[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Pawtucket, approved 7-9-1981 by Ch. No. 1769. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Rental property — See Ch. 325.
A.
The developer or owner, or their designee, of newly
constructed or substantially rehabilitated subsidized housing shall
advertise in one or more of the local newspapers serving the City
of Pawtucket regarding the availability of these new, not previously
occupied apartment units. Said advertisements shall appear once per
week for three consecutive weeks and the cost of said advertisements
shall be paid by the developer or owner. Said advertisements shall
be a minimum of three by three inches in size.
B.
The developer or owner, or their designee, must notify
in writing all persons on the Pawtucket Housing Authority waiting
list of the availability of these new, not previously occupied apartment
units.
A.
The developers or owners, or their designees, of existing subsidized housing shall notify the Pawtucket Housing Authority of an existing vacancy. Existing subsidized housing does not refer to or include the Section 8 Existing Program, which is addressed in § 355-3, but rather refers to established subsidized housing which has been previously occupied.
A.
Preference in filling the vacancies described in §§ 355-1, 355-2 and 355-3 shall be given those eligible applicants who meet one or more of the following criteria:
(1)
That they reside in the City of Pawtucket or are expected
to reside in the City as a result of current or planned employment.
Evidence of City residency may include, but not be restricted to,
documents verifying one's eligibility to vote in Pawtucket or the
eligibility of one's children to attend Pawtucket's public school
system. Evidence of current or planned employment may include, but
not be restricted to, a copy of a paycheck, a company identification
card, a letter of confirmation from the employer or a copy of a pending
job application signed by both the applicant and the potential employer.
(2)
That they are on the waiting lists of the Pawtucket
Housing Authority.
(3)
That they have been forced to relocate because of
a publicly funded project.
(4)
That they are in need of emergency shelter.
B.
The preference system for selecting tenants for subsidized
housing as described in this section shall not be applied where it
has been deemed inconsistent with the owner's HUD-approved Affirmative
Fair Housing Market Plan or the affirmative fair housing marketing
objectives of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
The procedures established by this chapter shall
not be used to discriminate against any person on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex or national origin.
If any section or portion of this chapter shall
be deemed inconsistent with state or federal law, said section shall
be declared null and void and the remainder of this chapter shall
remain in full force and effect.
[Amended 5-24-2018 by Ch. No. 3160]
