[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR103.100]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 103_FAIR HOUSING_COMPLAINT PROCESSING--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart C_Referral of Complaints to State and Local Agencies
 
Sec. 103.100  Notification and referral to substantially equivalent 
State or local agencies.


    (a) Whenever a complaint alleges a discriminatory housing practice 
that is within the jurisdiction of a substantially equivalent State or 
local agency and the agency is certified or may accept interim referrals 
under 24 CFR part 115 with regard to the alleged discriminatory housing 
practice, the Assistant Secretary will notify the agency of the filing 
of the complaint and refer the complaint to the agency for further 
processing before HUD takes any action with respect to the complaint. 
The Assistant Secretary will notify the State or local agency of the 
referral by certified mail.
    (b) The Assistant Secretary will notify the aggrieved person and the 
respondent, by certified mail or personal service, of the notification 
and referral under paragraph (a) of this section. The notice will advise 
the aggrieved person and the respondent of the aggrieved person's right 
to commence a civil action under section 813 of the Fair Housing Act in 
an appropriate United States District Court, not later than two years 
after the occurrence or termination of the alleged discriminatory 
housing practice. The notice will state that the computation of this 
two-year period excludes any time during which a proceeding is pending 
under this part or part 180 with respect to complaint or charge based on 
the alleged discriminatory housing practice. The notice will also state 
that the time period includes the time during which an action arising 
from a breach of a conciliation agreement under section 814(b)(2) of the 
Fair Housing Act is pending.

[54 FR 3292, Jan. 23, 1989, as amended at 61 FR 52218, Oct. 4, 1996]