Access to Utility Service: 10.10 Utility Allowances for Involuntarily Relocated Tenants
Public housing tenants are sometimes involuntarily displaced from a housing development because of a construction project which is federally financed. This occurs, for example, when the public housing authority has decided to re-develop the site as low-and moderate-income housing, using HOPE VI or other federal housing modernization program funding. These displaced tenants may be entitled to supplemental rent and utility payments to help defray increased costs in their new dwellings.