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B-210918 1 (1984-03-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlpe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION 1 OF THE UNITED ETATES WASHINQTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-210918 DATE: March 20, 1984 MATTER OF: Daniel J. Price - Relocation Expenses - Mobile Home Space Rental DIGEST: Prior to a permanent change-of-station transfer, an employee purchased a mobile home to be used as his residence at old station. The purchase was covered by a promissory note and installment loan con- tract. Under its terms, title remained in seller until note was paid; the mobile home would remain in trailer park until note was paid; and purchaser would pay monthly space rental fee. Employee con- tends purchase agreement precluded him from moving trailer and claims reimburse- ment for cost of monthly space rental under FTR para. 2-6.2h for months follow- ing transfer. Employee has duty to avoid or minimize such expenses, if possible. Jeffrey S. Kassel, 56 Comp. Gen. 20 (1976). According to agreement, the balance due on note could be prepaid without penalty. Record does not show that employee made any attempt to pay off the remaining balance on the note, which would allow him to move the mobile home, or to take any other action that would have mitigated his costs. Therefore, reimbursement is not authorized. This decision is in response to a request from the Finance Officer, National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office, on the question whether an employee may be reim- bursed for mobile home space rental payments as a relocation expense item incident to a permanent change of station. The employee may not be reimbursed for the following reasons. Mr. Daniel J. Price, an employee of the National Park Service, accepted a permanent change of station that required him to move from Gunnison, Colorado, to the Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida, in February 1982. It appears that in May 1980, well before the trans- fer, Mr. Price purchased a mobile home in Gunnison and used it as his residence. av- 9

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