Section 101

Citation: Section 101
Parent Document: Alexander v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development, 441 U.S. 39 (1979)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 1979-04-17
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Section 101 (6) of the Relocation Act, as previously indicated, provides that a “displaced person” is one who moves “as a result of the acquisition of . . . real property, ... or as the result of the written order of the acquiring agency to vacate real property, for a program or project undertaken by a Federal agency . . . .” 42 U. S. C. § 4601 (6). In neither case do the tenants claim coverage under the “acquisition” clause of § 101 (6), which reaches persons dislocated by the actual procurement of property for a federal program or project. Brief for Respondents in No. 77-1463, p. 15, and n. 17; Tr. of Oral Arg. 10. Hence, these tenants’ eligibility for relocation assistance turns on the meaning of the definition’s written order clause. More precisely, their eligibility depends on the import of two critical phrases not specifically defined in the Act, “acquiring agency” and “for a program or project.”

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