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File Number: 17-335 <br />termination” as any landlord-caused action, including a rent increase of more than <br />15% greater than the base rent during a twelve month period and a tenant elects to <br />not remain” in his/her unit. Exceptions to “landlord-caused termination include the <br />following: <br />1) Tenant failure to pay rent <br />2) Tenant breach of rental contract <br />3) Tenant illegal activities <br />4) Failure to allow landlord access after legal notice <br />5) Residential property uninhabitable without landlord fault (e.g., tenant’s <br />negligence or willful misconduct, earthquake, fire, flood) <br />6) Lawful termination of employment where such employment by the landlord <br />was a condition of the lease (e.g., apartment property manager) <br />7) Temporary repairs where the landlord provides the tenant with short-term <br />alternative housing during the renovation period <br />8) Prior notice of renovations where the landlord notifies the tenant, before <br />entering into a lease, of his/her intent to remodel the property. To ensure <br />completion of the renovations, the landlord must renovate within one year of <br />tenant occupying the rental unit and must submit plans with the City at the <br />time he/she notifies the tenant of the termination of tenancy. <br />B. All rental properties within a parcel that has two or more tenant-occupied housing <br />units (e.g., duplexes, triplexes) fall under the Ordinance. Owner-occupied housing <br />units such as detached single family homes and individual condos/townhomes that <br />are rented out are generally exempt from the Ordinance. This is consistent with the <br />Rent Review Ordinance. <br />C. Tenants with “special-circumstances household” members are entitled to additional <br />tenant relocation assistance (see “Tenant Relocation Assistance” section below). <br />“Special-circumstances household” is defined as “a tenant or anyone else <br />authorized by the landlord” to occupy the rental unit based on the following <br />characteristics: at least one resident is 62 years of age or older, qualifies as a <br />person with disabilities under State law, or one or more minors under 18 years of <br />age. <br />D. Rental housing properties with recorded affordability restrictions are exempt from <br />this Ordinance. Such properties typically have entered into long-term affordability <br />agreements with the City, State and/or the federal government (e.g., City subsidy, <br />State/federal low income housing tax credit program) to serve lower income renters. <br />II. Relocation Assistance Amounts <br />A. Eligible tenants will receive the higher of: three times the monthly rent that the <br />tenant is currently paying or current Fair Market Rents for the Oakland-Fremont <br />metropolitan area. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) <br />annually publishes regional FMR limits by bedroom size. The 2017 FMRs are: <br />$1,435 (Studio), $1,723 (1-Bedroom), $2,173 (2-Bedroom) and $3,017 (3 <br />Bedroom). <br /> <br />B. A special-circumstance household may receive an additional $1,000 per rental unit. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/13/2017 <br />270