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zo <br />HUD reduces the information to writing which is <br />subsequently signed, affirmed, attested to, or <br />notarized by the complainant, as prescribed by the <br />relevant State or local law. <br />4. The agency is required to dual-file a housing <br />discrimination complaint within 5 days of its <br />receipt. <br />5. Dual-filed complaints wherein the Department and <br />the Agency have worked together to handle/resolve <br />may be counted for payment. Such complaints <br />include instances where: . <br />a. either HUD or the FHAP asks to participate in <br />investigation and/or resolution of enforcement <br />agreements <br />b. complaints involve Department of Justice <br />enforcement <br />C. <br />D. <br />Amendment of Com Taints <br />Complaints stay be rQasonably and fairly amended at any <br />time. Such amendments may include, but are not limited <br />to: amendments to cure technical defects or omissions, <br />including failure to sign or affirm a complaint, to <br />clarify or amplify the allegations in a complaint, or <br />to join additional or substitute respondents. Except <br />for purposes of notifying additional respondents, <br />amended complaints will be considered as having been <br />made as of the original filing date. <br />Notification to Resoonden~s <br />investigation, may be joined as an additional or <br />substitute respondent by service of a notice on <br />- the person or otherwise in accordance with State <br />and local. laws or regulations. <br />2. The notice wil~ identify the alleged housing <br />discrimination practice upon which the complaint <br />is based, acid include a copy of the complaint. <br />1. The State or local agency will serve a notice oti <br />each respondent. A person who is not named as a <br />_ -respondent in a complaint, but who is identified <br />as a respondent in the course of the <br />3. If the person is not named in the complaint, but <br />is being joined as an additional or substitute <br />respondent, the notice will explain the basis for <br />the agency's belief that the joined person is <br />properly joined as a respondent. <br />