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This training module was last updated in September, 2005.
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The
URA requires that comparable decent, safe, and sanitary replacement
(DSS) housing within a person's financial means be made available
before that person may be displaced. When such housing cannot be
provided by using replacement housing payments, the URA provides
for "housing of last resort." Housing of last resort may
involve the use of replacement housing payments that exceed the
URA maximum amounts. Housing of last resort may also involve the
use of other methods of providing comparable decent, safe, and sanitary
housing within a person's financial means.
Agencies
have broad flexibility in the use of housing of last resort. It
is intended to enable agencies to respond to difficult or special
displacements, but it should not be used as a substitute
for lack of time or lack of relocation advisory services.
Remember
that it is crucial to identify potential housing of last resort
situations early so that they may be addressed in a proper manner.
Where
can you go to find more information on housing of last resort?
You
should consult 49 CFR 24.404 and Chapter 3 of HUD
Handbook 1378 for more guidance.
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