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Enclosure #3-b RESIDENTIAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION ASSISXANCE P.LAN SOUTHSDE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT The City of Martinsville will replace all occupied and vacant occupiable low/moderate income dwelling units demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate income dwelling units as a direct result of activities assisted with funds provided under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. All replacement housing will be provided within three (3) years of the commencement of the demolition or rehabilitation relating to coversion. Before obligating or expending funds that will directly result in such demolition or conversion. the City will make public and advise the state that it is undertaking such an activity and will submit to the state, in writing, information that identifies: (1) Description of the,pro. posed assisted activi~V. Acquisition/Relocation/Clearance The City plans to (a) acquire and clear one (1) renter-occupied substandard unit unsuitable for rehabilitation, and (b) acquire one (1) vacant dilapidated unit and rehabilitate it for sale to an eligible LMI family, with downpayment assistance. The City will obtain the dilapidated units from the owners through voluntary sale. This program will result in no net loss of housing units in the project area. Relocation assistance will be given to the renter-occupants of the substandard unit and temporary relocation assistance will be given to the owner-occupants of the unit to be substantially reconstructed. All relocation will be carded out according to this approved Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan. Occupants will not be relocated until comparable but decent, safe, and sanitary housing of the occupants' choice is located. The City intends to make relocation cost a total public responsibility which will include rental assistance payments for renter occupants and moving expenses for all relocatees. Relocation resources will be made available including a homeownership opportunity in the rehabilitated unit. The vacant property will be acquired with City funds. The renter-occupied unit will be 'acquired with CDBG funds. All demolition work will be bid. (2) General location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size ('number of bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate income dwelling units as a direct result of the assisted activity. One (1) renter-oecupied unit is targeted for acquisition and clearance. The dwelling unit size (number of bedrooms) will be determined in a future household survey. The unit location is shown on the attached map.