001-2 Wyo. Code R. §§ 2-9 - Replacement Housing Payments

a. A displaced person is eligible for replacement housing assistance if he:

(1) Satisfies the tenure of occupancy requirements of these Rules and Regulations; and

(2) Relocates and occupies a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling or contracts for the rehabilitation or construction of such a replacement dwelling within one year from the later of:

(a) The date upon which the displaced person received final payment for all costs of the required dwelling where the amount of such payment is determined by negotiated settlement;

(b) In condemnation cases, the date upon which the Department or condemning authority deposits into Court for the benefit of the displaced person the sum of money provided for in Rule 71.1(e), W.R.C.P.;

(c) The date upon which the displaced person was required to move by the written notice to vacate the acquired dwelling within ninety (90) days; or

(d) The date upon which the displaced person moves if such date is earlier that the date upon which he is required to move.

b. A displaced person or family of displaced persons who has obtained, either before or after displacement, legal ownership of a replacement dwelling or the land upon which it rests and occupies the dwelling after displacement but within the applicable time limit specified in 8. a. is eligible for replacement housing assistance if the replacement dwelling meets the standards for decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings provided in these Rules and Regulations.

c. A displaced person shall apply for replacement housing assistance by filing a completed Form R/W 71, 72 or 73. The application must be filed no later than six (6) months after the expiration of the applicable one year period specified in subsection 8.a., except that in condemnation cases, application must be filed no later than six (6) months after the date of final adjudication.

d. Prior to making any relocation assistance payment, the relocation agent shall inspect the replacement dwelling to determine that it meets the standards of decent, safe, and sanitary housing. After the inspection is completed the relocation agent shall complete Form R/W 53 ra, "Dwelling Inspection Report."

e. In the event an inspection as required by subsection d. cannot be made, the displaced person may file a certified statement that he has occupied a replacement dwelling which meets the standards for a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling, and such certification shall be sufficient to establish eligibility for replacement housing assistance.

f. Replacement housing payments shall be made directly to the displaced person or family of displaced persons except upon written instruction from such person or persons that payments be made to a lessor for rent or to a seller for use toward the purchase of replacement housing. A displaced person of family of displaced persons who desire that replacement housing payments be made into escrow must specifically request the same in the application for assistance.

g. If two or more eligible families of displaced persons occupy the same single family dwelling unit and a comparable replacement is available, the occupants are eligible to receive one replacement housing or rent supplement payment. if comparable replacement hosing is not available, each family will be eligible for a replacement housing or rent supplement payment based on housing comparable to the quarters occupied by each family plus community rooms shared by other occupants.

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001-2 Wyo. Code R. §§ 2-9