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This review which focuses attention on practical improvements to relocation procedures, considers legal questions relating to the nature of relocation and compensation and presents the key findings of a study of individuals displaced by highway projects. Tests for compensability losses (suggested by Downs) are recommended as a guide to possible changes in relocation practices. These tests are: attributability; noninherent riskiness; significance; identifiability; measurability; deliverability; net negative impact; and significance to the relocatee. The importance of these tests is suggested by the results of the before and after residential displacement study. The economic, household, social, and psychological effects of dislocation are presented as well as specific compensation and assistance factors. The latter included reactions to the prices paid for dwellings taken, the effects of compensation on housing, total compensation, and the overall attitudes toward compensation and assistance. Changes to the relocation policies and practices are recommended. The changes relate to the prices paid for dwelling units, cash flow, ancillary property improvements, income-producing property, cash needs, rent supplements, attitudes and assistance of relocation personnel, re-renting acquired property, consideration of displacement effects in the highway planning process, and the involvment of local citizens.

Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. This paper appeared in Transportation Research Special Report No. 192, Relocation and Real Property Acquisition.

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1981

Transportation Research Board Special Report

Relocation and Real Property Acquisition. Proceedings of a Conference

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Attitudes; Before and after studies; Employee compensation; Highway planning; Housings; Improvements; Income; Prices; Property acquisition; Public participation; Relocation (Facilities); Relocation assistance; Socioeconomic factors

Compensation; Relocation

Economics; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Aug 15 1981 12:00AM

• ATTITUDES AND EXPERIENCES OF RELOCATED HOUSEHOLD HEADS: A CAUSAL ANALYSIS
• ATTITUDES, OPINIONS, AND EXPERIENCES OF RELOCATEES IN TEXAS DISPLACED BY HIGHWAYS UNDER THE 1970 RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
• CONDEMNATION BLIGHT
• CONFERENCE SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS
• ELIGIBILITY FOR RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
• IMPACT OF RELOCATION ON PEOPLE, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITIES
• PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT
• PROCESSES FOR GREATER UNIFORMITY
• PROPERTY ACQUISITION
• PROPOSED REVISIONS IN THE UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT
• REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IN NEW YORK
• RELOCATION AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION IMPLEMENTATION BY COUNTIES
• RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IN NEW JERSEY
• RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
• RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN OKLAHOMA
• RELOCATION ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
• RELOCATION NEEDS AS SEEN BY PORTSMOUTH HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
• RELOCATION OF RESIDENTS DISPLACED BY CONSTRUCTION OF I-205 IN WASHINGTON
• RELOCATION PAYMENTS AND SERVICES
• RELOCATION RESEARCH IN VIRGINIA
• RESIDENTIAL RELOCATION: IMPACT OF ALLOWANCES AND PROCEDURES IN OHIO
• SCOPE OF GSA ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION PROGRAM
• STATE PERSPECTIVE OF PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
• UNIFORM RELOCATION POLICIES IN THE 1980S
• WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE UNIFORM ACT?