HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 5.1 HAC Attachment 1 - Comparison of Local RegulationsCity Just Cause
Ordinance Rent Control Managed By Relocation Assistance
Owner Move-in
Requirement Substantial Rehab Definition Written Notice
Requirement
Right of Return and First
Right of Refusal Exceptions Tenant Protection/
Harassment
Berkeley 13.76.130 Yes
Rent
Stabilization
Board
Standard relocation for residents who have
occupied unit for more than one year: $16,341 and
an additional $5,447 to low-income households,
disabled, elderly, families with children, or if
residents have occupied the unit since before
1/1/1999. Relocation fees are to be divided among
residents.
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family for at least 36
months.
Rehab must be required for code
compliance or tenant safety and
cannot be completed while the tenant
resides on the premises.
Ellis Act 120 day notice
requirement.
Former tenant must be
offered the same unit for
the same price if it is
returned to the market.
Rentals owned by government agency,
hotels, section 8, hospital rentals, rooms
rented in owner's home, dorms.
13.76.140 - Defines 5 types
of retaliation.
East Palo Alto 14.04.160 Rent
Stabilization
Rent
Stabilization
Board
Ellis Act requirements only and "powers reserved to
the city council" (14.04.220)
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family for at least 12
months.
Rehab must be required for code
compliance or tenant safety and
cannot be completed while the tenant
resides on the premises. Repairs must
not cost less than 10 times the
monthly rent and unit must be
uninhabitable for more than 30 days.
Ellis Act 120 day notice
requirement.
Former tenant must be
offered the same unit for
the same price if it is
returned to the market.
Hotels, care facilities, nonprofit housing,
units shared with the landlord.
14.04.170 - Defines 7 types
of tenant harassment.
Prohibits 5 types of
retaliation.
Glendale 9.30.010 No N/A
Landlord must pay two times HUD fair market rent
plus $1,000. Fee is prorated among occupants. One
half to be paid five days after notice is given, then
one half paid five days after tenant vacates
residence.
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family. Timeline
unspecified.
Repairs must not cost less than 8
times the monthly rent and unit must
be uninhabitable for more than 30
days
Ellis Act 120 day notice
requirement.
Former tenant must be
offered the same unit for
the same price if it is
returned to the market.
Hotels, temporary homeless housing,
hospitals, religious facilities, extended
care facilities, dorms, nonprofit senior
living, schools, rental properties with
two or fewer unites.
9.30.060 - Defines 5 types
of retaliation.
Long Beach 8.99 No N/A
Owner must pay relocation equal to one month or
waive final month's rent. Payment must be made
within 15 days of notice
No specified timing for
owner or owner family
residency.
Rehab must be required for code
compliance or tenant safety and
cannot be completed while the tenant
resides on the premises. Unit must be
uninhabitable for more than 30 days.
Ellis Act 120 day notice
requirement.
Not detailed in city
ordinance.
Hotels, nonprofit hospitals, dorms,
rooms rented in owner's home, ADUs,
housing with a certificate of occupancy
in the last 15 years.
(8.101.030) - Defines 13
types of tenant
harassment.
Los Angeles 151.09 &
151.30 Yes
LA Housing
and
Community
Investment
Department
Qualified tenants can receive between $14,000 and
$19,700 with additional costs paid to other tenants.
The amount varies depending on the number of
units in the complex and owners property portfolio.
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family, or taken off
market for at least 24
months.
Rehab must be required for code
compliance or tenant safety and
cannot be completed while the tenant
resides on the premises. Unit must be
uninhabitable for more than 30 days.
Ellis Act 120 day notice
requirement.
Former tenant must be
offered the same unit for
the same price if it is
returned to the market.
Unless the unit is re-
offered more than two
years later.
Rental properties with two or fewer
units, hotels, nonprofit housing
cooperative, hospitals, LA Housing
Authority housing.
151.33 - Defines 17 types
of tenant harassment.
Oakland 8.22.300
Rent
Adjustment
Program
Rent Board
$6,500 for studios and one bedroom apartments.
$8,000 for two bedrooms, $9,875 for units with
three or more bedrooms. Payment is divided
equally among tenants. Low-income tenants,
elderly, disabled tenants, and tenants with children
are entitled to an additional $2,500.
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family for at least 36
months.
Rehab must be required for code
compliance or tenant safety and
cannot be completed while the tenant
resides on the premises. Unit must be
uninhabitable for more than 30 days.
Ellis Act 120 day notice
requirement. Elderly and
disabled tenants who give
written notice of extension
within 60 days of eviction
notice can extend up to one
year.
Former tenant must be
offered the same unit for
the same price if it is
returned to the market.
Unless the unit is re-
offered more than five
years later.
Hospitals/health facilities, nonprofit
housing for short term substance
treatment or homeless services.
(8.22.600) - Defines 22
types of tenant
harassment. Prohibits
retaliation, differential
treatment, and enacting
late payment fees.
Santa Ana NS-3010 Yes Rent Board
For no fault, owner has option to waive final three
months rent or pay three months rent to each
occupant within 15 days.
Requires rental
property to be
occupied by owner or
family, or taken off
market for at least 24
months.
Rehab must be required for code
compliance or tenant safety and
cannot be completed while the tenant
resides on the premises. Unit must be
uninhabitable for more than 30 days.
Ellis Act 120 day notice
requirement.
Former tenant must be
offered the same unit for
the same price if it is
returned to the market
within six months.
Hospitals, dorms, hotels, ADUs, rooms
rented in owner's home, owner
occupied duplex, housing with a
certificate of occupancy in the last 15
years.
NS-3010 Section 8 1996 -
Defines 15 types of tenant
harassment. Prohibits
three types of retaliation.
Comparison Matrix of Local Tenant Protection Laws