[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR24.505]

[Page 230]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 24_UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR 
FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart F_Mobile Homes
 
Sec.  24.505  Additional rules governing relocation payments to mobile home occupants.

    (a) Replacement housing payment based on dwelling and site. Both the 
mobile home and mobile home site must be considered when computing a 
replacement housing payment. For example, a displaced mobile home 
occupant may have owned the displacement mobile home and rented the site 
or may have rented the displacement mobile home and owned the site. 
Also, a person may elect to purchase a replacement mobile home and rent 
a replacement site, or rent a replacement mobile home and purchase a 
replacement site. In such cases, the total replacement housing payment 
shall consist of a payment for a dwelling and a payment for a site, each 
computed under the applicable section in subpart E. However, the total 
replacement housing payment under subpart E shall not exceed the maximum 
payment (either $22,500 or $5,250) permitted under the section that 
governs the computation for the dwelling. (See also Sec.  24.403(b).)
    (b) Cost of comparable replacement dwelling--(1) If a comparable 
replacement mobile home is not available, the replacement housing 
payment shall be computed on the basis of the reasonable cost of a 
conventional comparable replacement dwelling.
    (2) If the Agency determines that it would be practical to relocate 
the mobile home, but the owner-occupant elects not to do so, the Agency 
may determine that, for purposes of computing the price differential 
under Sec.  24.401(c), the cost of a comparable replacement dwelling is 
the sum of:
    (i) The value of the mobile home,
    (ii) The cost of any necessary repairs or modifications, and
    (iii) The estimated cost of moving the mobile home to a replacement 
site.
    (c) Initiation of negotiations. If the mobile home is not actually 
acquired, but the occupant is considered displaced under this part, the 
``initiation of negotiations'' is the initiation of negotiations to 
acquire the land, or, if the land is not acquired, the written 
notification that he or she is a displaced person under this part.
    (d) Person moves mobile home. If the owner is reimbursed for the 
cost of moving the mobile home under this part, he or she is not 
eligible to receive a replacement housing payment to assist in 
purchasing or renting a replacement mobile home. The person may, 
however, be eligible for assistance in purchasing or renting a 
replacement site.
    (e) Partial acquisition of mobile home park. The acquisition of a 
portion of a mobile home park property may leave a remaining part of the 
property that is not adequate to continue the operation of the park. If 
the Agency determines that a mobile home located in the remaining part 
of the property must be moved as a direct result of the project, the 
owner and any tenant shall be considered a displaced person who is 
entitled to relocation payments and other assistance under this part.

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