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 Eagle Pass
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 17. HOUSING
 Article II. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HOUSING

  § 17-27. Complaints.  

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  • (a)

    Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice or believes that he will be irrevocably injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur (hereafter referred to as "person aggrieved") may file a complaint with the equal opportunity officer of the City of Eagle Pass, Texas. Such complaints shall be in writing and shall contain such information and be in such form as the equal opportunity officer shall require. Each complaint shall identify the person alleged to have committed or alleged to be about to commit the discriminatory housing practice and shall set forth the particulars thereof. The equal opportunity officer and the administrative personnel and employees of the municipal court and the city attorney and his staff may assist in the clerical preparation of such complaints.

    (b)

    The equal opportunity officer of the City of Eagle Pass, Texas, may receive and accept notification and referral of complaints from the secretary of housing and urban development pursuant to the provisions of Title VIII-Fair Housing Act of 1968, Public Law 90-284, and shall treat such complaints in the same manner as complaints filed directly by the person aggrieved.

    (c)

    If, in the course of any investigation as provided in section 17-28 hereof, on a complaint filed with or referred to the equal opportunity officer he shall receive credible evidence and shall have probable cause to believe that the person or persons named in such complaint have committed a discriminatory housing practice on grounds not stated in such complaint, the equal opportunity officer may prepare and file a supplementary complaint upon his own motion and in his own name and such supplementary complaint shall thereafter be treated in the same manner as an original filed by the person aggrieved.

    (d)

    If, at any time the equal opportunity officer or his office shall receive or discover credible evidence and shall have probable cause to believe that any person or persons have committed a discriminatory housing practice as to which no complaint has been filed or is about to be filed, the equal opportunity officer may prepare and file complaint upon his own motion and in his own name and such complaint shall thereafter be treated in the same manner as complaint filed by the person aggrieved.

    (e)

    Upon the filing or referral of any complaint, the equal opportunity officer shall furnish a copy of the same to the person or persons named in the complaint.

    (f)

    A complaint under subsections (a), (c), (d) and (e) shall be filed within one hundred eighty (180) days after the alleged discriminatory housing practice has occurred. Complaints shall state the facts upon which the allegations of discriminatory housing practice are based. Complaints may be reasonable and fairly amended at any time. A respondent may file an answer to the complaint against him and, with the leave of the equal opportunity officer, which shall be granted whenever it would be reasonable and fair to do so, may amend his answer at anytime. Both complaints and answers shall be signed.

(Ord. No. 73-14, § 7, 12-10-1973)