Assurance of Availability of Standard Housing

Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by an agency will result in the displacement of any person on or after the effective date of this Chapter, the agency shall assure that, within a reasonable period of time prior to displacement, there will be available in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and individuals displaced, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to displaced persons who require COL120106 CH. 17 RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT dwellings and reasonably accessible to their places of employment; (except that regulations issued pursuant to § 17108 of this Chapter may prescribe situations when these assurances may be waived.)