Replacement housing for tenants and others - 26 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 904

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     § 904.  Replacement housing for tenants and others.
        (a)  Payment to certain displaced persons.--
            (1)  In addition to amounts otherwise authorized, an
        acquiring agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced
        person displaced from a dwelling not eligible to receive a
        payment under section 903 (relating to replacement housing
        for homeowners), which dwelling was actually and lawfully
        occupied by the displaced person for not less than 90 days
        prior to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of
        the dwelling or the receipt of written notice from the
        acquiring agency of intent to acquire or order to vacate. The
        payment shall be the amount determined to be necessary to
        enable the displaced person to lease a comparable replacement
        dwelling for a period not to exceed 42 months. The amount
        shall be the additional amount, if any, over the actual
        rental or fair rental value of the acquired dwelling, but not
        more than $6,300.
            (2)  Any person eligible for a payment under paragraph
        (1) may elect to apply the payment to a down payment on, and
        other incidental expenses pursuant to, the purchase of a
        decent, safe and sanitary replacement dwelling.
        (b)  Condition of payment.--The additional payment authorized
     by this section shall be made only to a displaced person who
     occupies a replacement dwelling which is decent, safe and
     sanitary.

        Cross References.  Section 904 is referred to in section 903
     of this title.

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