Alaska § 34.60.060 - Replacement housing for tenants and others.

§ 34.60.060. Replacement housing for tenants and others.

In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this chapter, the state agency shall make a payment to or for a displaced person displaced from a dwelling, who is not eligible to receive a payment under AS 34.60.050 , if the dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by the displaced person for not less than 90 days before the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of the dwelling. The payment must be either        (1) the amount necessary to enable the displaced person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed three years and six months, a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate the displaced person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and reasonably accessible to the person's place of employment, but not to exceed the amount described in 42 U.S.C. 4624(a), as amended; or

 (2) the amount necessary to enable the displaced person to make a down payment, including incidental expenses described in AS 34.60.050 (a)(3), on the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling of standards adequate to accommodate the displaced person in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, but not to exceed the amount described in 42 U.S.C. 4624(a), as amended.