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Condo conversions in Antioch

City rule: in a condo conversion, each non-buying tenant gets a relocation fee of 3 months' rent, unless evicted for just cause.

Key points

  • Condo conversions: City rule: in a condo conversion, each non-buying tenant gets a relocation fee of 3 months' rent, unless evicted for just cause.

Each rule below links to the section of the Antioch Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Antioch's code says

Antioch code What Antioch's code adds
Relocation help
  • A plan for moving to comparable housing.
    Applies: Offered to each eligible tenant.
    § 9-5.3112 · code text
    The applicant shall offer to each eligible tenant a plan for relocation to comparable housing, as approved by the city.
  • A relocation fee equal to 3 months' rent.
    Applies: For each tenant who does not choose to buy. Not available if the tenant was evicted for just cause.
    § 9-5.3112 · code text
    Payment of a relocation fee, equal to the amount of three month's rent, to each tenant who does not choose to purchase.
  • 6 more months to find suitable replacement housing.
    Applies: Non-buying tenants who are handicapped, have minor children in school, or are 60 or older, living there before the completed tentative map application.
    § 9-5.3112 · code text
    Any tenant who chooses not to purchase and who is handicapped, or who has minor children in school, or is age 60 or older living in any unit prior to the time a completed tentative map application as determined by the Community Development Department shall be given an additional six months in which to find suitable replacement housing according to the timetable or schedule for relocation as approved in the conversion application.
Notice to tenants
  • Tenants may end any lease by giving 30 days' notice.
    Applies: Applies to tenants of a project proposed for conversion on the date of application.
    § 9-5.3112 · code text
    A tenant of any project proposed for conversion on the date of application for each conversion may terminate any lease after giving 30 days' notice.
Vacancy-rate test
  • The vacancy rate must be greater than 4.5%.
    Applies: Average rental vacancy rate in comparable multiple-family units in the city during the 12 months before the application is filed.
    § 9-5.3111 · code text
    The average rental vacancy rate in comparable multiple-family units (as defined by complex and unit size, age, and amenities) within the city during the 12 months preceding the filing of the application is greater than 4.5%;
  • At a vacancy rate of 4.5% or less, a conversion may still be approved.
    Applies: A conditional use permit is possible if the applicant proposes added measures that effectively reduce tenant displacement and harm to the housing stock.
    § 9-5.3111 · code text
    provided, that a conditional use permit may be approved where the vacancy rate for comparable units is equal to or less than 4.5% if the applicant has proposed additional measures which the City Council finds would effectively mitigate the displacement of tenants and any adverse effects upon the housing stock within the city which would be caused by the proposed conversion.

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What happens to tenants when an Antioch building converts to condos?

City rule: in a condo conversion, each non-buying tenant gets a relocation fee of 3 months' rent, unless evicted for just cause.

General information, not legal advice.

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