(a) Any person or family whose income is no more than eighty (80) percent of the area median income in Lexington-Fayette County that is displaced from rental housing due to conditions that render the dwelling or property upon which the dwelling is located temporarily unfit for human occupancy is eligible for funds from the Emergency Temporary Relocation Assistance Program for Tenants to assist in locating temporary replacement housing or lodging.
(b) A person or family eligible for assistance from the Emergency Temporary Relocation Assistance Program for Tenants may receive up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in assistance for the payment of temporary housing costs. The assistance provided shall not exceed the actual cost of these expenses, as determined by the department of housing advocacy and community development. All assistance payments from the Emergency Temporary Relocation Assistance Program for Tenants shall be made directly and only to vendors providing the foregoing services.
(c) Any monetary assistance provided by the Emergency Temporary Relocation Assistance Program for Tenants is secondary to any other funds available to a household for relocation. The fair market value of any relocation assistance provided to a tenant by the owner and/or manager of the property on which the relocating tenant resides shall also be an adjustment to any payment provided by the Emergency Temporary Relocation Assistance Program for Tenants. In no event shall the amount of assistance from the Emergency Temporary Relocation Assistance Program for Tenants combined with any other relocation assistance exceed the actual cost of these expenses, as determined by the department of housing advocacy and community development.
(d) In order to be eligible for assistance, a tenant shall make application within seven (7) business days, unless otherwise approved by the commissioner of housing advocacy and community development in writing, prior to moving from the property from which the tenant is being displaced.
(Ord. No. 79-2014, § 1, 7-1-14; Ord. No. 066-2023, § 2, 6-29-23)