Resolution 15602CITY OF AlAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15602
ESTABLISHING REVISED RELOCATION PAYMENTS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF ALAMEDA'S RENT CONTROL
ORDINANCE
Whereas, the City Council of the City of Alameda has adopted an Ordinance
concerning Rent Control, Limitations on Evictions and Relocation Payments for certain
displaced tenants; and
Whereas, the Ordinance requires landlords to make relocation payments to
"Eligible Tenants" in amounts to be determined by the City Council through resolution
when landlords (i) seek to recover possession of rental units under certain subsections of
Section 6-58.80 of the Ordinance, (ii) have served a tenant with a Relocation Rent
Increase and thereafter the tenant vacates the rental unit, (iii) fail to correct timely deficient
Housing Quality Standards in Housing Choice Voucher Section 8 rental units resulting in
a tenant's vacating the rental unit, or (iv) fail to correct timely "Health or Safety Conditions"
in a rental unit resulting in a tenant's vacating the rental unit; and
Whereas, Government Code Section 7060.1 (c) authorizes local governments to
mitigate any adverse impacts resulting from tenants being permanently displaced from
their homes through no fault of their own; and
Whereas, judicial decisions interpreting section 7060.1 (c) consistently authorize
monetary payments as a form of mitigation for displaced tenants; and
Whereas, the temporary and permanent relocation benefits are vital to Alameda
tenants, especially to those who must vacate their homes through no fault of their own,
and such benefits are consistent with section 7060.1 and decisional precedent; and
Whereas, certain households, such as households with a Senior Adult, a person
who has a disability and/or a household with one or more minor child, have a need for an
increased relocation payment because finding alternative, permanent housing is more
limited and is likely to take more time; and
Whereas, tenants who are temporarily displaced due to a governmental order to
vacate their rental units or other justifiable reasons as provided in the Ordinance have an
immediate need for financial assistance in order to provide for housing, meals and the
like; and
Whereas, requiring landlords to provide such relocation payments will help mitigate
the challenges faced by tenants who must vacate a rental unit through no fault of their
own; and
Whereas, on September 3, 2019, Council adopted Resolution 15583 setting forth
a Schedule of Relocation Payments but directed staff to research further certain of the
relocation payments; and
Whereas, on October 15, 2019, staff recommended that the Schedule of
Relocation Payments be revised in certain respects; and
Whereas, the City Council finds and determines that the revised relocation
payments set forth in the attached Schedule of Relocation Payments reflects fair market
rates associated with permanent and temporary relocation in Alameda; and
Whereas, these permanent and temporary relocation payments are reasonably
necessary and do not impose a prohibitive price on landlords to exit the rental housing
business.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of the City of
Alameda as follows:
Section 1: The City Council adopts and approves the attached Relocation Payment
Schedule (Exhibit A).
Section 2. All permanent and temporary relocation payments, including the Rent
Differential Payments, shall be adjusted annually for inflation by the percentage change
in the rent of the primary residence component of the CPI-W Index for the San Francisco-
Oakland-Hayward area published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, commencing July 1, 2020 and on July 1 of each year thereafter.
Section 3. Resolution 15583 is hereby rescinded .
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and thereafter
the same shall be in fu II force and effect.
EXHIBIT A
RELOCATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Permanent Relocation Payment
Base Amount Qualified Tenant Household Amount
Studio $5,782 $7,472
1 bedroom $6,494 $8,542
2 bedrooms $7,502 $10,024
3 bedrooms $9,420 $12,930
4+ bedrooms $11,008 $15,313
A Qualified Tenant Household is defined in Section 6-58.15 FF of the Alameda Municipal
Code or its successor legislation.
The Relocation Payment will be distributed on a pro-rata basis to each Eligible Tenant.
Temporary Relocation Payment
Per Diem Description Amount Term(s)
Hotel or Motel $220 Per day per household
Meal Expenses $64 Per day per person
Laundry $1 Per day per household
Pets $65/Dog Per day/per animal
$35/Cat Per day/per animal
For all other pets, the rate will be the actual daily or weekly boarding cost.
The Pets per diem rate is for a pet that the landlord allowed at the rental unit if the
temporary accommodation does not allow or imposes an additional cost for the pet.
Applicable temporary relocation amounts shall be calculated on a daily basis and paid at
least on a weekly basis. A tenant continues to pay rent to the landlord while receiving
temporary relocation payments.
The hotel/motel portion shall be distributed on a pro-rata basis to each Eligible Tenant.
The meal portion shall be distributed to each person in the displaced household.
Rent Differential Payment
The Rent Differential Payment is calculated by subtracting the lawful rent the tenant is
paying at the time the tenant vacated the rental unit due from the Fair Market Rent, as
set forth below, based on the number of bedrooms in the rental unit from which the tenant
has been displaced.
Studio $1,409
1 bedroom $1,706
2 bedrooms $2,126
3 bedrooms $2,925
4+ bedrooms $3,587
The Rent Differential Payment will be distributed on a pro-rata basis to each Eligible
Tenant.
An Eligible Tenant receiving a Rent Differential Payment need not pay rent to the
landlord.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting
assembled on the 15th day of October 2019 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Knox White, Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft
-3.
NOES: Councilmember Daysog -1.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: Councilmember Oddie-1.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
City this 16th day of October 2019.
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City of Alameda
Approved as to form: