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Voluntary Affirmative

Marketing Agreement

Between

Apartment Associations

and the

U.S. Department of Housing

and Urban Development

EQUAL HOUSING

OPPORTUNITY

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Voluntary Affirmative Marketing Agreement

Apartment Association

Table of Contents

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VII\. Effective Date and Term of
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X. Association
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XI\. Member
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Voluntary Affirmative Marketing Agreement

Apartment Association

I. Parties

The parties to this agreement are:

A. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, acting

through the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

(Assistant Secretary) and/or other designated HUD official or officials.

B. The Apartment Association of
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C. Each individual member firm of the Association which has

subscribed to this Agreement, through its authorized officers, in one of

the following ways:

1\. By signing this Agreement at the place provided in Part XI;

or

2\. By giving the Association a statement in writing that the

member agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, in

consideration of the benefits provided under this Agreement.

II\. Definitions

For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have

the meanings set forth below, unless the context indicates otherwise:

A. \"HUD\" means the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

B. \"Assistant Secretary\" means the HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair

Housing and Equal Opportunity.

C. \"Association\" means the apartment association which is a party

to this Agreement.

D. \"Member\" means a member of the Association.

E. \"Signatory Member\" means a member who has subscribed to this

Agreement.

F. \"Associate\" means an employee of a member or an agent associated

with a member in an independent contractor status who engages in rental
of

apartments or property management.

G. \"1968 Act\" means Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968,

42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, popularly known as the Fair Housing Act.

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H. \"1866 Act\" means 42 U.S.C. 1982, first enacted as Section 1 of

Chapter 31, Act of April 9, 1866. The 1866 Act was construed by the U.S.

Supreme Court, in Jones v. Mayer, 392 U.S. 409 (1968), to prohibit all

racial discrimination, private as well as public, in the sale or rental

of real properly.

I. \"Fair Housing Laws\" includes both the 1968 Act and the 1866 Act.

J. \"Effective date\" means the date on which this Agreement is signed

by the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, or
other

designated HUD Official or Officials.

K. \"CHRB\" means Community Housing Resource Board.

L. \"EOC\" means the Equal Opportunity Committee of the Association.

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III\. Goals, Purposes and Authority

A. The goal of HUD, the Association and the signatory members, in

entering into this Agreement, is to implement, through local voluntary

action, the policy expressed by Congress in the first sentence of the

1968 Act: \"It is the policy of the United Stated to provide, within

constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United
States.\"

42 U.S.C. 3601.

B. Based on the premise that a free housing choice is a choice free

of practices or influences that would limit that choice because of race,

color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, the

more specific goal of HUD, the Association, and the signatory members is

to provide information and service that will enable all apartment
renters

to have a free housing choice. The object of marketing is to rent; the

object of \"affirmative marketing\" is to provide free housing choice.

C. The purpose of the affirmative marketing program undertaken by

the parties to this Agreement is to achieve a condition in which

individuals with similar financial resources and interests in the same

housing market area have a like range of housing choices available to
them

regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial
status,

or national origin. Participation in the program signifies a commitment

by each signatory member to seek to assure that the availability of

apartments listed for rental under the control of the signatory member
is

made known to all individuals with similar financial resources and

interests, and that all such individuals feel welcome to apply and are

assured of the free opportunity to rent, without regard to their race,

color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

In dealings with prospects, the signatory member must seek to assure
that

his or her conduct does not impede, delay, discourage, or otherwise
limit

or restrict a homeseeker\'s choice so as to make any apartment
\"unavailable\"

to a prospective renter on account of race, color, religion, sex,
handicap,

familial status, or national origin.

D. The authority for HUD to enter into this Agreement is provided

in the Congressional directive set forth in Section 809 of the 1968 Act:

\"(The HUD Secretary) shall call conferences of persons in the housing

industry and other interested parties to acquaint them with the
provisions

of this title and his suggested means of implementing it, and shall

endeavor with their advice to work out programs of voluntary compliance

and of enforcement.\" 42 U.S.C. 3609.

IV\. Affirmative Marketing Program

A. Advertising

1\. The Association shall, within 60 days of the effective date

of this Agreement, and quarterly thereafter, place in a newspaper of

general circulation in the housing market area served by the Association

an Affirmative Marketing Advertisement mutually agreed upon by HUD and
the

Association.

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2\. The Association and HUD shall negotiate with local

newspapers and television and radio stations for the donation of space
and

time for the presentation of the Association\'s Affirmative Marketing

Advertisement to the public and the publication of the recommended

\"Publisher\'s Notice\", as set forth in the Appendix to HUD\'s Fair
Housing

Advertising Regulation, 24 CFR Part 109, but with the following
additional

sentences:

\"To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll-free at:

1-800-424-8590.\"

\"The telephone number for the hearing impaired is

1-800-543-8294.\"

3\. (a) Each signatory member shall include the official Equal

Housing Opportunity logotype in all space advertising (advertising in

regularly printed media such as newspapers or magazines) which is

\"display\" advertising, in accordance with the size standards set forth

in Table 1 of the Appendix to HUD\'s Fair Housing Advertising
Regulation,

24 CFR Part 109.

\(b\) Each signatory member shall include the official Equal

Housing Opportunity slogan or logotype in each \"classified\" space

advertisement of four (4) column inches or larger in size, except where

the HUD \"Publisher\'s Notice\" appears on the lead page of the
classified

advertising section of the newspaper or magazine.

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\(c\) Each signatory member shall include the official Equal

Housing Opportunity slogan or logotype in a prominent place in all \"for

rent\" signs, brochures, circulars, billboards and direct mail
advertising.

4\. Whenever a signatory member uses human models in display

advertising for the rental of housing, all reasonable steps should be
taken

to ensure that the use of the models, through representation of both

majority and minority groups, indicates to the general public that the

advertised housing is open to all persons without regard to race, color,

religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, and is not

for the exclusive use of any particular group or groups.

5\. Each signatory member shall adopt and utilize advertising

policies and practices designed to attract renters, without regard to
race,

color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, to

housing offered for rent, including practices designed to make

availability of the housing known to all persons of similar financial

resources and interests.

6\. HUD shall, when requested by the Association, provide

technical assistance to the Board and to signatory members in developing

advertising techniques to carry out the provisions of this paragraph A.

In addition, HUD shall provide camera-ready copy of the Equal Housing

Opportunity logotype, in appropriate sizes, for the use of signatory

members in complying with the provisions of this paragraph A.

B. Fair Housing Poster

Each signatory member shall display, in a prominent place, the

Fair Housing Poster prescribed by HUD in 24 CFR Part 110.

C. Development of Educational Materials and Training Courses

1\. The Association shall develop educational materials and

training courses for members and their associates in the following
areas:

\(a\) The duties, obligations and rights of members and

associates under the Fair Housing Laws;

\(b\) The goals and programs of this Agreement.

2\. Each signatory member shall, within 60 days after the

effective date of this Agreement, conduct an education program for its

associates to inform them of their responsibilities under this Agreement

and under the Fair Housing Laws. Each signatory member shall require

its associates to comply with this Agreement and with the Fair Housing

Laws.

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D. Development of Office Procedures and Techniques to Carry Out

the Purposes of the Agreement

1\. The Association shall develop specific suggested office

management procedures designed to implement and attain the goals and

purposes set forth in Part Ill of this Agreement and shall disseminate

the procedures to its members with a recommendation for adoption. Each

signatory member should adopt the procedures for their use and advise

the Association of any changes or innovations in the procedures which

they may consider necessary or advisable.

2\. The office management procedures shall address the

following areas of concern:

\(a\) Making prospective apartment renters aware of an

optimum number (consistent with the resources of the member firm) of

available choices of location within their price range and interest
ranges;

\(b\) Providing prospective apartment renters with complete and

accurate information on availability of apartments and other facts
relating

to location (such as schools, employment or transportation);

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\(c\) Eliciting opinions of prospective minority renters (e.g.,

by suggestion box or questionnaire) on ways in which real estate
services

to minority prospects can be improved or changed to increase Association

and member responsiveness to their needs;

\(d\) Recording the names of prospective apartment renters and

the apartments shown to them, to enable management to monitor the

performance of associates in carrying out the purposes of this
Agreement;

\(e\) Using a standard rental application form; and

\(f\) Assuring that associates of the signatory member avoid

practices that limit housing choice of prospects.

3\. The Association shall establish procedures to review with

its signatory members their progress in developing and adopting the
office

management procedures described under paragraph D.2. and to assess
whether

adherence to those procedures is achieving the intended goals and
purposes.

4\. HUD shall provide technical assistance to the Association,

upon request, in developing, or measuring the effectiveness of, any of
the

office management procedures referred to in this paragraph D.

E. Minority Firms, Associates and Employees

1\. In order to promote equal housing opportunity within the

Association and each signatory member firm, and to project that image to

both the general public and to the minority apartment seeker, the

Association shall encourage minority firms to apply for membership
through

letters of invitation, accompanied by an application form, and through

personal visits and telephone calls.

2\. In order to promote the recruitment of minority firms, the

Association shall review its present membership policies and practices
and,

where necessary, adopt and implement affirmative procedures, standards
and

criteria for the selection and admission of members which shall be

nondiscriminatory and nonexclusionary in terms of race, color, religion,

sex and national origin.

3\. Each signatory member shall affirmatively recruit minority

salaried employees through advertising directed specifically at the

minority community or through those sources likely to produce minority

candidates for employment.

4\. The Association shall sponsor outreach and training programs

to attract minority persons into the apartment rental field as
associates.

5\. HUD shall assist the Association and signatory members in

identifying potential minority applicants and sources of recruitment for

minority associates and employees.

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F. Code of Fair Housing

The Association shall, in coordination with HUD, develop a code

of fair housing practices relevant to apartment house rental standards
and

procedures, and each of its members shall be required to adopt the code

as a condition of continued membership in the Association.

G. Publicizing of Agreement and Program by Board

The Association shall explain and publicize the purposes and

provisions of this Agreement to all of its members, and through them to

their associates, to encourage members to subscribe to this Agreement
and

to achieve broad participation by signatory members in the affirmative

marketing program set forth in this Part IV.

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H. Affirmative Marketing for Apartments

In order to promote awareness by apartment managers and rental

agents of the requirements of the Fair Housing Laws and the equal
housing

opportunity policy of the parties to this Agreement, each signatory
member

shall require its associates to make available in its rental office
copies

of such fair housing brochures or flyers as HUD may provide.

I. Contracting with Minority and Women-owned Businesses

Each signatory member shall provide minority and women-owned

businesses an opportunity to bid on such services as printing, office

supplies, advertising and professional services needed for business

operations.

J. Authorization of Expenditures

The Association shall authorize reasonable expenditures as

needed to carry out appropriately the affirmative marketing program set

forth in this Agreement.

V. Implementation

A. The Association, with the cooperation of its signatory members,

shall establish an Equal Opportunity Committee (EOC) with the following

responsibilities:

1\. To explain and publicize the purposes and provisions of

this Agreement to all signatory members (and through them to their

associates), to achieve the broadest possible participation in this

Agreement by signatory members.

2\. To implement and monitor the progress of the affirmative

marketing program set out in Part IV of this Agreement.

3\. To receive and investigate complaints of violations of

the Fair Housing Laws and to refer such complaints to the Association.

4\. To meet at least semi-annually with representatives of HUD,

the participating State or local human rights agency, and the Community

Housing Resource Board (CHRB), to monitor progress made under this

Agreement.

B. List of Signatory Members

1\. The Association shall maintain a current list of all

signatory members. This list shall be made available to the Assistant

Secretary, or other designated HUD official, upon request.

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2\. The Association, upon request by a designated HUD official,

shall verify in writing the current signatory status of any member which

has applied for participation in a HUD/FHA program and has referenced

its signatory status under this Agreement for the purposes provided in

Part VI of this Agreement.

C. Each signatory member shall be responsible for implementing the

affirmative marketing program prescribed in Part IV of this Agreement
and

for monitoring the progress made by it in implementing that program.

D. HUD shall designate specific Field Office personnel to provide

the Association, its signatory members, and its EOC with technical

assistance, information and advice in implementing the provisions of

this Agreement.

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E. HUD, in conjunction with State and/or local human fights

agencies, shall organize a Community Housing Resource Board (CHRB). The

CHRB is comprised of representatives from a broad spectrum of
organizations

throughout the community which is served by the Association. All

representatives have a substantial interest in fair housing and equal

opportunity, and will meet regularly with the Association and assist in
in

its implementation of the provisions of this Agreement. The CHRB shall
be

organized and shall function in accordance with the following:

1\. The CHRB shall have two basic objectives:

\(a\) To monitor effectively the implementation of the

affirmative marketing provisions of this Agreement, in order to enhance

the prospect that the commitments of HUD and housing industry groups

(including the Association and its signatory members) will be met; and

\(b\) To maximize communication between the local housing

industry and community groups which foster civil rights and the
interests

of minorities and women.

2\. The Director of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in the

local HUD office shall solicit and appoint the members of the CHRB. HUD

shall try to obtain a balanced representation on the CHRB, to provide

an equal voice for all of the groups and interests involved in it, such

as representatives of State and local agencies of government, civil
rights

and fair housing groups, and business and civic organizations which have

a substantial interest in fair housing and equal opportunity. The CHRB

may include one or more principals of firms which are members of the

Association.

3\. The CHRB shall meet at least quarterly with the Association

to assist it with any problems which may arise in the implementation of

this Agreement and shall participate with HUD in the annual evaluation

of the effectiveness of this Agreement.

4\. The Association shall make reasonable efforts to assist the

CHRB in identifying meeting facilities and providing clerical support;

however, the Association will be under no obligation to provide other

monetary support to the CHRB.

5\. In providing program implementation assistance to the

Association, the CHRB may engage in a variety of activities that are

designed to support the goals of this Agreement and be of assistance to
the

Association in achieving program requirements, as set forth in Part IV
of

this Agreement. Activities appropriate for a CHRB include:

\(a\) Assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of

this Agreement;

\(b\) Making information public regarding the goals of fair

housing and this Agreement;

\(c\) Assessing community fair housing needs;

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\(d\) Expanding minority involvement as professionals in

the industry;

\(e\) Expanding public awareness of housing opportunities

in the community;

\(f\) Developing cooperative solutions to problems associated

with the implementation of this Agreement;

\(g\) Joining with the Association to negotiate with local

newspapers for inclusion of a HUD-prescribed publisher\'s notice
regarding

refusal to accept real estate advertising that violates the 1968 Act and

the availability, on an equal opportunity basis, of all advertised

dwellings;

\(h\) Joining with the Association to negotiate with

television and radio stations for public service time to promote fair

housing;

\(i\) Persuading the press to carry articles on this

Agreement and the role of the CHRB in promoting affirmative marketing;

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\(j\) Seeking air time on community television and radio talk

shows to discuss this Agreement and fair housing issues; and

\(k\) Providing community officials with a set of

recommendations to improve fair housing conditions.

6\. Effectiveness of CHRB activity is dependent upon its

identification as a voluntary effort and not as an enforcement effort.

Accordingly, the CHRB may not sponsor, conduct, or fund programs of real

estate testing or industry self-testing programs.

7\. If an organization of a signatory member represented on the

CHRB becomes involved in litigation or in an administrative complaint
under

the Fair Housing Laws, representatives of both parties in the
proceedings

must refrain from participation in CHRB matters relating to issues
involved

in the litigation or administrative complaint during the period of the

proceedings.

8\. In geographical areas where a number of VAMAs have been

executed, HUD may establish a county-wide or multi-jurisdictional CHRB
to

work with all the signatory apartment associations or other housing

industry groups in that geographical area.

9\. The CHRB is not authorized to establish or become a member

of a State association of CHRBs. However, the CHRB is encouraged to

participate with other CHRBs in statewide conferences or meetings
convened

for the purposes of facilitating communication among CHRBs and sharing

ideas and programs that address similar problems at the local level.

10\. HUD shall provide the CHRB with a copy of the Association\'s

annual evaluation report completed by HUD. The CHRB must receive a copy

of the report (HUD Form 941) within two weeks of the evaluation and

provide comments to HUD within three months of receipt of the report.

VI\. Acceptance of Signatory Status of Member in Lieu of Individual

Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan

During the effectiveness of this Agreement, any signatory member

who hereafter applies for participation in any HUD/FHA program relating

to the rental of dwelling units and would otherwise be subject to the

requirements of the HUD Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Regulations

or to the Joint HUD-VA Nondiscrimination Certification may, in lieu of

submitting an Individual Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan or

executing the Certification, reference its status as a signatory member

under this Agreement.

VII\. Effective Date and Term of Agreement

A. This Agreement shall become effective upon approval by the

Assistant Secretary or other designated HUD official. The effective

date of this Agreement shall be the date on which he or she signs this

Agreement, as indicated in Part IX.

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B. This Agreement shall be in effect for a term of five years.

C. During the sixty day period prior to the expiration of each

calendar year during the term of this Agreement, representatives of the

Association, the participating State or local human rights agency, the

CHRB and HUD shall meet to evaluate the effectiveness of the Agreement.

Following the meeting, the Association shall submit an \"annual
evaluation

of effectiveness report\" (HUD Form 941) to HUD. If the evaluation

reveals that reasonable progress is not being made toward achieving its

objectives, the Agreement may be modified upon mutual consent of the

Association and HUD. If the Association and HUD are unable to agree

upon the terms of a modification, either the Association or HUD may

terminate the Agreement.

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VIII\. Suspension of Signatory Member

A. Whenever HUD or the Equal Opportunity Committee (EOC) has reasonable

cause to believe that a signatory member has failed to make good faith

efforts to comply with his or her responsibilities under this Agreement,

representatives of the HUD Regional Office of Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity and the EOC shall meet to discuss the matter. If the HUD

representatives determine that corrective action by the signatory member

is needed to achieve compliance, the representatives of the EOC shall

contact the signatory member and arrange for a joint meeting with the
HUD

representatives and the principals of the signatory member to identity
and

discuss the area(s) of non-compliance. The HUD representatives shall

determine the appropriate corrective action needed to achieve
compliance,

including a timetable for taking such action.

B. If the signatory member does not agree to take the needed corrective

action, or fails to take such action within the time specified, the
matter

shall be submitted to the Regional Director of Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity to consider whether the signatory member should be suspended

as a party to this Agreement. Written notice of such submission shall be

given to the signatory member. The signatory member may submit written

arguments and/or other materials in support of its position to the
Regional

Director. The Regional Director shall make a recommendation to the

Assistant Secretary, who shall make the final decision on suspension of

the signatory member. The signatory member shall be notified in writing
of

the action of the Assistant Secretary.

C. The suspension of a signatory member as a party to this Agreement

shall remain in effect until the Assistant Secretary has determined that

the signatory member should be reinstated.

D. During the time that a signatory member is suspended as a party to

this Agreement, the signatory member shall be subject to the
requirements

of the HUD Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Regulations, and shall be

required to submit an individual Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan

or to execute a Joint HUD-VA Nondiscrimination Certification in

connection with any new application for participation in any HUD/FHA

assistance or insurance program relating to the rental of dwelling
units.

In addition, the suspended signatory member shall have 30 days from the

date of suspension to submit to HUD an individual Affirmative Fair
Housing

Marketing Plan for each of its current projects for which an individual

plan had not previously been submitted.

IX\. HUD Signatories

This Agreement has been approved by the U.S. Department of Housing

and Urban Development, acting through the following designated HUD

officials:

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Date Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity

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X. Association Signatories

This Agreement was adopted by the Board of Directors of the

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meeting held
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at \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and the
officers whose names are set

forth below have been duly authorized to execute this Agreement on

behalf of the Association.

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Executive Secretary President

XI\. Member Signatories

This Agreement is subscribed to by the following members of the

Association:

Name of Firm: Authorized Signature and Date:

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