55F - RESO - FIRST ST APARTMENTS

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First Street Apartments Project Relocation Plan The Developer may pay Last Resort Housing payments in installments. Recipients of Last Resort rental assistance, who intend to purchase rather than re -rent replacement housing, will have the right to request a lump sum payment of all benefits in the form of downpayment assistance. Tenant households receiving periodic payments will have the option to request a lump sum payment of remaining benefits to assist with the purchase of a decent, safe and sanitarydwelling. F. IMMIGRATION STATUS Federal legislation (PL105 -117) prohibits the payment of relocation assistance benefits under the Uniform Act to any alien not lawfully present in the United States unless such ineligibility would result in an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the alien's spouse, parent, or child any of whom is a citizen or an alien admitted for permanent residence. Exceptional and extremely unusual hardship is defined as significant and demonstrable adverse impact on the health or safety, continued existence of the family unit, and any other impact determined by the Developer to negatively affect the alien's spouse, parent or child. However, the Developer will authorize the payment of relocation assistance benefits to any otherwise eligible residential displacees from non - federally authorized reimbursable funds. In order to be eligible to receive non - residential relocation benefits in federally - funded projects, in the case of an unincorporated business, each owner must be either a citizen or national of the United States, or an alien who is lawfully present in the United States. The owner of a sole proprietorship and all owners of a partnership must provide information regarding their lawful presence in the United States, and a for - profit or a non - profit corporation must certify that it is authorized to conduct business within the United States. Owners of sole proprietorships or partnerships, who are not lawfully present in the United States, or who decline to provide this information, are not eligible for relocation assistance, unless such ineligibility would result in an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the alien's spouse, parent, or child, any of whom is a citizen or an alien admitted for permanent residence. Relocation benefits would be prorated to reflect the number of owners with certified lawful presence in the United States, however, the Developer will authorize the payment of relocation assistance benefits to any otherwise eligible business displacee from non - federal funds. In order to track and account for relocation assistance and benefit payments, Developer staff will be required to seek immigration status information from each member of the household and from each sole proprietor and /or partner having them self-certify as to their legal status. G. RELOCATION TAX CONSEQUENCES In general, relocation payments are not considered income for the purpose of Division 2 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, which has been redesignated as the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Title 26, U.S. Code), or for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under the Social Security Act (42 U.S. Code 301 et seq.) or the Personal Income Tax Law, Part 10 (commencing with Section17001) of the Revenue and 22 55F -29