Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-5. Payment for replacement housing for displaced tenants and certain others
In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this chapter, a relocation agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under § 45-31.2-4 which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by the displaced person for not less than ninety (90) days prior to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of the dwelling. The payment is either:
(1) The amount necessary to enable the displaced person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed any limitation provided in federal law, a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate the person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and reasonably accessible to his or her place of employment, but not to exceed the amount established by the federal law; or
(2) The amount necessary to enable the person to make a down payment (including incidental expenses described in § 45-31.2-4(a)(3)), on the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate the person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, but not to exceed the amount established by federal law, except that if the amount exceeds the amount established by federal law, in making the down payment.
History of Section.
P.L. 1972, ch. 129, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-5
- Displaced person: means any person who, on or after January 2, 1971, moves from real property, or moves his or her personal property from real property, as a result of the acquisition of that real property, in whole or in part, or as the result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate real property, for a program or project undertaken by a relocation agency; and, solely for the purposes of §Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-2
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Person: means any individual partnership, corporation, or association. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-2
- Relocation agency: means any agency, state or local, receiving federal assistance to carry out a relocation program. See Rhode Island General Laws 45-31.2-2