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

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7 4 M. "Field Office" is the Southeast/Caribbean Field Office located at: Richard B. Russell Federal Building, 75 Spring Street SW Atlanta Georgia 30303-3388. Telephone: (303) 441-514.0 N. "Respondent" means: (1) the person or other entity accused in a complaint of a discriminatory housing practice (s) ; and (2) any other person or entity identified during investigation and notified as required. IV. FILING OF COMPLAINTS/DUAL-FILING In order to protect housing rights and facilitate the filing of complaints, HUD and the Agency each authorizes the other to receive complaints for it. Each Agency will inform complainants of their right to file with the other Agency and, pursuant to the procedures identified in this interim agreement, will assist the person alleging housing discrimination in preparing a complaint to satisfy the requirements of the other Agency. The authorization to receive complaints contained in this paragraph does not include the right of one Agency to determine the jurisdiction of the other over a complaint. A. Acceptance and Referral of Complaints (1) Complaints first received by the Department. When a complaint is filed with the Department and alleges a discriminatory housing practice that is within the jurisdiction of the Agency, the Field Office will, within 3 working days, notify the Agency by certified mail, and the complainant and respondent by mail within ten days, of the filing of the complaint with HUD and refer the complaint to the Agency for further processing. The agency shall acknowledge the date it received the complaint or the certified mail receipt and return it promptly to HUD. The Department will take no action with respect to the complaint, except for reactivation as set forth in Section V of this interim agreement.