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PUBLIC LAW 9 0 ^ 2 8 4 ^ A P R: 11, 1968

m a manner affirmatively tq further the purposes of this title and ^siiall cooperate with the Secretary to fijrther such purposes. )on ])< ^^) luake studies with respect to the nature and extent o i d i s crimniatory housing practices in representative communities, ^. urban, suburban, and rural, throughout the United States; ^^ny^,-:, (2) publish and disseminate reports,;:ecomm,endati^^ YfeInformation derived from such studiesjf,/'j^|^i^.j,jjf.i.,^. • irunix i).);*),' (3) cooperate with and render technicat assistance to Federal, „.' State, local, and other public or private agencies, organizations, ' •'' and institutions which are formulating or carrying on prog^^|nji3 f.,„ to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices; . . |A,.. r,., to further its activities in preventing or eliminating disorimihaY^^'tpry housing practices; and ^r|f^' (5) administer the programs and activities relating to housing f ' and urban development in a manner affirmatiyely to further the ^^ policies of this tSle/^^i'll*-^'; ^^^^ v^^^of baM ^ l i n ^. i. ^.M,
 * j'., (e) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall—
 * (4) cooperate with and render such technical and other assisi^ance to the Community Relations Service as may be appropriate

shall cornmence such educiitional and conciliatory activities as'iri^his judgment will further the purposes of this title. He shall call conferences of persons in the housing industry and other interested parties to ac(iuaint them with the provisions of this title and his suggested means of implementing it, and shall endeavor with their advice to work out programs of voluntary compliance and of enforcement. He may pay per diem, travel, and transportation expenses for persons attending such conferences as provided in section 5708 of title 5 of the United States Code. He shall consult with State and local officials and other 'interested parties to learn the extent, if any, to which housing discrimination exists in their State or locality, and whetlier and how State or local enforcement programs might be utilized to combat such dis.erimination in connection with or in place of, the Secretary's enforcement of this title. The Secretary shall issue reports on such conferences 'and consultations as he deems/af^jyropriate.' ' •,••> - i i.
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Complaints, proSEC. 810. (a) Any person who claims to have l/een injured by a cedure for filing. discriminatory housing practice or who believes that he will be irrevocably injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur (hereafter "person aggrieved") may file a complaint with the Secretary. Complaints shall be in w-ritingand shall contain such information and be in su<?h form as the Secretary requires. Upon receipt of such a complaint the Secretary shall fUmish a copy of the sameto the person or persons wiio allegedly committed or are about to commit the alleged discriminatory housing practice* Within thirty days after re5 ceiving a complaint, or within thirty days after the expiration of any period of reference under subsection (e), the Secretary shall investiigate the complaint and give notice in writing to the person aggrieved ic(Miiplaint, he shall proceed to try to eliminate or correct the alleged discriminatory housing practice by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion. Nothing said or done in the course of such informal endeavors may be made public or used as evidence in a sub-
 * whether he intends to resolve it. If the Secretary decides to resolve the

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