Presenter
Presented by Mr. Peduto
Title
Resolution providing for the acceptance of grant from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development in the amount of $64,985, resulting from the approval of a proposal for specific research and study; providing for the deposit of those funds into a specific bank account known as the HUD-FHP Trust Fund; and providing an Agreement to enter into a contract with the University of Pittsburgh Center for Metropolitan Studies to utilize funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development to assist the Commission on Human Relations in conducting said research, investigation and report involving the specific population study, at a cost not to exceed $64,985.
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WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations currently, and for many years prior, has held a contract with the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development for the investigation and processing of housing discrimination cases under the terms of Section 816 of Title VIII of the 1968 Civil Rights Act, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the terms of said contract with the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development designate the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations as a Substantially Equivalent Agency and Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) agency, and as such, from time to time invite the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations to submit specific proposals for consideration for additional funding which may enhance and/or augment the work already being performed by the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations in the area of fair housing; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations recently submitted a proposal for the research, investigation and final report involving the success or failure of a specific population of the City of Pittsburgh, which was approved for funding by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development; and
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