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V. Replacement Housing Payment For Tenants and Certain Others If you qualify as an eligible displaced occupant you may be eligible for a Replacement Housing Payment in the form of a Rent Differential. You may be eligible for a Replacement Housing Payment up to $5,250 to assist you in buying or renting decent, safe, and sanitary housing. This payment is based on any increased rent you might have to pay to obtain a similar dwelling. To be eligible for this Replacement Housing Payment: 1. You must have legally occupied a room at the Islander Motel Lodge as a weekly tenant on May 23,2005; 2. You must have received a General Information Notice in May of 2005; 3. You must rent/purchase and occupy a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling within one (1) year from the date of vacation from the replacement property. 4. You are residing in a decent, safe, and sanitary private dwelling when the payment is made. 5. Your claim for payment is submitted within eighteen (18) months of the date you move. If you decide to purchase a home when you move, the Replacement Housing Payment can be used as a down payment on your new dwelling. Note: See Last Resort Housing VI. Last Resort Housing In some instances, the basic relocation program does not provide sufficient benefits to adequately rehouse a household. The Agency may adopt a program to assist those households so as to provide comparable housing. The extent to which the program would apply is undetermined; however, the family gross income and assets would be one criteria for eligibility. You will be informed if this process applies to you. VII. Appeals and Other Rights Any person who has been refused a relocation payment or who disagrees with the amount of their relocation payment has the right to appeal. Information about the appeal procedure is available from your Relocation Advisor. Your Relocation Advisor will also help you to file an appeal. You must file an appeal within eighteen (18) months of the time you vacate the dwelling. In addition to your right to an appeal, Title VIII of the Civil Right Act of 1968 and later acts and amendments make discriminatory practices in the purchase and rental of residential units illegal if it is based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42USC 2000d et. seq.) sets forth the policy of the United States, within constitutionallirnits to ensure that all services and/or benefits will be administered without regard to race, color, national origin, or sex. No relocation payment received will be considered as income for the purpose of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 3