[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR24.204]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 24_UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR 
 
                Subpart C_General Relocation Requirements
 
Sec.  24.204  Availability of comparable replacement dwelling before 

displacement.

    (a) General. No person to be displaced shall be required to move 
from his or her dwelling unless at least one comparable replacement 
dwelling (defined at Sec.  24.2 (a)(6)) has been made available to the 
person. When possible, three or more comparable replacement dwellings 
shall be made available. A comparable replacement dwelling will be 
considered to have been made available to a person, if:
    (1) The person is informed of its location;
    (2) The person has sufficient time to negotiate and enter into a 
purchase

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agreement or lease for the property; and
    (3) Subject to reasonable safeguards, the person is assured of 
receiving the relocation assistance and acquisition payment to which the 
person is entitled in sufficient time to complete the purchase or lease 
of the property.
    (b) Circumstances permitting waiver. The Federal Agency funding the 
project may grant a waiver of the policy in paragraph (a) of this 
section in any case where it is demonstrated that a person must move 
because of:
    (1) A major disaster as defined in section 102 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 5122);
    (2) A presidentially declared national emergency; or
    (3) Another emergency which requires immediate vacation of the real 
property, such as when continued occupancy of the displacement dwelling 
constitutes a substantial danger to the health or safety of the 
occupants or the public.
    (c) Basic conditions of emergency move. Whenever a person to be 
displaced is required to relocate from the displacement dwelling for a 
temporary period because of an emergency as described in paragraph (b) 
of this section, the Agency shall:
    (1) Take whatever steps are necessary to assure that the person is 
temporarily relocated to a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling;
    (2) Pay the actual reasonable out-of-pocket moving expenses and any 
reasonable increase in rent and utility costs incurred in connection 
with the temporary relocation; and
    (3) Make available to the displaced person as soon as feasible, at 
least one comparable replacement dwelling. (For purposes of filing a 
claim and meeting the eligibility requirements for a relocation payment, 
the date of displacement is the date the person moves from the 
temporarily occupied dwelling.)