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Proposed Tenant Relocation Assistance Program
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
As directed by Rules Committee at its March 27, 2017 meeting, staff has further modified the Tenant Relocation Assistance Program to protect San Leandro's tenants from displacement resulting from rising rents and landlord-caused terminations. To date, tenant relocation assistance has been discussed by the Rules Committee on June 27 and July 25, 2016 and February 27 and March 27, 2017 and by the City Council on September 6, 2016.
A revised Tenant Relocation Assistance Program Ordinance with redline edits is attached as Exhibit A. Below is a summary of key modifications to the ordinance based on the Rules Committee's and public input since the March 27 Rules Committee meeting.
Article 2. Definitions
4-36-200(f)(5) - Added the words "fire" and tenant's "willful conduct" as reasonable circumstance where residential property may be uninhabitable without landlord fault under the "Landlord-Caused Termination" definition.
4-36-200(f)(6) - Added "Termination of employment" as a reasonable circumstance where the landlord may not be at fault under the "Landlord-Caused Termination" definition. This situation involves the lawful termination of a tenant whose employment was a condition of tenancy under a rental agreement (e.g., on-site property manager).
4-36-200(f)(7) - Added "Temporary repairs or renovations" as a reasonable circumstance where the landlord may not be at fault under the "Landlord-Caused Termination" definition. An example would be the temporary displacement of the tenant due to repairs or renovations and the landlord provides temporary housing for the duration of the work.
4-36-200(f)(8) - Added "Prior notice of renovations" as a reasonable circumstance where the landlord may not be at fault under the "Landlord-Caused Termination" definition. This situation involves when a landlord notifies a tenant prior to entering into a lease the landlord's intent to renovate the pr...
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