§ 12.5-7. Complaints.  


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  • (a)

    Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice or who believes that the person will be irrevocably injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur (person aggrieved) may file a complaint with the administrator. Such complaints shall be in writing and shall identify the person alleged to have committed or alleged to be about to commit the discriminatory housing practice and shall set forth the particulars. The administrator is directed to prepare and adopt from time to time standard complaint forms and to furnish them without charge to any person requesting the form.

    (b)

    The administrator shall receive and accept notification and referral of complaints from the secretary of housing and urban development pursuant to the provisions of Title VIII, Fair Housing Act of 1968, Public Law 90-284, and shall treat such complaints in the same manner as complaints filed directly by the person aggrieved.

    (c)

    If, in the course of any investigation, as provided in subsection 12.5-8, if the administrator, receives credible evidence and has probable cause to believe that the person or persons named in a complaint have committed a discriminatory housing practice on grounds not stated in the complaint, the administrator may prepare and file a supplementary complaint. Such supplementary complaint shall be treated in the same manner as an original complaint file by a person aggrieved.

    (d)

    Upon the filing or referral of any complaint, the administrator shall furnish a copy of the complaint to the person or persons named in the complaint.

    (e)

    A complaint filed under subsections (a), (c), and (d) above shall be filed no later than sixty (60) days after the alleged discriminatory housing practice occurred. Complaints shall state the facts upon which the allegations of discriminatory housing practice are based. Complaints may be reasonably and fairly amended with permission of the administrator. A respondent may file an answer to the complaint. With the permission of the administrator, which shall be granted whenever it would be reasonable and fair to do so, a respondent may amend the answer. A copy of an amendment to a complaint or an answer shall be furnished to the opposing party. Both complaints and answers shall be signed by the person making them.

(Ord. 97-48, § 2, 6-26-97)