[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: 24CFR103.9]

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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 A_Purpose and Definitions
 
Sec. 103.9  Definitions.

    The terms Fair Housing Act, General Counsel, and HUD are defined in 
24 CFR part 5.
    Aggrieved person includes any person who:
    (a) Claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing 
practice; or
    (b) Believes that such person will be injured by a discriminatory 
housing practice that is about to occur.
    Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity in HUD.
    Attorney General means the Attorney General of the United States.
    Complainant means the person (including the Assistant Secretary) who 
files a complaint under this part.
    Conciliation means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a 
complaint, or by the investigation of a complaint, through informal 
negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent, and the 
Assistant Secretary.
    Conciliation agreement means a written agreement setting forth the 
resolution of the issues in conciliation.
    Discriminatory housing practice means an act that is unlawful under 
section 804, 805, 806 or 818 of the Fair Housing Act, as described in 
part 100.
    Dwelling means any building, structure, or portion thereof which is 
occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by 
one or more families, or any vacant land which is

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offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of 
any such building, structure, or portion thereof.
    Person includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, 
associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual 
companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, 
trustees, trustee in cases under title 11 U.S.C., receivers and 
fiduciaries.
    Personal service means handing a copy of the document to the person 
to be served or leaving a copy of the document with a person of suitable 
age and discretion at the place of business, residence or usual place of 
abode of the person to be served.
    Receipt of notice means the day that personal service is completed 
by handing or delivering a copy of the document to an appropriate person 
or the date that a document is delivered by certified mail.
    Respondent means:
    (a) The person or other entity accused in a complaint of a 
discriminatory housing practice; and
    (b) Any other person or entity identified in the course of 
investigation and notified as required under Sec. 103.50.
    State means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any of the territories and possessions 
of the United States.
    Substantially equivalent State or local agency means a State or 
local agency certified by HUD under 24 CFR part 115 (including agencies 
certified for interim referrals).
    To rent includes to lease, to sublease, to let, and otherwise to 
grant for consideration the right to occupy premises not owned by the 
occupant.

[54 FR 3292, Jan. 23, 1989, as amended at 61 FR 5205, Feb. 9, 1996]