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AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: That the standard for fair market rents for existing housing is a comparative method according to the following policies: 1. The monthly rental for a comparable replacement dwelling shall be determined on a case by case basis, using one or more dwellings which are actually available and determined to be most representative of the dwelling from which the displacement occurs, and conforms to the definition of comparable replacement housing referred to in Section 42.20(b) and Chapter 5, Section 4, paragraph 5-52A of the 1371.1 REV relocation handbook. 2. Comparable dwelling units are selected from a neighborhood from which the claimant moves, providing that the units are available and meets the following requirements: a) Lee County Housing Code and Minimum Housing Standards. b) Are not in an area designated for present or future governmental action which may reasonably be expected to involve displacement. c) Are not in a location subject to unreasonable adverse environmental conditions. 3. If the housing located in the displaced neighborhood does not meet the criteria for the displaced, then housing shall be selected from adjacent or nearby neighborhoods in ascending order of rental costs. Neighborhoods where rental costs are generally lower then the neighborhood from which the claimant is displaced may not be used for selection of comparables. 4. That the standard for fixed payment and displacement allowances to be used in relation assistance in connection with the aforesaid Community Development Projects shall be as set forth in the schedules entitled "State Highway Fixed Relocation Payment Schedule" as approved by the State Highway Administration dated July 1, 1978, a copy of which is hereto annexed as Exhibit "C",