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7. QUALIFICATION FOR, AND FILING OF, RELOCATION CLAIMS To qualify for a Replacement Housing Payment, you must rent or purchase and occupy a comparable replacement unit within one year from the following: • For a tenant, the date you move from the displacement dwelling. • For an owner -occupant, the latter of: a. The date you receive final payment for the displacement dwelling, or, in the case of condemnation, the date the full amount of estimated just compensation is deposited in court,: or b. The date you move from the displacement dwelling. All claims for relocation benefits must be filed with the Displacing Agency within eighteen (18) months from the date on which you receive final payment for your property, or the date on which you move, whichever is later. 8. LAST RESORT HOUSING ASSISTANCE If comparable replacement dwellings are not available when you are required to move, or H replacement housing is not available within the monetary Omits described above, the Displacing Agency will provide Last Resort Housing assistance to enable you to rent or purchase a replacement dwelling on a timely basis. Last Resort Housing assistance is based on the individual circumstances of the displaced person. Your relocation agent will explain the process for determining whether or not you qualify for Last Resort assistance. If you are a tenant, and you choose to purchase rather than rent a comparable replacement dwelling, the entire amount of your rental assistance and Last Resort eligibility must be applied toward the down -payment and eligible incidental expenses of the home you intend to purchase. 9. RENTAL AGREEMENT As a result of the Displacing Agency's action to purchase the property where you live, you may become a tenant of the Displacing Agency. If this occurs, you will be asked to sign a rental agreement which vdll specify the monthly rent to be paid, when rent payments are due, where they are to be paid and other pertinent information. iLilla'tfA! f�]IF. Any person, who occupies the real property and is not in unlawful occupancy, is presumed to be entitled to relocation benefits. Except for the causes of eviction set forth below, no person lawfully occupying property to be purchased by the Agency will be required to move without having been provided with at least 90 days written notice from the Agency. Eviction will be undertaken only in the event of one or more of the following reasons: • Failure to pay rent; except in those cases where the failure to pay is due to the lessors failure to keep the premises in habitable condition, is the result of harassment or retaliatory action or is the result of discontinuation or substantial interruption of services; • Performance of dangerous illegal act in the unit; • Material breach of the rental agreement and failure to cored breach within the legally prescribed notice period; s1 C--2216 C:S::3 ad. F'6X 6 CL5E7. LLC TrLi1 q_sc'e 75B-76