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If the existing home is inadequately sized, the replacement home will be sized to include the appropriate bedrooms needed to meet Section 8 and/or local housing code requirements for occupancy. In no case will the total assistance be greater than those limits listed above. Necessary site improvements, including water supply, sewage disposal, and clearance, will also be provided along with the actual dwelling replacement. Budgetary and scoring constraints, as well as priorities for assisting other households, may dictate that some homeowners will be offered less than the maximum amounts shown hereto, even if their demolition and replacement housing costs are above the offered amount. In these cases, homeowners must provide non-CDBG funds from other sources, or they may decline the offer and withdraw from the program. If the offer is declined, no CDBG funded demolition will occur. IX. CONTRACTOR LISTING The Housing Rehabilitation Program will establish and maintain a current listing of eligible contractors for bidding on all phases of the program. Only those contractors who are so listed will be considered for work on this program. Establishment of this list will include maximum effort to utilize local and minority contractors. A. Recruiting Contractors residing or maintaining offices in the local area will be recruited through public notice to all such contractors, as part of the local government's compliance with Federal Section 3 requirements. This special effort will be based upon the list of contractors licensed in Indian River County including residential, building and general contractors. Letters sent to contractors, or advertisements placed soliciting them,will be placed in the appropriate program file. The contractor listing will include all local contractors who apply and are determined eligible based upon program qualification standards. If the pool of local contractors is inadequate to provide a sufficient pool of contractors willing and qualified to perform the rehabilitation work at prices that are considered reasonable and comparable to the prepared estimate, other contractors will be solicited. Maintenance of a pool of competitive, qualified, and capable contractors is essential to program completion. B. Contractor Eligibility In order to participate in the Housing Rehabilitation Program, a contractor must be certified as eligible by the Administrator of Housing Rehabilitation and by the Florida Department of Community Affairs. Basic contractor qualifications include: I. Current license(s)with the appropriate jurisdiction; 16