Chapter 11: Residential Moves
Anchor: #BIHIGBFBSection 1: Eligibility
Anchor: #i1000783Overview
A residential displacee is entitled to reimbursement for those moving expenses determined by TxDOT to be reasonable and necessary. Methods for determining reimbursement include the following.
Anchor: #i1000793Actual Cost Commercial Move
Reimbursement documented by paid receipts from a professional mover.
Anchor: #i1000805Actual Cost Self-Move
Reimbursement documented by paid receipts for equipment rentals, fuel, etc., and inventory of moved personalty. Additionally, the displacee must provide an itemized certified accounting of the number of hours spent on the move and the claimed hourly wage rate. The hourly wage rate is limited to that claimed by bonded commercial movers for commercial moves of similar property. Residential moves under the self-move option cannot be based on the lower of two bids or estimates.
Anchor: #i1000817Fixed Room Count Schedule
Make reimbursement as described in Fixed Moving Expense Payments and Use of Moving Expense Schedules.