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B-198981 1 (1980-07-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadilc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FILE: B-198981 [DATE: July 22, 1980 MATTER OF: ngthy temporary duty assignments 1reimbursement of brok s' fees to obtain rental housing TDIGEST: Employees of HUD's Chicago Regional Accounting Office assigned to tem- porary duty at New York Regional Office for 6 months for training pur- poses may be reimbursed under FTR paragraph 1-9.1d for brokers' fees charged for locating rental housing if fees are necessary and sum of fees and rent is less than cost of hotel rooms for same period. This is in response to a request from the De- partment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for an advance decision as to whether certain employees of HUD, on temporary duty for about 6 months in New York City, for training purposes, may be reimbursed for brokers' fees charged for locatingrentalhousing. The employees, assignedsfrom HUD's Chicago Regional Accounting Office to the New York Regional Office for training,:have been attempting to rent rtments in order to reduce the cost of lodging during their temporary duty assignments which began May 18, 1980, and are expected to last approximately 6 months. The HUD reports that the employees have had difficulty locating suitable apartments without the services of a broker. The brokers' fees are negotiable and range in amount between 1C and 2 monthsarent. HUD has informed us that even including the brokers' fees, payment of the usual apartment rents will beo1ess costly than rental of hotel rooms during the same peraod. The HUD has asked for our decision in this mattr because it has found no specific authority in the Federal Travel Regulations or in prior Comptroller General decisions for payment of brokers' fees in these circumstances. We believe

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