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B-199683 1 (1982-02-24)

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FILE; B-199683                 DATE; February 24, 1982

MATTER OF: Captain Wilford A. Day, USAF


DIGEST;   A member's claim for reimbursement
         of rent pnid to relativep from whom
         his wife and four children rented an
         apartment while on safe haven orders
         should be paid. While paragraph H4205-l,
         Volume 1, Joint Travel Regulations, pro-
         vides no reimbursement will be allowed
         when an individual lodges as adguest of
         relatives or friends, rent paid a more
         distant relative for a separate apartment
         in the relative's house inay be allowed,

     The wife and four children of an Air Force offiier
traveled to a safe haven where they rented an apartment
in the home of relatives. Expenses may be reimbursed
in the same way as if they had rented from non-relatives
or commercial sources for the reasons given below,

     This question was presented for an advance decision
by an Accounting and Finance Officer, Headquarters Ship-
yard Technical Training Center (ATC), Sheppard Air Force
Base, Texas.   The request was assigned PDTATAC Control
No. 80-26, by the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation
Allowance Comvittee.

     Captain Wilford G. Day, s depezadents, Mrs. Kathy Day
and four children, were fori'ed to evacuate Iran in Novem-
ber 1978. They first went to Athens, Greece, and then
to American Forc, Utah (designated a safe haven by the
Air Force in this case) where they remained for 5 months.
Upon arrival in American Fork on December 27, 1978,
Mrs. Day and family stayed with her father-in--law while
she looked for an apartment.   However, there were no es-
tablflhod apartments in the area and houses generally
required a 6-month lease. Mrs. Day could not enter into
such a lease because she was subject to being returned
to Iran. In addition Mrs. Day needed to be near the family
since she relied on them for day to day transportation.

     Because she was unable to find a conmiericz.4 apartment,
Mrs. Day reached an agreement with her husband's uncle and


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