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LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGAM Page 7 of 13 SG-22064 revised 12/6/24 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 2.11, THE COUNCIL WILL NOT DISBURSE ANY GRANT FUNDS TO THE GRANTEE UNLESS THE GRANTEE (OR PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITY WITHIN WHICH THE PROJECT IS LOCATED) HAS ADOPTED A FAIR HOUSING POLICY AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.04. 2.12. Interest Earnings. If the Grantee earns any interest or other income from the grant funds received from the Council under this Agreement, the Grantee will use the interest earnings or income only for the purposes of implementing the Project activities described or identified in Attachments A and B. 2.13. Effect of Grant. Issuance of this Grant neither implies any Council responsibility for contamination, if any, at the Project site nor imposes any obligation on the Council to participate in any pollution cleanup of the Project site if such cleanup is undertaken or required. III. AFFORDABILITY; AFFIRMATIVE FAIR HOUSING 3.01. Affordability Term. If the Project for which the grant funds were awarded includes affordable housing units, the Grantee shall, through written instruments or otherwise, ensure the affordable units will remain affordable for a minimum period of fifteen (15) years. The Grantee’s obligation under this Section may be satisfied if other Project funding sources (e.g., the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”)) or state or federal laws (e.g., low-income housing tax credit programs) require an affordability term of at least fifteen (15) years. For the purposes of this Section, “affordable housing unit” means a unit that is affordable to households at sixty percent (60%) or less of the Area Median Income (“AMI”), as established by HUD, unless the Grantee’s application stated an affordability standard lower than sixty percent (60%) of AMI, in which case the Grantee’s lower affordability standard shall apply. The affordability requirements of this Section shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement. 3.02. Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plans. If the Project for which the grant funds were awarded is a housing project or includes housing units (whether market rate or affordable), the Grantee shall, through written instruments or otherwise, ensure the Project owner (and any subsequent owner(s)) adopts and implements an affirmative fair housing marketing plan for Project housing units. For the purposes of this section, “affirmative fair housing marketing plan” means an affirmative fair housing marketing plan that substantially conforms to affirmative fair housing marketing plans published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), or sample affirmative fair housing marketing plans published by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. The affirmative fair housing marketing plan requirement under this section shall continue for the minimum affordability term specified in Section 3.01 and shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement. 3.03. Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers. If the Project is a housing project, or includes housing units (whether market rate or affordable), and the Grantee stated in its application that the Project housing units would be made available to households participating in the federal Housing Choice Voucher program, the Grantee shall, through written instruments or otherwise, ensure the Project owner (and any subsequent owner(s)) adopts and implements a policy under which the Project owner will not refuse to lease Project units to households or individuals participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program because those households or individuals are Housing Choice Voucher program participants. The Housing Choice Voucher requirement under this section shall continue for the