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10 <br />(c) contain provisions to adequately vindicate <br />the public interest, and prohibit recurring <br />future discriminatory housing practices by <br />the respondent; <br />(d) specifically state that the agreement <br />constitutes closure of the complaint filed <br />with HUD and the State or local Agency; <br />(e) contain a provision that states that the <br />agreement shall be made public unless the <br />complainant and respondent otherwise agree <br />and the authorized representative of the <br />Agency determines that disclosure is not <br />required to further the purposes of the State <br />or local Agency; <br />(1) Examples of circumstances that may <br />result in partial disclosure or nondisclosure <br />of a conciliation agreement: <br />• Sexual harassment allegations that may <br />be embarrassing or humiliating to the <br />parties; <br />• discrimination based on a physical or <br />mental disability that the complainant <br />may not want disclosed; or <br />• complainant is a resident in a home for <br />battered women who may be concerned <br />about her safety if the agreement were <br />publicized. <br />(f) contain a provision which will allow the <br />Agency to conduct compliance reviews of all <br />settlements and conciliation agreements or <br />other orders issued to resolve the <br />discriminatory housing practice; and <br />(g) include language that states when other civil <br />rights authorities have been violated, the <br />conciliation agreement does not prohibit HUD <br />from taking further action against the <br />respondent under applicable rules and <br />regulations Qf the other civil rights <br />authorities. When the Agency has been notified <br />that a complaint is subject to concurrent <br />processing, the Agency will not execute an <br />agreement on the fair housing act violations <br />unless HUD concurs with the terms and <br />conditions. <br />