A. ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION

B. RELOCATION ADVISORY ASSISTANCE

C. CARRYING OUT RELOCATION

In carrying out relocation, the City’s Department of Human Services provides a range of services that include the exchange of information, replacement location listings and referrals, assistance in obtaining replacement housing, and the processing of relocation payments.

1. Exchange of Information – The Department of Human Services conducts thorough interviews to determine the needs and characteristics of families, individuals and businesses which are displaced. The Department also explains the relocation process to persons to be displaced and, through regular contact, keeps abreast of changing conditions and problems that may effect relocation.

2. Listings, Referrals And Assistance In Obtaining Replacement Housing – The Department of Human Services assists all displaced families and individuals interested in applying for public housing, Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments and privately owned-publicly subsidized housing, and, through the issuance of Form FHA-3476, assures their priority for consideration for such housing. The Department also encourages homeowners, real estate agents, housing developers and managers to list all vacancies with the relocation office. Listed units which comply with the City’s housing quality standards are referred to displaced families and individuals according to their needs and preferences.

3. Assistance In Obtaining Replacement Housing – Displaced families and individuals are advised to refer to the Department of Human Services any problems they may experience in obtaining replacement housing. The relocation staff assists in resolving any such problems that may arise. In cases where a family or individual alleges its inability to rent or buy a replacement dwelling because of discriminatory practices relating to race, color, creed, sex, or national origin, the Department of Human Services assists such household in referring the complaint to the State of Connecticut’s Human Rights Commission.

4. Relocation Payments – The Department of Human Services makes relocation payments that are claimed by any displaced person who is determined to be eligible for such payment under the prevailing law (Connecticut Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act).

5. Grievance Procedures – Unless Federal law applies, any person or business concern who is aggrieved by any action of the City’s Department of Human Services concerning eligibility for relocation payments authorized by the Connecticut Uniform Relocation Assistance Act is informed of the following grievances procedures:

(a) The claimant should request reconsideration in writing addressed to the Director, Department of Human Services, 2 Holcomb Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06112. In the event that the claimant is not satisfied with the decision rendered by the City as the result of the request for reconsideration or in the event the City does not act on such request within thirty (30) days of written receipt, the claimant may request, in writing, to appeal the City’s determination to either the State Commissioner of Transportation in the case of relocation made necessary by a transportation project or to the State Commissioner of Economic and Community Development in the case of relocation made necessary by any other state agency program or project, or, to the State Superior Court for relocation made necessary by any other program or project.

I. AREA TO BE AFFECTED

The City of Hartford enforces its Building and Housing Codes throughout the City. Therefore, relocation resulting from code enforcement activities can occur anywhere within the City’s boundaries.

II. NUMBER OF PERSONS, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES TO BE DISPLACED

Based on its recent past and present experience, the City of Hartford anticipates the displacement of approximately one hundred households annually as the result of code enforcement activities. No displacement of businesses is anticipated because of code enforcement activities.

III. AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

As part of its Administrative Plan for the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program, the City of Hartford has established a policy by which persons who are displaced because of code enforcement receive priority consideration for certificates of participation. Priority is also established with the Hartford Housing Authority for available units in their low or moderate income public housing projects. In addition, any housing that is available as the result of construction, conversion or rehabilitation that is funded, in a whole or in part by the City, State or Federal government is available for referral to such displaced persons. Finally, listings of units that are known to become available in the private market are maintained for referral to persons who are displaced because of code enforcement activities.