Relocating displaced residents and businesses as part of programs that require land acquisition.
Relocation – an extraordinarily sensitive and difficult undertaking – involves moving occupants and contents from their home or business to a mutually approved location. Our relocation services are carried out under the precepts of the United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HOPE VI Program and the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (Uniform Act), as amended. Today, there is an increasing need for expertise and experience to assist communities with planning for climate induced relocation and migration. Our in-depth knowledge in these areas ensures that clients receive a smooth and timely relocation, and that displaced families and businesses receive all of the advisory services and assistance to which they are entitled. Relocation cases can be complex and vary from long standing private businesses to apartments to mobile home parks to multi-phase programs involving large residential communities. Relocation assistance may also include the development of a relocation plan and other important processes or documentation, tenant liaison services, translation services, assistance in re-housing displaced tenants, and compilation and maintenance of all required documentation.
Services we provide for relocation assistance include the following:
- Relocation Planning
- Assessment Interviews
- Budgeting and Scheduling
- Comparable Housing Market Studies
- Housing Market Surveys
- Community Outreach
- Relocation Advisory Services
- Property Owner and Tenant Meetings
- Notices and Other Required Informational Materials
- Decent, Safe and Sanitary Inspections
- Moving Cost Estimates
- Moving Monitoring
- Homeowner Claims Processing
- Records Retention
- Reports
