[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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



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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 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]