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<br />C. The language of paragraphs 5A and 5B shall be included in the award documents for all
<br />sub awards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and
<br />cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
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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 financial 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. ~~360 1- 20), which provides that it is the policy
<br />of the United States to provide, within constitutional limitations, fair housing throughout the United
<br />States and prohibits any person from discriminating in the sale, rental, or financing of housing on the
<br />basis ofrace, color, religion, sex, national origin handicap or familial status. The Fair Housing Act, as
<br />amended in 1988, also establishes requirements for the design and construction of new rental or for sale
<br />multifamily housing to ensure a minimum level of accessibility for persons with disabilities. Multifamily
<br />dwelling units in buildings containing 4 or more units served by one or more elevators, or ground floor
<br />dwellings units with 4 or more units, constructed for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, must be
<br />designed and constructed in a manner that the public and common use portions of such dwellings are
<br />readily accessible to and usable by disabled persons. All premises within such dwellings must
<br />incorporate features of adaptive design regarding accessibility routes into and through the dwelling and
<br />design features within the units. (Regarding accessibility design issues, State accessibility requirements
<br />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
<br />delivery of 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
<br />qualified handicapped persons in the provision of programs, facilities and employment supported by
<br />Federal funds.
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<br />In the case of multifamily rental housing, projects of five or more units must be designed and
<br />constructed to be readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. For new construction
<br />involving five or more units, and substantial rehabilitation projects of 15 or more units (with substantial
<br />rehabilitation defined as rehabilitation costs representing 75 percent or more of the replacement costs of
<br />the completed facility), the following requirements must be followed - a minimum of 5 percent of the
<br />dwelling units must be accessible to individuals with mobility impairments and an additional 2 percent
<br />accessible to individuals with sensory impairments. At the minimum, one unit shall be made accessible to
<br />mobility-impaired individuals and one unit accessible to sensory impaired individuals. When less than
<br />substantial rehabilitation is undertaken in multifamily rental housing projects of any size, these alterations
<br />must, to the maximum extent feasible, make the dwelling units accessible to and usable by individuals
<br />with disabilities, until a minimum of 5 percent of the dwelling units (but not less than one unit) are
<br />accessible to persons with mobility impairments; for this category of less than substantial rehabilitation,
<br />the additional 2 percent of the units for persons with sensory impairments does not apply. Also for this
<br />category of rehabilitation, if undertaking accessibility alterations imposes undue financial and
<br />administrative burdens on the operation of the multifamily housing project, the alterations are not
<br />required.
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