Section 4: Fixed Moving Expense Payments
Determination of Payment
A. UNFURNISHED UNITS - Occupant owns furniture. | |||||
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No. of Rooms | One | Two | Three | Four | Five |
Amount | $600 | $800 | $1,000 | $1,200 | $1,400 |
No. of Rooms | Six | Seven | Eight | Each Additional Room | - |
Amount | $1,600 | $1,750 | $1,900 | $150 | - |
B. FURNISHED UNITS - Occupant does not own furniture . | |||||
First Room | Each Additional Room | ||||
$400 | $50 |
Eligible residential displacees (including seasonal residents and sleeping rooms) are entitled to a
one-time
fixed payment instead of payment for actual moving expenses ; however, TxDOT may approve storage for a displaced person's personal property for a period of up to 12 months as a reasonable, actual and necessary moving expense.
Determine fixed payment as shown below.
Use of Moving Expense Schedules
When displacees choose the fixed schedule payment option,
TxDOT shall determine the number of eligible rooms with the head
of household present, before starting a move.
Fixed schedule payments do not apply to part-time occupants
or to moving personalty of a non-occupant owner.
Occupants who move
from
a mobile home
may be paid for moving their personalty as presented in the Moving
Expense Schedules, if they choose to do so. Occupants shall be paid
on an actual cost basis for moving the mobile home from the displacement
site. Occupants who move their personalty separately from the mobile
home may choose to do so based on actual cost.A displacee whose residential move is performed by a displacing
agency at no cost to the displacee is entitled to a payment not
to exceed $50. A displacee with minimal personalty, who occupies
a dormitory style room, is entitled to a payment not to exceed $50.
Counted Rooms
The phrase “counted room” is defined as space in a dwelling
unit containing the typical quantity of household furniture, equipment,
and/or personalty. It includes living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens,
family rooms, utility rooms, bedrooms, studies, basements, and garages.
Other rooms or storage areas containing substantial personalty may
be counted as additional rooms. Areas of storage containing mostly
non-residential personalty must be excluded in the counted rooms.
For these items, follow provisions under Allowable Moving Expenses
- Non-residential or Personal Property Only Moves, whichever is
applicable.
When personalty is displaced from several rooms or areas at
the displacement site that individually would not qualify as counted
rooms. Such property may be combined for establishing eligibility
as counted rooms.
Reminder: When acquiring combination residential-business
units do not include the business property in the residential room
count. The residential property should not be moved as part of the business.
Vacant rooms and areas from which no personalty is displaced are
not considered eligible rooms for payment purposes.
Multiple Occupancy of Same Dwelling
If two or more occupants (families or individuals) of the
displacement dwelling move to
different
replacement
dwellings, each occupant is entitled to a reasonable prorated share,
as determined by TxDOT, of the moving expense payment that would
have been made if the occupants had moved to the same
replacement
dwelling. However, if TxDOT determines that these occupants maintain
separate households within the same displaced dwelling unit, they
are entitled to separate moving expense payments.Owner-Occupant Multi-Family Units
In addition to payment for moving eligible occupants and personalty
from a dwelling unit, the owner of a multi-family dwelling is eligible
to receive a non-residential moving payment for his/her personalty
located in other units of the multi-family dwelling.