First, as encountered in Federal-aid highway projects, the subleasing of space typically is not a business but merely an expedient to defray the costs of space in excess of the business' needs. Secondly, the space involved in the sublease could be all or a part of the larger space leased out by the prime lessor. In most cases, the prime lessor may be eligible for a Reestablishment Expenses payment for leasing the same space. Paying the lessee for subleasing then could constitute a second or duplicate payment for leasing the same space. However, each situation must be evaluated individually by the displacing agency.
Impact fees are ineligible other than as a reestablishment expense.
Displaced persons may elect to accept a fixed moving payment as early as an actual cost move could have been authorized. Neither is the agency expected to engage in an involved rebuttal of that assumption. Only if it is clear from the facts available at the time, that a substantial loss of patronage will not occur, should the agency make such a determination. There are certain characteristics for which the agency may look to determine if it should question the presumption of loss. The legislation and the committee report are both silent on including compensation to the officers of a corporation as part of the net income.