[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR24.502]



[Page 253-254]

 

                        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. 24.502  Replacement housing payment for 180-day mobile homeowner 

displaced from a mobile home, and/or from the acquired mobile home site.



    (a) Eligibility. An owner-occupant displaced from a mobile home or 

site is



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entitled to a replacement housing payment, not to exceed $22,500, under 

Sec. 24.401 if:

    (1) The person occupied the mobile home on the displacement site for 

at least 180 days immediately before:

    (i) The initiation of negotiations to acquire the mobile home, if 

the person owned the mobile home and the mobile home is real property;

    (ii) The initiation of negotiations to acquire the mobile home site 

if the mobile home is personal property, but the person owns the mobile 

home site; or

    (iii) The date of the Agency's written notification to the owner-

occupant that the owner is determined to be displaced from the mobile 

home as described in paragraphs (a)(3)(i) through (iv) of this section.

    (2) The person meets the other basic eligibility requirements at 

Sec. 24.401(a)(2); and

    (3) The Agency acquires the mobile home as real estate, or acquires 

the mobile home site from the displaced owner, or the mobile home is 

personal property but the owner is displaced from the mobile home 

because the Agency determines that the mobile home:

    (i) Is not, and cannot economically be made decent, safe, and 

sanitary;

    (ii) Cannot be relocated without substantial damage or unreasonable 

cost;

    (iii) Cannot be relocated because there is no available comparable 

replacement site; or

    (iv) Cannot be relocated because it does not meet mobile home park 

entrance requirements.

    (b) Replacement housing payment computation for a 180-day owner that 

is displaced from a mobile home. The replacement housing payment for an 

eligible displaced 180-day owner is computed as described at Sec. 

24.401(b) incorporating the following, as applicable:

    (1) If the Agency acquires the mobile home as real estate and/or 

acquires the owned site, the acquisition cost used to compute the price 

differential payment is the actual amount paid to the owner as just 

compensation for the acquisition of the mobile home, and/or site, if 

owned by the displaced mobile homeowner.

    (2) If the Agency does not purchase the mobile home as real estate 

but the owner is determined to be displaced from the mobile home and 

eligible for a replacement housing payment based on paragraph 

(a)(1)(iii) of this section, the eligible price differential payment for 

the purchase of a comparable replacement mobile home, is the lesser of 

the displaced mobile homeowner's net cost to purchase a replacement 

mobile home (i.e., purchase price of the replacement mobile home less 

trade-in or sale proceeds of the displacement mobile home); or, the cost 

of the Agency's selected comparable mobile home less the Agency's 

estimate of the salvage or trade-in value for the mobile home from which 

the person is displaced.

    (3) If a comparable replacement mobile home site is not available, 

the price differential payment shall be computed on the basis of the 

reasonable cost of a conventional comparable replacement dwelling.

    (c) Rental assistance payment for a 180-day owner-occupant that is 

displaced from a leased or rented mobile home site. If the displacement 

mobile home site is leased or rented, a displaced 180-day owner-occupant 

is entitled to a rental assistance payment computed as described in 

Sec. 24.402(b). This rental assistance payment may be used to lease a 

replacement site; may be applied to the purchase price of a replacement 

site; or may be applied, with any replacement housing payment 

attributable to the mobile home, to the purchase of a replacement mobile 

home or conventional decent, safe and sanitary dwelling.

    (d) Owner-occupant not displaced from the mobile home. If the Agency 

determines that a mobile home is personal property and may be relocated 

to a comparable replacement site, but the owner-occupant elects not to 

do so, the owner is not entitled to a replacement housing payment for 

the purchase of a replacement mobile home. However, the owner is 

eligible for moving costs described at Sec. 24.301 and any replacement 

housing payment for the purchase or rental of a comparable site as 

described in this section or Sec. 24.503 as applicable.



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