Replacement Housing for Tenants and Certain Others

2 CMC § 4725 — under Land Acquisition; Relocation.

2 CMC § 4725

TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES

DIVISION 4: LAND RESOURCES

§ 4725. Replacement Housing for Tenants and Certain Others. In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this article, an agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under 2 CMC § 4724, 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 such dwelling. The payment shall be either: (a) The amount necessary to enable the displaced person to lease or rent, for a period not to exceed four years, a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling according to contemporary community standards and adequate to accommodate the person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and reasonably accessible to that person’s place of employment, but not to exceed $4,000; or (b) The amount necessary to enable the person to make a down payment including incidental expenses described in 2 CMC § 4724(a)(3) on the purchase of a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling according to contemporary community standards and adequate to accommodate the person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities but not to exceed $4,000, except that if the amount exceeds $2,000, the person must equally match any amount in excess of $2,000, in making the down payment. Source: 67 TTC § 505.