Union City · Renting & eviction
Relocation payments in Union City
Union City's own rules on relocation payments, with the code text for every value, and the state law underneath.
Each rule below links to the section of the Union City Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.
What Union City's code says
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Also in Union City's code: Conversions of Mobilehome Parks to Other Uses (§§ 16.09.050–16.09.110) — mobilehome park conversions to other uses only. This page does not summarize it yet.
The California rule underneath
Where Union City's rule above does not cover a situation, state law still applies. For the statewide rule on its own, see Relocation under California's just-cause law.
| No-fault eviction relocation assistance | One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice Applies: For no-fault just causes (owner move-in, withdrawal from market, substantial remodel, government order) on covered units; regardless of the tenant's income. |
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Who this affects
Frequently asked questions
Does an Union City landlord have to pay relocation?
Union City's code: When a park changes use: reasonable relocation costs for each eligible mobile home owner, plus displacement costs during construction. (Based on in-place value (up to 100% to ease hardship); home age, type, style, size, amenities; nearby park acceptance; reasonably priced new on-site housing.) (§ 16.09.060); Applicant may seek full or partial exemption if relocation aid would eliminate substantially all reasonable use or economic value. (Mobile home park change of use. Must also show continued park use would eliminate substantially all value, for reasons owner or applicant did not cause.) (§ 16.09.070). 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)).
General information, not legal advice.
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