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<br />6. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
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<br />Contractor, to the extent applicable to this Agreement, shall comply with the following Federal laws and
<br />regulations as set forth in 24 CFR §§570.600-612:
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<br />A. Public Law 88-352, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which provides that no person in the
<br />United States shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to
<br />discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal fmancial assistance, including community
<br />development funds, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin.
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<br />B. Public Law 90-284, Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. §§3601- 20), which provides that it is the policy of
<br />the United States to provide, within constitutional limitations, fair housing throughout the United States and
<br />prohibits any person from discriminating in the sale, rental, or fmancing of housing on the basis of race, color,
<br />religion, sex, national origin handicap or familial status. The Fair Housing Act, as amended in 1988, also
<br />establishes requirements for the design and construction of new rental or for sale multifamily housing to ensure
<br />a minimum level of accessibility for persons with disabilities. Multifamily dwelling units in buildings
<br />containing 4 or more units served by one or more elevators, or ground floor dwellings units with 4 or more
<br />units, constructed for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, must be designed and constructed in a manner that
<br />the public and common use portions of such dwellings are readily accessible to and usable by disabled persons.
<br />All premises within such dwellings must incorporate features of adaptive design regarding accessibility routes
<br />into and through the dwelling and design features within the units. (Regarding accessibility design issues,
<br />State accessibility requirements will prevail if they are stricter than federal requirements.)
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<br />C. Age Discrimination Act of 1975, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in the delivery of
<br />services, programs or benefits supported by Federal funds.
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<br />D. Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, which prohibits discrimination against otherwise qualified
<br />handicapped persons in the provision of programs, facilities and employment supported by Federal funds.
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<br />In the case of multifamily rental housing, projects of five or more units must be designed and constructed
<br />to be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. For new construction involving five or more
<br />units, and substantial rehabilitation projects of 15 or more units (with substantial rehabilitation defined as
<br />rehabilitation costs representing 75 percent or more of the replacement costs of the completed facility), the
<br />following requirements must be followed - a minimum of 5 percent of the dwelling units must be accessible to
<br />individuals with mobility impairments and an additional 2 percent accessible to individuals with sensory
<br />impairments. At the minimum, one unit shall be made accessible to mobility-impaired individuals and one unit
<br />accessible to sensory impaired individuals. When less than substantial rehabilitation is undertaken in
<br />multifamily rental housing projects of any size, these alterations must, to the maximum extent feasible, make
<br />the dwelling units accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, until a minimum of 5 percent of the
<br />dwelling units (but not less than one unit) are accessible to persons with mobility impairments; for this
<br />category of less than substantial rehabilitation, the additional 2 percent of the units for persons with sensory
<br />impairments does not apply. Also for this category of rehabilitation, if undertaking accessibility alterations
<br />imposes undue financial and administrative burdens on the operation of the multifamily housing project, the
<br />alterations are not required.
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<br />In the case of non-housing facilites involving new construction, the facilities shall be designed and
<br />constructed to be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. For facilities involving
<br />alterations, to the extent possible, the alterations should ensure that such facilities are readily accessible to and
<br />usable by individuals with disabilities. An element of an existing non-housing facility need not be made
<br />accessible, if doing so, would impose undue financial and administrative burdens on the operation of the
<br />recipient program or activity. (However, State law will prevail if State accessibility requirements are stricter
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