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B-260903 1 (1996-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadqd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Julie B. Fagan File: B-260903 Date: May 29, 1996 DIGEST Under Federal Travel Regulation § 302.5.2(c) (1995), employee who occupied, on a lease basis, a residence she intended to make her permanent residence upon completing its purchase is not entitled to temporary quarters expenses. Employee's reliance on erroneous advice by an agency official that she would be reimbursed for her occupancy during the lease period and resultant cost savings to the government do not bind the government to pay subsistence expenses for an employee's occupancy of quarters intended to be her permanent residence. DECISION The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requests a decision on whether to reimburse Julie B. Fagan for disallowed temporary quarters expenses in connection with her transfer from Washington, DC, to Hartford, Connecticut.' BACKGROUND Ms. Fagan was transferred from HUD Headquarters in Washington, DC, to Hartford, Connecticut, on October 19, 1994, with a reporting date of December 4, 1994. On November 14, 1994, Ms. Fagan inquired whether it would be possible for her to be reimbursed temporary quarters expenses for her occupancy of a Hartford residence that she hoped to purchase, pending settlement on the residence. She indicated that her lawyer had provided a lease that was separate from any agreement to purchase the residence and that the rental agreement would not be a condition of the purchase contract or mortgage settlement and would end at the closing date. She was erroneously advised by the HUD Administrative Officer, who had conferred with the Travel Policy Office, that she could be reimbursed for her occupancy of the residence as temporary quarters under these conditions. 'This request was submitted by Mr. William H. Eargle, Jr., Director, Office of Finance and Accounting, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. 1231523

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