A. The completed information on the tenant income verification form shall include the names of all occupants of the dwelling unit, the total combined annual income of the occupants of the dwelling unit, and the total combined income of the occupants for the current calendar year. Any tenant who fails to return a completed tenant income verification form to the director within 30 days from the notification date shall not be eligible for relocation assistance, unless the tenant has requested and received a written extension from the director.

B. Based on the information contained in the tenant income verification form, the director shall determine which tenants qualify as low income tenants and are therefore eligible to receive relocation assistance upon displacement.

C. Within 15 days of the director’s receipt of the signed relocation assistance forms from all tenants or within 15 days of the expiration of the tenant’s 30-day period for submitting signed relocation assistance forms to the director, whichever occurs first, the director shall send to each tenant household who submitted a signed form and to the owner by both regular United States mail and certified mail, a notice stating whether the tenant qualifies as a low income tenant and is eligible for relocation assistance. The director shall send notice to the owner indicating all tenants deemed eligible for relocation assistance.

D. Both the tenant and the owner may file an appeal with the hearing examiner, pursuant to the Process II appeal procedures (LUC 20.35.250), of the director’s determination of the tenant’s eligibility for relocation assistance. The hearing examiner must issue a decision within 30 days from the date the appeal was filed. (Ord. 4978 § 28, 1997; Ord. 4354 § 1, 1992.)