Sec. 34.04.01.10. Grantee Administration

A. Books, Accounts, and Records.

(1) Grantees, contractors, and subcontractors shall maintain those books, accounts, and records and shall file with the Trust those financial and other reports as the Trust may from time to time require. All of these books, accounts, and records shall be open to the inspection of representatives of the Trust or other agencies of the State during reasonable working hours before, during, or after the period of time during which the grant proceeds are expended. Grantees shall make their administrative offices and personnel, whether full-time, part-time, consultants, or volunteers, available to the Trust upon request.

(2) Books, accounts, and records of contractors and subcontractors shall be maintained and made available for inspection up to 3 years after either the date of grantee's final expenditure of grant proceeds or the termination of the contractual relationship between the contractor and the grantee, whichever is later.

B. Reports. Grantees shall submit a final report, and interim reports as may be required by the Trust, documenting project progress and evaluating project effectiveness.

C. Nondiscrimination.

(1) A grantee may not discriminate on the basis of age (except with respect to residents in elderly projects), race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, or physical or mental handicap in leasing or otherwise providing dwelling accommodations or in any other aspect of the development, administration, or operation of any project financed or assisted under the Program, or in any aspect of employment by any grantee, developer, or contractor of any project financed under the Program.

(2) Each grantee shall comply with all applicable federal, State, and local laws and departmental policies and programs regarding discrimination and equal opportunity in employment, housing, and credit practices including:

(a) Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended;

(b) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended;

(c) The Governor's Code of Fair Practices, as amended; and

(d) The Department's Minority Business Enterprise Program, as amended, if the grantee does not have its own minority business participation program which is acceptable to the Trust and the Department.