True or False
Aliens not lawfully present in the United States are eligible for all entitlements.
What is FALSE.
What is trash.
The maximum rent supplement entitlement amount that a displaced tenant can receive is $_______, however under housing of last resort the payment can exceed this.
What is $9,570.
It establishes minimum standards for federally-funded programs and projects that require the acquisition of real property or displace persons from their homes, businesses, or farms.
What is the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended.
Also called the Uniform Act, or the URA.
What type of displaced person is eligible to receive a down payment assistance payment?
A residential TENANT.
A 90-Day homeowner occupant is not eligible for this payment.
Base monthly rent includes rent and utilities.
What are the options for moving?
What is Commercial Move, Self-Move, or a combination of both.
For a self-move, the choices are based on the Fixed Move Cost Schedule, an Actual Cost Move, or based on a commercial mover's estimate or a move estimate prepared by a qualified agency person.
The maximum price differential payment that a residential owner occupant can receive is $_______, however, under housing of last resort it can exceed this amount.
What is $41,200.
Who determines if items are personal property or real property?
The appraiser.
*It is important for the relocation agent to attend the appraisal inspection to note any questionable items.
A comparable replacement dwelling is considered to be within the financial means of a displaced tenant if the monthly rent and utilities does not exceed ___% of the displaced tenant's average gross monthly income as confirmed on the HUD website.
What is 30.
A major objective of the Uniform Act is to ensure fair, equitable, and consistent treatment for displacees, so as to avoid disproportionate injuries as a result of programs or projects designed to benefit the public.
What is True.
In order to claim a Rent Supplement Entitlement, you must occupy a ______, ______, and ________ replacement dwelling in 12 months and claim your entitlement within 18 months.
Decent, Safe, and Sanitary.
A displaced person must occupy a replacement site within ___ months.
What is 12.
Owner: The date of receipt of comparable housing is made available OR receipt of payment, whichever is later.
Tenant: Date of vacate.
For an owner occupant that purchases a replacement dwelling, the non-reoccurring eligible costs that are incurred when purchasing a replacement home are called.
What is, Incidental Expenses.
What housing entitlements might a residential owner occupant be entitled to?
Price Differential, Incidentals, Mortgage Interest Differential Payment.
An agency can withhold entitlements from a residential tenant to cover back rents owed or to cover other debts.
What is FALSE.
A tenant that receives down payment assistance to purchase a home is also eligible for incidentals, however, they are not eligible for a _______ ________ ________ ________ .
What is Mortgage Incidental Differential Payment (MIDP).
*For a tenant - the incidentals are not above and beyond the down payment amount, but inclusive. i.e. they can use their full $9,570 to reduce the principal, and/or cover incidentals, as long as they don't exceed the $9,570, unlike an owner.
A displaced person must file a claim for a payment within ___ months.
What is 18.
Owner: Date of displacement or date of final payment, whichever is later.
Tenant: Date of displacement.
The time period that the rent supplement covers is for __ months.
What is 42.
A displaced 90-day tenant may receive a maximum of $______ for credit check and application fees related to applying for replacement housing.
What is $1,000.
*Make sure they save their receipts; they are required in order to receive reimbursement.
In order for a homeowner to receive a replacement housing payment one of the qualifications is that they must own and occupy the acquired dwelling for at least 90 days prior to the date of the first written offer to purchase the property.
What is TRUE.
They must also purchase and occupy a DSS replacement dwelling withing 12 months of the date of acquisition or the date the replacement was made available to them, whichever is later AND file a claim for the payment within 18 months of the date of moving or payment, whichever is later.
If a homeowner's price differential is zero, what replacement housing entitlements may they still be eligible for?
What is, Incidentals and a MIDP.
*However, if they did not have a loan at the displacement site, they cannot be eligible for an MIDP.
If there is a major exterior attribute that you cannot duplicate in the comparable housing, you must do what?
What is a carve out.
The Uniform Act and regulations emphasize the importance of relocation planning early in the project. Agencies can accomplish this by:
What is preparing a relocation plan.
The Uniform Act and implementing regulations provide that a person cannot be required to move until at least _____ comparable replacement dwelling(s) has been made available.
What is, one.