Sec. 47-287. Conversion tenant's right to relocation payment.
Sec. 47-287. Conversion tenant's right to relocation payment. (a) Except as
provided in subsection (b) of this section, a conversion tenant is entitled to a relocation
payment from the declarant if the tenant's household income qualifies under subsection
(c) of this section and he moves from his converted unit either during or after the transition period. The relocation payment shall be in the amount of two months rent or one
thousand dollars, whichever is greater.
(b) If a conversion tenant executes a written lease for a term of at least one year at
any time after the tenant receives a conversion notice, the lease may provide that, after
the transition period ends, the tenant waives his right to a relocation payment pursuant
to this section.
(c) A tenant's household income qualifies, for purposes of subsection (a) of this
section, if his household has an adjusted gross income for federal income tax purposes of
less than twenty-one thousand dollars if the tenant is unmarried, or twenty-five thousand
dollars if he is married.
(d) The relocation payment shall be made within ten days after the tenant vacates
and shall not be considered as income or resources to the extent so provided for payment
to a displaced person pursuant to section 8-277.
(P.A. 83-474, S. 88, 96.)
Cited. 207 C. 441.