1996 NS HR & R Contract with US Department of Housing and Urban Development

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4 AGRSSMENT FOR INTERIM REFERRALS OR OTHER UTILIZATION OF SERVICES BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND ORANGE COUNTY HQMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION All references are to 24 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter 1, Subchapter A (1989) I. PURPOSES The purposes of this Agreement for Interim Referrals or Other Utilization of Services (interim agreement) are: to provide for referral of fair housing complaints .between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("the Department") and Orange County Human Relations Commission O the Agency or OCHRC") ; to set forth the terms and conditions upon which such referrals will be made; to ' define the terms and conditions upon which the services and employees of the Department may be used by the Agency; to define the terms and conditions upon which the services and employees of the Agency may be used by the Department; and, to establish procedures for communication between the parties to this interim agreement that permit the Department to monitor and evaluate the Agency's administration and enforcement of its fair housing law for initial and continued certification. These communication procedures will assist the Department in determining whether, in operation, the fair housing law administered by the Agency provides rights, procedures, remedies, and judicial review for alleged violations of law that are substantially equivalent to those provided in the Fair Housing Act (more specifically, whether the Agency is operating in a manner consistent with the performance standards set forth at 24 CFR 115) . II. AUTHORITY The Department is responsible for the administration of the Fair Rousing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601-3619) and the implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 14 et al.