§ 153 — Relocation of displaced tenants

§ 153. Relocation of displaced tenants. 1. (a) Authorities shall have\nthe power to assist in relocating in suitable accommodations at rentals\nwithin their means families of low income who have been or will be\ndeprived of dwellings within areas or buildings which have been or will\nbe cleared or demolished. In connection with any project, the authority\nshall maintain or provide for the maintenance of tenant placement\nservice in which there shall be recorded lists of untenanted suitable\ndwellings available to families of low income and shall furnish such\ninformation to such families. Authorities shall from time to time make\nstudies and surveys of dwelling units which may become unoccupied and\navailable to families of low income and shall also make arrangements\nwith owners and lessors of such dwellings for registration thereof with\nthe tenant placement service.\n (b) In connection with any state or municipal project, an authority\nmay pay so much of the necessary cost of removal of families of low\nincome, and of business or commercial tenants, from the area or\nbuildings to be cleared for the development of the project to suitable\nlocations in such cases and in such amounts as may be approved by the\ncommissioner in the case of a state project or municipality in case of a\nmunicipal project, but, except as otherwise provided by law, in no event\nmore than four hundred dollars for any family, nor more than three\nthousand dollars for any business or commercial tenant. Removal costs so\npaid by an authority shall be included in the project cost.\n (c) In connection with the development of any federal project, an\nauthority may contract with the federal government and with a\nmunicipality to accept and distribute relocation payments as may be\nagreed upon.\n 2. Any person or family residing in an area or building to be cleared\nor demolished by an authority or municipality in connection with the\ndevelopment of a project under this chapter may be admitted to a\ndwelling in any project of the authority or municipality if the probable\naggregate annual income of such person or family does not exceed the\nincome limit for continued occupancy established by the authority or\nmunicipality for the dwelling to which such person or family is\nadmitted.\n 3. Until July first nineteen hundred seventy whenever an agency as\ndefined in subdivision five of section five hundred two of the general\nmunicipal law undertakes the clearance, rehabilitation, conservation or\nrenewal of an area, or an authority or municipality undertakes the\nclearance, replanning, re-construction or rehabilitation of a\nsubstandard or insanitary area in connection with a project as defined\nin this chapter, and if the commissioner determines in the case of an\nurban renewal project financially assisted by the state as provided in\nsections five hundred eight, five hundred nine and five hundred ten of\nthe general municipal law or in the case of a state project as defined\nin this chapter that the area of such a project is one to which this\nsubdivision shall apply, and an authority or municipality finds that\nthere are not available suitable dwellings for the relocation of persons\nor families of low income who will be deprived of dwellings within the\narea of such a project, such authority or municipality may, with the\napproval of the commissioner in the case of state projects, relocate\nsuch persons or families by admission to a dwelling in any project of\nthe authority or municipality. The income of a family relocated pursuant\nto this subdivision shall not be subject to the limitation prescribed in\nsubdivision one (a) of section one hundred fifty-six of this chapter.\nNotwithstanding any general, special or local law, each person or family\nadmitted to a project pursuant to this subdivision shall be required to\nmove from such project within one year from the date of admission unless\nthe income of the family is within the limits prescribed for continued\noccupancy in the project and, in the opinion of the authority or\nmunicipality, the removal of the family from the project would occasion\nundue hardship.\n