jority groups to the housing for initial sale or rental. An affirmative marketing program shall be in effect for each multifamily project throughout the life of the mortgage. Such a program shall typically involve publicizing to minority persons the availability of housing opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, through the type of media customarily utilized by the applicant, including minority publications or other minority outlets which are available in the housing market area. All advertising shall include either the Department-approved Equal Housing Opportunity logo or slogan or statement and all advertising depicting persons shall depict persons of majority and minority groups, including both sexes.

(b) Maintain a nondiscriminatory hiring policy in recruiting from both minority and majority groups, including both sexes, for staff engaged in the sale or rental of properties.

(c) Instruct all employees and agents in writing and orally in the policy of nondiscrimination and fair housing.

(d) Specifically solicit eligible buyers or tenants reported to the applicant by the Area or Insuring Office.

(e) Prominently display in all offices in which sale or rental activity pertaining to the project or subdivision takes place the Department-approved Fair Housing Poster and include in any printed material used in connection with sales or rentals, the Department-approved Equal Housing Opportunity logo or slogan or statement.

(f) Post in a conspicuous position on all FHA project sites a sign displaying prominently either the Departmentapproved Equal Housing Opportunity logo or slogan or statement.

[37 FR 75, Jan. 5, 1972, as amended at 40 FR 20080, May 8, 1975; 40 FR 53008, Nov. 14, 1975]

§ 200.625 Affirmative fair housing marketing plan.

Each applicant for participation in FHA housing programs to which these regulations apply shall provide on a form to be supplied by the Department information indicating his affirmative fair housing marketing plan

to comply with the requirements set forth in § 200.620. This form, once approved by HUD, will be available for public inspection at the sales or rental offices of the applicant.

§ 200.630 Notice of housing opportunities.

The Director of each Area and Insuring Office shall prepare monthly a list of all projects and subdivisions covered by this subpart on which commitments have been issued during the preceding 30 days. The Director shall maintain a roster of interested organizations and individuals, including public agencies responsible for providing relocation assistance and local housing authorities, desiring to receive the monthly list and shall provide the list to them.

§ 200.635 Compliance.

Applicants failing to comply with the requirements of this subpart will make themselves liable to sanctions authorized by regulations, rules or policies governing the program pursuant to which the application was made, including but not limited to denial of further participation in departmental programs and referral to the Department of Justice for suit by the United States for injunctive or other appropriate relief.

§ 200.640 Effect on other requirements.

The requirement for compliance with this part is in addition to and not in substitution for any other requirements imposed by or under Executive Order 11063 or Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended.

[40 FR 20080, May 8, 1975]

APPENDIX: EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY INSIGNIA

The Equal Housing Opportunity insignia are as follows:

Equal Housing Opportunity logo:

Identification of subdivision/location of proposed project

Case or application number

needs of low(er) income households in the market area in terms of number of bedrooms and structure type

General instructions: In evaluating proposals involving five (5) or more dwelling units, the Area or Insuring Office shall utilize the following Project Selection Criteria. Enter a brief explanation on the lines provided of the way in which the proposal satisfies each applicable consideration, so that the factual basis for the evaluation and rating assigned is clear. Attach supporting documentation and extra sheet(s), if necessary for a complete explanation. Evaluate each criterion by checking the appropriate box-Superior, Adequate, or Poor.

Final feasibility approval is dependent upon satisfying all statutory and administrative requirements which are a normal part of processing. Rehabilitation projects, section 235 existing housing, and proposed construction project of fewer than five (5) dwelling units are excluded.

1. Need for low(er) income housing Superior Adequate □ Poor

Objective: To identify the proposed projects which will best serve the most urgent unmet needs for housing for low(er) income households.

(A) A superior rating shall be given to a proposed project:

(1) Which responds well to the most urgent housing needs of low(er) income households in the market area in terms of number of bedrooms and structure type; or,

(2) As to which there is documented evidence that the housing is needed as a relocation resource to serve families displaced or to be displaced by governmental action, including families or individuals being displaced by the proposed project, and that the applicant will give preference to those so displaced

(C) A poor rating shall be given to a proposed project which:

(1) Does not respond to housing needs of low(er) income households in the market area; or,

(2) Duplicates or competes unreasonably with other subsidized or comparably-priced, standard unsubsidized housing projects in the same locality in such a way as to overbuild the market

Poor

2. Minority Housing opportunities Superior Adequate Objectives:

To provide minority families with opportunities for housing in a wide range of locations

To open up nonsegregated housing opportunities that will contribute to decreasing the effects of past housing discrimination.

(A) A superior rating shall be given if the proposed project will be located:

(1) So that, within the housing market area, it will provide opportunities for minorities for housing outside existing areas of minority concentration and outside areas which are already substantially racially mixed; or,

(B) An adequate rating shall be given to a proposed project which responds to housing

(2) In an area of minority concentration, but the area is part of an official State or local agency development plan, and suffi

cient, comparable opportunities exist for housing for minority families, in the income range to be served by the proposed project, outside areas of minority concentration

(4) In a housing market area with few or no minority group residents

(B) An adequate rating shall be given if the proposed project will be located:

(1) Outside an area of minority concentration, but the area is racially mixed, and the proposed project will not cause a significant increase in the proportion of minority to nonminority residents in the area; or,

All "superior" and "adequate" ratings shall be accompanied by documented findings based upon relevant racial, socioeconomic, and other data and information.

(C) A poor rating shall be given if the proposed project does not satisfy any of the above conditions, e.g., will cause a significant increase in the proportion of minority residents in an area which is not one of minority concentration, but which is racially mixed

(2) In an area of minority concentration and sufficient, comparable opportunities exist for housing for minority families, in the income range to be served by the proposed project, outside areas of minority concentration; or,

(3) In an area of minority concentration, but is necessary to meet overriding housing needs which cannot otherwise feasibly be met in that housing market area. (An “overriding need" may not serve as the basis for an "adequate" rating if the only reason the need cannot otherwise feasibly be met is that discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin renders sites outside areas of minority concentration unavailable); or,

3. Improved location for low(er) income families Superior □ Adequate □ Poor Objectives:

To avoid concentrating subsidized housing in any one section of a metropolitan area or town.

To provide low(er) income households with opportunities for housing in a wide range of locations.

To locate subsidized housing in sections containing facilities and services that are typical of those found in neighborhoods consisting largely of standard, unsubsidized housing of a similar market value.

To locate subsidized housing in areas reasonably accessible to job opportunities. (A) A superior rating shall be given if the proposed project:

(1) Will be located in a section (consisting of the project neighborhood and contiguous neighborhoods) that contains little or no federally-subsidized housing and (a) the proposed project is, or will be by the occupancy date or very shortly thereafter, accessible to social, recreational, educational, commercial, and health facilities and services, and other municipal services that are

equivalent to or better than those typically found in neighborhoods consisting largely of standard, unsubsidized housing of a similar market value, and (b) travel time and cost via public transportation or private auto from the neighborhood to employment providing a range of jobs for low(er) income workers is considered excellent for such families in the metropolitan area or town. (While it is important that elderly housing not be totally isolated from all employment opportunities, for such projects the requirements of (b) above need not be adhered to rigidly); or,

(2) Is part of a New Community Development Plan approved under Title VII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970

(3) And, in the event of either (1) or (2): (a) The project is, or will be by the occupancy date or very shortly thereafter, accessible to social, recreational, educational, commercial, and health facilities and services, and other municipal services that are equivalent to those typically found in neighborhoods consisting largely of unsubsidized standard housing of a similar market value, and (b) traveltime and cost via public transportation or private auto from the neighborhood to employment providing a range of jobs for low(er) income workers is reasonable for such families in the metropolitan area or town. (While it is important that elderly housing not be totally isolated from all employment opportunities, for such projects the requirements of (b) above need not be adhered to rigidly), or,

(B) An adequate rating shall be given to a proposed project which will be located:

(1) In a section already containing federally-subsidized housing if, with the addition of the proposed housing, the resulting number of federally-subsidized units will not establish the character of the section as one of subsidized housing and the housing will provide an expanded range of housing opportunity for low(er) income families; or,

(4) In an Urban Renewal or Model Cities area and such housing is required to fulfill respectively, the Urban Renewal Plan or the Comprehensive City Demonstration Pro

gram

(2) In an undeveloped area, but the scale of the project will not be such that it establishes the character of the section as one of subsidized housing;

(C) A poor rating shall be given if:

(1) The proposed project will be located in a section characterized as one of subsidized housing; or,