on its feet . City Manager Fales said that the staff had made some initial inquiries into consumer protection and that the renter is a consumer . He said that he would want to use many of the city departments as inputs into working out recommen- dations , but that staff may not wait until everything was ready before making some proposals . Staff would want to get together with MCFH , too , he said . Joellyn Murphy added that the Tri --County Apartment Association should also be invited . Housing Aide Ransom said that since MCFH had already worked out a procedure for meeting with owners and had done so in a number of cities , he saw no reason not MINUTES HOUSING CONCERNS COMMITTEE JUNE 28, 1972 PAGE 4 OF 5