Section Adm 92.40 - Services to be provided 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.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Administration § Adm 92.40
Cr. Register, March, 1986, No. 363, eff. 4-1-86.Amended by, CR 21-110: am. (11), (18) (b) Register June 2022 No. 798, eff. 7/1/2022