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times specified in ORS 91.886(4) (as amended on or before January 1, 1989). The notice shall contain the date of park closure, date of termination of tenancy, information on tenant rights and bene- fits and park owner duties under state and local law, and any other information required by state law or administrative rules issued hereunder. (b) After the notice of park closure has been given to affect- ed tenants, all prospective tenants of the mobile home park shall be given written notice prior to entering into a rental agreement. The notice shall disclose the estimated date of park closure and unavailability of benefits under this code. (6) Provision of Housing Information. After notice of park closure to an affected tenant, a park owner shall create, maintain, and make available to all tenants a current survey showing the total number of mobile home spaces, the number of vacant mobile home spaces, rent schedules, and avail- able mobile homes for sale in mobile home parks (as defined by section 9.015 of this code) located within the urban growth boundary shown on the Metropoli- tan Area General Plan. The park owner shall update this information at least every four months, or at such intervals provided for in administrative rules issued hereunder. The survey contents shall be subject to administrative rules issued hereunder. (7) Relocation Costs. After the notice of park closure, a park owner shall pay all of the eligible moving expenses of qualified affected tenants. To qualify, an affected tenant must reside in a household whose income at the time of notice of park closure is at or below the annual median income for a household of that size in Lane County as determined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development or its successor (median income). Eligible moving expenses shall be all or part of the affected tenant's actual moving expenses or a maximum cost set by administrative rule, whichever is less. The percentage of a tenant's actual moving expense that is an eligible moving expense is: 100%, if the tenant's household income is at or below 50% of the median income; 50%, if the tenant's household income is at or below 75% and above 50% of the median income; and, 25%, if the tenant's household in- come is at or below 100% and above 75% of the median income. (8) Benefits to Special Category Tenants. The park owner shall hire a person or entity as a housing counselor for affected tenants who are also special category tenants. The housing counselor shall perform the following services for special category tenants on behalf of the park owner: (a) Determine special category tenant eligibility by con- ducting tenant surveys, keeping records, and preparing reports as the city requires. (b) Explain benefits to special category tenants. (c) Act as a housing referral resource by providing special category tenants with a list of alternative mobile home parks and other available housing. (d) Provide assistance in locating and securing alternative housing based on special category tenant needs. (e) Seek alternative housing to meet special category tenant needs by maintaining an inventory of potential spaces in parks and vacancies in alternative housing, possibly including on-site visits to determine those most suitable. (f) Assist special category tenants in viewing spaces in parks or alternative housing. Ordinance - 8