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{2) Public utilities, and (3) Public and commercial facilities. e. Reasonably accessible to the displaced person's place of employment or potential place of employment. f. Within the financial means of the displaced family or individual. Available on the market to the displaced person. h. If housing meeting the requirements of paragraph 5.2 is ~ot available on the market, the head of a displacing agency may, upon a proper finding of the need therefor, consider available housing exceeding these basic criteria. 5.3 Computation of replacement housinq payment. The replacement housing payment of not more than $15,000 comprises the following: a. Differential payments for replacement housinq. The head of the public agency may determine the amount which, if any, when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired by the dis- placing agency, is necessary to purchase a comparable replacement dwelling by either establishing a schedule or by using a compara- tivemethod. (1) Schedule method. The agency may establish a schedule of.reasonable acquisition costs for comparable replacement dwellings of the various types of dwellings to be acquired and available on the private market. The schedule shall be based on a current market analysis sufficient to support determinations of the amount for each type of dwelling to be acquired. When more than one public agency is causing displacement in a community or an area, the heads of the agencies concerned shall coordinate the establishment of the schedule for replacement housing payments. (2) Comparative method. The agency may determine the price of a comparable replacement dwelling by selecting a dwelling or dwellings most representative of the dwelling unit acquired, available to the displaced person, and %~ich meets the definition of comparable replacemgnt dwelling. A single dwelling shall be used only when additional comparable dwellings are not available. (3) Alternate metho~. The head of the displacing agency may develop criteria for computing replacement housing payments when neither the schedule method nor the comparative method is feasible. (4) Limitations. The amount established as the differ- ential payment for the replacement housing sets the upper limit of this payment.