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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT RESIDENTIAL ANTIDISPLACEMENT & RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PLAN 1 Section 104(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, requires the City of Lewiston to adopt, make public and certify that it is following a Residential Antidisplacement and Relocation Assistance Plan. The definitions of a "displaced person" and regulations concerning relocation and displacement are contained in 24 CFR Sec. 570.606 and 49 CFR 24. Prevention and Minimization of Displacement The City of Lewiston will take all reasonable steps to prevent and minimize the displacement of families, individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations and farms as a result of activities assisted under the Community Development Block Grant Program. These steps will include: 1. Stage rehabilitation in order to allow tenants to remain during and after rehab, or a. Stage the rehab so that empty buildings or units can be rehabbed first and then allow tenants to move into rehabbed units before rehab commences on occupied units. 2. Establish temporary relocation facilities in order to house families whose displacement will be of short duration so that they can move back to their neighborhood after rehab or construction. 3. Adopt policies which help to ensure certain rights for tenants with condominium or cooperative conversions. 4. Inform residents of neighborhoods with proposed revitalization, through local media (that is targeted at the specific neighborhoods) that public programs exist to assist households facing displacement. 5. Give displacees the opportunity to relocate to the project area upon completion of the project. 6. Provide relocation advisory service. One for One Replacement Units The City of Lewiston will replace all occupied and vacant occupiable low/moderate income dwelling units demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate income housing units in connection with an activity assisted under the Community Development Block Grant program. All replacement housing will be provided within three years of the commencement of the demolition or rehabilitation related to conversion. Before obligating or expending funds that will directly result in such demolition or conversion, the City of Lewiston will make public and submit to the HUD Field Office the following information, in writing: ---PAGE BREAK--- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT RESIDENTIAL ANTIDISPLACEMENT & RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PLAN 2 1. A description of the proposed assisted activity; 2. The general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted to a use other than as low/mod income dwelling units as a direct result of the assisted activities; 3. A time schedule for the commencement and completion of the demolition or conversion; 4. The general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be provided as replacement dwelling units; 5. The source of funding and a time schedule for the provision of replacement dwelling units; 6. The basis for concluding that each replacement dwelling unit will remain a low/moderate income dwelling unit for at least ten (10) years from the date of initial occupancy. The City of Lewiston will provide relocation assistance, as described in 24 CFR 570.606, to each low/moderate income household displaced by demolition of housing or by the conversion of a low/moderate income dwelling to another use as a direct result of assisted activities.