Subsidized housing includes public housing, government subsidized housing, and housing program subsidies.

When a public housing unit or a privately owned dwelling with a government subsidy tied to the unit will be used as comparable replacement housing, compute the rental assistance payment according to preceding Calculation for normal rental payments.

When a person displaced from a privately owned government subsidized dwelling or from a public housing unit receives a housing program subsidy not tied to the displacement dwelling, such as a HUD Section 8 Existing Housing Certificate or a Housing Voucher, and the displacee is to be relocated in a comparable unsubsidized dwelling, subtract the amount of the housing subsidy from the probable rental cost of the replacement dwelling before computing the rental assistance payment. In such cases, explain the rent adjustment in the remarks section of form .

Nothing in this section prohibits a Federal, State or local agency from offering, or precludes a person from accepting, assistance under a government housing program, even if the person did not receive similar assistance before displacement. TxDOT must, however, inform the person of his/her options under this section, and inform the person that receiving a government housing subsidy requires computing the relocation rental assistance payment based on the person’s actual out-of-pocket costs for the replacement housing.