Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration › Chapter Adm 92 - Relocation Assistance › Subchapter III - Relocation Assistance Services › Section Adm 92.40 - Services to be provided

Current through June 24, 2024
An agency shall provide displaced persons with the following
				  services:
(1) Advice on eligibility
				requirements and the availability of relocation payments and
				services;
(2) Advice on rehousing
				and relocation options based on a personal interview to obtain a person's
				housing needs and relocation preferences;
(3) Current and continuing information and
				referral to replacement sales and rental housing, including any government
				assisted homeownership, rehabilitation or rental housing programs for which a
				person may qualify;
(4) Current
				data on security deposit cost, closing cost, typical down payment required,
				interest rate and financing terms, maps indicating location of schools,
				churches, parks, playgrounds, shopping facilities and public transportation
				routes when applicable;
(5)
				Information on the agency's relocation program and grievance procedure, local
				ordinances on housing, building codes, fair housing, housing consumer
				literature, shelter costs, homeownership and family budgeting;
(6) Advice to homebuyers on obtaining
				mortgage financing or a land contract and submission of offers to purchase,
				credit report, appraisal and survey. Advice to renters on tenant or lease
				arrangements, tenant/landlord responsibilities, security deposit practices and
				rent costs;
(7) Assess replacement
				property to determine its condition and adequacy, before referral;
(8) Advise displaced persons that they will
				not have to move unless offered a comparable replacement within a reasonable
				period before displacement;
(9)
				Assistance in moving and transferring utility services;
(10) Referrals for employment, training,
				health, welfare, legal aid, and related programs, when necessary;
(11) Relocation services which result in
				equal treatment for persons regardless of sex, race, color, disability,
				religion, national origin, sex or marital status of a person maintaining a
				household, lawful source of income, sexual orientation, age, ancestry or a
				person's status as an owner or tenant;
(12) Ensure that during the time between
				acquisition and displacement a property occupied by a displaced person is free
				of any immediate life threatening conditions, unless an existing code requires
				a higher maintenance standard. An agency may temporarily relocate an occupant
				as an alternative to correcting such life threatening conditions.
(13) Assistance in preparing and filing a
				relocation claim;
(14) Consult with
				a business or farm operator to determine relocation needs and preferences, land
				and building square footage required, traffic patterns, market demand and
				retention of existing clientele, replacement cost limitations, employee needs,
				operating modifications and other factors for successful
				reestablishment;
(15) Current and
				continuing information and referrals to suitable commercial replacement sales
				and rental sites and facilities;
(16) Current data on the cost of comparable
				property and leased space, growth potential in various areas, industrial sites,
				zoning ordinances, applicable code restrictions and permit requirements, and
				other data to assist a person in making an informed decision regarding
				relocation or discontinuance of a business or farm operation;
(17) Referrals to financial institutions,
				government agencies, and others offering assistance to business or farm
				operations;
(18) Referrals and
				advice to assure that low income and minority persons have equal opportunity in
				selecting a replacement dwelling from the total housing market, thereby
				facilitating desegregation and economic and racially inclusive patterns of
				occupancy. Low income and minority persons shall be informed of housing
				opportunities outside of low income and minority neighborhoods. An agency shall
				provide, or secure through contract with fair housing or civil rights groups,
				affirmative assistance that includes, as a minimum:
(a) Services necessary to familiarize low
				income and minority persons with nonimpacted neighborhoods including
				transportation, escort to brokers or rental offices, and counseling and
				assistance in obtaining available services which may be required;
(b) Services necessary to guard against
				housing discrimination by a seller, broker, landlord, rental agent, or
				financial institution on the basis of sex, race, color, disability, religion,
				national origin, sex or marital status of a person maintaining a household,
				lawful source of income, sexual orientation, age or ancestry;
(c) A copy of Wisconsin's Open Housing Law
				and any applicable local ordinances on fair housing;
(d) Assistance in filing an application or
				complaint for administrative or judicial relief when housing discrimination is
				alleged.