C859617 Contract

• Contract/PO #: C859617
• Contractor Name: Crook, Town of
• Contract Type: Grant
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Contract Documents

b) such comparable replacement dwellings shall be designed to remain arfordable to persons of low and
moderate income for ten (10) years from the time of initial occupancy;
c) relocation benefits shall be provided for all low or moderate income persons who occupied housing
demolished or converted to a use other than for low or moderate income housing,including reimbursement for actual
and reasonable moving expenses, security deposits, credit checks, and other moving-related expenses, including
any interim living costs; and, in the case of displaced persons of low and moderate income, provide either:
i) compensation sufficient to ensure that,for a 5-year period,the displaced families shall not bear,
after relocation, a ratio of shelter costs to income that exceeds 30 percent; or
ii) if elected by a family,a lump-sum payment equal to the capitalized value of the benefits available
under subclause(i) to permit the household to secure participation in a housing cooperative or
mutual housing association;
d) Persons displaced shall be relocated into comparable replacement housing that is:
i) decent, safe, and sanitary;
ii) adequate in size to accommodate the occupants;
iii) functional equivalent; and,
iv) in an area not subject to unreasonably adverse environmental conditions.
Persons displaced shall have the right to elect, as an alternative to the benefits under this paragraph to receive
benefits under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended,
if such persons determine that it is in their best interest to do so; and, where a claim for assistance under
subparagraph(d) is denied by the Contractor,the claimant may appeal to the State,and that the decision of the State
shall be final unless a court determines the decision was arbitrary and capricious.
The Contractor shall follow the Residential Antidisplacement and Relocation Assistance Plan except that paragraphs
a) and b) shall not apply in an case in which the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development finds, on the basis of objective data,that there is available in the area an adequate supply of habitable
affordable housing for low and moderate income persons. A determination under this paragraph is final and
nonreviewable.
9. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. The Contractor shall affirmatively further fair housing in addition to
conducting and administering its Project in conformity with the equal opportunity requirements of Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as required herein.
10. Recovery of Capital Costs of Public Improvements. The Contractor shall not attempt to recover any
capital costs of public improvements assisted in whole or part with CDBG funds by assessing any amount against
properties owned and occupied by persons of low and moderate income, including any fee charged or assessment
made as a condition of obtaining access to such public improvements, unless:
a) CDBG funds are used to pay the proportion of such fee or assessment that relates to the capital costs
of such public improvements that are financed from revenue sources other than the CDBG program, or
b) for the purposes of assessing any amount against properties owned and occupied by persons of
moderate income who are not persons of low income, it certifies that it lacks sufficient CDBG funds to comply with
the requirements of subparagraph (a) hereinabove.
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11. Compensation and Method of Payment. The State agrees to pay to the Contractor, in consideration for
the work and services to be performed, a total amount nOt to exceed Ninety-Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars
($95,000.00). The method and time of payment shall be made in accordance with the"Payment Method" set forth
herein.
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