NAA/NMHC strongly support federal efforts to ensure that persons with limited English proficiency (LEP) have access to federal housing programs. However, we believe that HUD should provide translation and oral interpretation services directly to the LEP population and assume responsibility for the associated costs, ensuring accuracy of translated documents and ensuring the competency of interpreters. It is a waste of resources to require thousands of housing providers to undertake the duplicative effort of translating dozens of documents into numerous languages.
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