Section 10-B2227. RENTAL OF REPLACEMENT HOUSING

 

2227.1A displaced person who is the owner and occupant of a dwelling, and who is otherwise eligible under §2223, and who elects to rent a replacement dwelling, shall be eligible for a rental replacement housing payment not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000) for a period not to exceed four (4) years.

 

2227.2The payment under §2227.1 shall be determined by subtracting from the amount necessary to rent a comparable dwelling for the next four (4) years, forty-eight (48) times the economic rent for the acquired dwelling as determined by the Relocation Office. The payment shall not exceed the maximum amount the owner-occupant would have been paid if the owner-occupant had elected to receive a replacement housing payment for the purchase of a replacement dwelling.

 

2227.3A displaced person who is the owner and occupant of a dwelling, and who is otherwise eligible under §2223, except that he or she has owned and occupied the dwelling less than one hundred eighty (180) days, but not less than ninety (90) days, prior to the initiation of negotiations, and who elects to rent a replacement dwelling, shall be eligible for a rental replacement housing payment not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000) for a period not to exceed four (4) years, as provided in §2227.2.

 

2227.4A displaced person who is a tenant of a dwelling for ninety (90) days before the initiation of negotiations shall be eligible for a rental replacement housing payment, not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000), over a period not to exceed four (4) years if that person rents and occupies a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling within one (1) year from the date of completion of the move.

 

2227.5The payment shall be determined by subtracting from the amount necessary to rent a comparable dwelling for the next four (4) years or forty-eight (48) times the actual rent paid for the replacement dwelling, whichever is less, forty-eight (48) times the average monthly rental paid three (3) months before acquisition.

 

2227.6If the rent paid before acquisition is not reasonable, the economic rent, or fair rental value as established by the District, shall be used in computing the payment.

 

2227.7When the average monthly rental computed exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the monthly gross income, the computation shall be based on twenty-five percent (25%) of the monthly gross income.

 

2227.8A displaced person who is the tenant of a sleeping room for ninety (90) days prior to the initiation of negotiations, and who rents and occupies a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling within one (1) year of the completion of the move shall be eligible for a rental replacement housing payment not to exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000), over a period not to exceed four (4) years, to be computed in the same manner as for the tenant of a dwelling under §2227.2.

 

2227.9The owner-occupant of a dwelling for one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the initiation of negotiations who rents replacement housing and subsequently purchases a home within the prescribed time may receive a replacement housing payment for the purchase of a dwelling if he or she meets the requirements of §2223. Any amount previously received as a rental replacement housing payment shall be deducted from the second (2nd) claim.

 

2227.10All rent replacement housing payments in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be disbursed in four (4) equal installments on an annual basis.

 

2227.11The first payment under §2227.10 shall be made only after the replacement dwelling has been found to be decent, safe, and sanitary, as defined in §2299.

 

2227.12Subsequent annual payments, if any, shall be made only after the claimant certifies that he or she is occupying decent, safe, and sanitary housing.

 

source

§503(c) of the Relocation Regulations, Regulation No. 73-4, 19 DCR 599, 624 (February 21, 1973).