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27.14.020 CONDITIONS FOR RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.

The relocation assistance payments set forth in Section 27.14.010 shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) The eligibility requirements set forth in government code Sections 7260 et seq. for "displaced persons," including such regulations for eligibility adopted pursuant to said section, shall be applicable to households seeking relocation assistance payments.

(b) The total relocation assistance payment shall be the equivalent of three months rent being paid by the displaced household immediately prior to displacement.

(c) No household or persons who comprise or comprised that household shall receive relocation payments more than once in every two years and in no event more than twice during the life of the redevelopment project. To be eligible a household or persons must be in lawful possession of an affordable residential unit at the time that said unit is rendered unaffordable by an activity designated in Section 27.14.010(a)(1)—(4) or at the time that a notice to vacate is received in order to proceed with an activity designated in Section 27.14.010(a)(1)—(4).

(d) Not more than one relocation payment during the life of the redevelopment project shall be made for each residential unit regardless of the number of times that displacement occurs from such individual unit.

(e) Complaints may be brought by persons of low or moderate income households who have been denied relocation assistance payments to the Community Relations Commission by filing a written complaint not later than 18 months after displacement or the claim is forfeited.