Does a Santa Cruz County landlord have to pay relocation?

Santa Cruz County's code: 3 months of fair market rent for a comparable unit, or 3 months of actual rent, whichever is greater. (Dwelling tenants leaving for unsafe or hazardous conditions or illegal use; not owed if owner gives binding written agreement for equivalent safe, legal housing meanwhile.) (§ 8.45.030); cost of alternative, safe and legal temporary housing for an additional one month (Residential displacement by notice or order due to unsafe/hazardous conditions or illegal residential use; dwelling vacated with less than 30 days notice; equivalent replacement housing for 30 days can replace payment) (§ 8.45.030). State law: One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice (Civ. Code § 1946.2(d)(3)(A)).

Relocation payments in Santa Cruz County: the local rules

Santa Cruz County code What Santa Cruz County's code adds
Amount	3 months of fair market rent for a comparable unit, or 3 months of actual rent, whichever is greater. Applies: Dwelling tenants leaving for unsafe or hazardous conditions or illegal use; not owed if owner gives binding written agreement for equivalent safe, legal housing meanwhile. § 8.45.030 · code text The immediate payment of three months' fair market value rent for a unit of comparable size, as established by the most current Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development schedule of fair market rents, or three months of the tenant's actual rent at the time of relocation, whichever is greater cost of alternative, safe and legal temporary housing for an additional one month Applies: Residential displacement by notice or order due to unsafe/hazardous conditions or illegal residential use; dwelling vacated with less than 30 days notice; equivalent replacement housing for 30 days can replace payment § 8.45.030 · code text Where, under the provisions of this chapter, a tenant is required to vacate a dwelling with less than 30 days' notice, relocation payment shall also include the immediate payment of the cost of alternative, safe and legal temporary housing for an additional one month after the tenant vacates the dwelling cost of all expenses required to relocate the mobilehome, plus any rent difference for three months Applies: Resident mobilehome owner; relocation to comparable space in same/adjoining planning area with comparable binding lease is one park-owner option ; Residential displacement by notice or order due to unsafe/hazardous conditions or illegal residential use § 8.45.030 · code text Pay the cost of all expenses required to relocate the affected mobilehome to another comparable mobilehome space within the same or an adjoining planning area of the County in a park that is willing to offer a comparable lease to the mobilehome owner as evidenced by a written binding agreement. The park owner shall also pay the mobilehome owner the difference, if any, between the space rental paid at the park owner's park and the rent charged at the mobilehome owner's new park for a period of three months; all removal and transportation expenses, three months of storage fees, and three months of comparable temporary housing Applies: Eviction or order to vacate due to unsafe/hazardous living conditions or illegal residential use; mobilehome is removed and transported to a storage site; mobilehome owner rents a space and resides in affected home; unless qualifying equivalent safe/legal replacement housing is provided under a binding written agreement § 8.45.030 · code text Pay the cost of all expenses to remove and transport the mobilehome to a storage site and pay all storage fees for a period of three months. In addition, the park owner shall pay for comparable, safe and legal temporary housing for a period of three months after the mobilehome owner vacates the mobilehome comparable, safe and legal temporary housing for three months Applies: Eviction or order to vacate due to unsafe/hazardous living conditions or illegal residential use; removal of the mobilehome is unnecessary, but its residents must be relocated; mobilehome owner rents a space and resides in affected home; unless qualifying equivalent safe/legal replacement housing is provided under a binding written agreement § 8.45.030 · code text If it is not necessary to remove the affected mobilehome, but the persons dwelling in the mobilehome must be relocated, the park owner shall pay for comparable, safe and legal temporary housing for a period of three months after the mobilehome owner vacates the mobilehome all relocation expenses required to remove and transport the mobilehome Applies: Nonresident mobilehome owner; relocation to comparable space in same/adjoining planning area under comparable binding lease, or storage site ; Residential displacement by notice or order due to unsafe/hazardous conditions or illegal residential use § 8.45.030 · code text The payment of all relocation expenses required to remove and transport the mobilehome to another comparable mobilehome space within the same or an adjoining planning area of the County in a park that is willing to offer a comparable lease to the mobilehome owner as evidenced by a written binding agreement, or to remove and transport the mobilehome to a storage site. all storage fees for three months Applies: Eviction or order to vacate due to unsafe/hazardous living conditions or illegal residential use; mobilehome is moved to a storage site; nonresident mobilehome owner rents the affected space § 8.45.030 · code text If the mobilehome is moved to a storage site, the park owner shall pay all storage fees for a period of three months. comparable, safe and legal temporary housing for three months Applies: Eviction or order to vacate due to unsafe/hazardous living conditions or illegal residential use; tenant resides in a mobilehome owned by a nonresident mobilehome owner; unless qualifying equivalent safe/legal replacement housing is provided under a binding written agreement § 8.45.030 · code text The park owner shall pay for comparable, safe and legal temporary housing for a period of three months after the mobilehome tenant vacates the mobilehome
Exemptions	Park owner provides equivalent safe, legal housing for 3 months after the mobilehome owner leaves, under a binding written agreement. Applies: Resident mobilehome owners when the home can stay but people must move for unsafe conditions or illegal use; replaces 3 months of temporary housing. § 8.45.030 · code text unless the park owner alternatively provides safe and legal housing that is equivalent in size, number of bedrooms and location within the same or an adjoining planning area of the County for three months after the mobilehome owner vacates, as evidenced by a written agreement binding the park owner to provide such specified replacement housing, tendered to the mobilehome owner for acceptance. Park owner provides equivalent safe, legal housing for 3 months after the tenant leaves, under a binding written agreement. Applies: Tenants in a mobilehome owned by a nonresident owner, ordered out for unsafe conditions or illegal use; replaces the 3 months of temporary housing. § 8.45.030 · code text unless the park owner alternatively provides safe and legal housing that is equivalent in size, number of bedrooms and location within the same or an adjoining planning area of the County for three months after the mobilehome tenant vacates, as evidenced by a written agreement binding the property owner to provide such specified replacement housing, tendered to the mobilehome tenant for acceptance. Equivalent safe/legal replacement housing of the same size and bedroom count in the same or adjoining county planning area for three months under binding written agreement replaces the temporary housing payment Applies: Eviction or order to vacate due to unsafe/hazardous living conditions or illegal residential use; removal of the mobilehome is unnecessary, but its residents must be relocated; mobilehome owner rents a space and resides in affected home § 8.45.030 · code text unless the park owner alternatively provides safe and legal housing that is equivalent in size, number of bedrooms and location within the same or an adjoining planning area of the County for three months after the mobilehome owner vacates, as evidenced by a written agreement binding the property owner to provide such specified replacement housing, tendered to the mobilehome owner for acceptance. Equivalent safe/legal replacement housing in the same or adjoining county planning area, for the entire displacement period under binding written agreement tendered for acceptance, replaces the three-month rent payment Applies: Eviction or order to vacate due to unsafe/hazardous living conditions or illegal residential use; covered dwelling or mobilehome-space displacement; dwelling tenant § 8.45.030 · code text unless the property owner provides safe and legal housing that is equivalent in size, number of bedrooms and location within the same or an adjoining planning area of the County for the period that the tenant is required to vacate the dwelling, as evidenced by a written agreement binding the property owner to provide such specified replacement housing, tendered to the tenant for acceptance. Equivalent safe/legal replacement housing in the same or adjoining county planning area for 30 days under binding written agreement replaces the additional-month housing payment Applies: Eviction or order to vacate due to unsafe/hazardous living conditions or illegal residential use; tenant is required to vacate a dwelling with less than 30 days' notice; dwelling tenant § 8.45.030 · code text unless the property owner provides safe and legal housing that is equivalent in size, number of bedrooms and location within the same or an adjoining planning area of the County for 30 days after the tenant vacates, as evidenced by a written agreement binding the property owner to provide such specified replacement housing, tendered to the tenant for acceptance. Equivalent safe/legal replacement housing of the same size and bedroom count in the same or adjoining county planning area for three months under binding written agreement replaces the temporary housing payment Applies: Eviction or order to vacate due to unsafe/hazardous living conditions or illegal residential use; mobilehome is removed and transported to a storage site; mobilehome owner rents a space and resides in affected home § 8.45.030 · code text unless the park owner alternatively provides safe and legal housing that is equivalent in size, number of bedrooms and location within the same or an adjoining planning area of the County for three months after the mobilehome owner vacates, as evidenced by a written agreement binding the park owner to provide such specified replacement housing, tendered to the mobilehome owner for acceptance.
When it is paid	Within 1 week of an eviction notice or other order to leave. Applies: When a notice or order requires leaving a dwelling or mobilehome space for unsafe or hazardous conditions or illegal use. § 8.45.030 · code text The owner of a dwelling or mobilehome park shall provide directly to the tenant or tenants relocation assistance pursuant to subsections (B) and (C) of this section, within one week of any notice of eviction or other order requiring a tenant or tenants to vacate any dwelling or mobilehome space rented for residential purposes immediate payment Applies: Eviction or order to vacate due to unsafe/hazardous living conditions or illegal residential use; tenant is required to vacate a dwelling with less than 30 days' notice; dwelling tenant; unless qualifying equivalent safe/legal replacement housing is provided under a binding written agreement § 8.45.030 · code text Where, under the provisions of this chapter, a tenant is required to vacate a dwelling with less than 30 days' notice, relocation payment shall also include the immediate payment of the cost of alternative, safe and legal temporary housing for an additional one month after the tenant vacates the dwelling immediate payment Applies: Eviction or order to vacate due to unsafe/hazardous living conditions or illegal residential use; payment of three months' fair market value rent or three months of actual rent; dwelling tenant; unless qualifying equivalent safe/legal replacement housing is provided under a binding written agreement § 8.45.030 · code text The immediate payment of three months' fair market value rent for a unit of comparable size, as established by the most current Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development schedule of fair market rents, or three months of the tenant's actual rent at the time of relocation, whichever is greater
When relocation is owed	unsafe or hazardous living conditions Applies: Notice of eviction or order requiring residential dwelling or mobilehome-space tenant to vacate § 8.45.030 · code text The owner of a dwelling or mobilehome park shall provide directly to the tenant or tenants relocation assistance pursuant to subsections (B) and (C) of this section, within one week of any notice of eviction or other order requiring a tenant or tenants to vacate any dwelling or mobilehome space rented for residential purposes due to (1) unsafe or hazardous living conditions (regardless of the date such use commenced), an illegal use of the dwelling or the mobilehome space for residential purposes Applies: Notice of eviction or order requiring residential dwelling or mobilehome-space tenant to vacate § 8.45.030 · code text or (2) an illegal use of the dwelling or the mobilehome space for residential purposes.

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