US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 4624

Replacement housing for tenants and certain others

(a)
section 4623 of this titlesection 4633(d) of this title In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this subchapter, the head of a displacing agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by such displaced person for not less than 90 days immediately prior to (1) the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of such dwelling, or (2) in any case in which displacement is not a direct result of acquisition, such other event as the head of the lead agency shall prescribe. Such payment shall consist of the amount necessary to enable such person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed 42 months, a comparable replacement dwelling, but not to exceed $7,200, as adjusted by regulation, in accordance with . At the discretion of the head of the displacing agency, a payment under this subsection may be made in periodic installments. Computation of a payment under this subsection to a low-income displaced person for a comparable replacement dwelling shall take into account such person’s income.
(b)
Any person eligible for a payment under subsection (a) of this section may elect to apply such payment to a down payment on, and other incidental expenses pursuant to, the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling. Any such person may, at the discretion of the head of the displacing agency, be eligible under this subsection for the maximum payment allowed under subsection (a).

Pub. L. 91–646, title II, § 20484 Stat. 1897Pub. L. 100–17, title IV, § 407101 Stat. 251Pub. L. 112–141, div. A, title I, § 1521(c)126 Stat. 578(, , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 112–141, § 1521(c)(1)section 4633(d) of this title2012—Subsec. (a). , in second sentence, substituted “$7,200, as adjusted by regulation, in accordance with ” for “$5,250”.

Pub. L. 112–141, § 1521(c)(2)section 4623(a) of this titleSubsec. (b). , substituted period at end of second sentence for “, except that, in the case of a displaced homeowner who has owned and occupied the displacement dwelling for at least 90 days but not more than 180 days immediately prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such dwelling, such payment shall not exceed the payment such person would otherwise have received under had the person owned and occupied the displacement dwelling 180 days immediately prior to the initiation of such negotiations.”

Pub. L. 100–171987— amended section generally, revising and restating as subsecs. (a) and (b) provisions formerly contained in introductory provisions and in pars. (1) and (2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2012 Amendment

Pub. L. 112–141Pub. L. 112–141section 1521(g) of Pub. L. 112–141section 308 of Title 23Amendment by effective 2 years after the date of enactment of , see , set out as a note under , Highways.

Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

Pub. L. 100–17section 4633 of this titlesection 412 of Pub. L. 100–17section 418 of Pub. L. 100–17section 4601 of this titleAmendment by effective on effective date provided in regulations promulgated under (as amended by ), but not later than 2 years after , see , set out as a note under .