DATE: September 19, 2024
TO: Housing Policy & Resource Committee
FROM: Acting Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Discussion on the Simplification of the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance (TRAO)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Housing Policy & Resource Committee provides feedback regarding staff's proposals to simplify the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance...End
SUMMARY
On June 4, 2024, the City Council adopted the FY 2025 Strategic Plan, which includes a proposed special project to simplify the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance. The current Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance (TRAO) has layers of complexities that have made the ordinance difficult for stakeholders to understand and for staff to administer. Through this report, staff have outlined several areas within the ordinance for simplification. Staff recommend making the following modifications to the TRAO:
* Modifying the temporary relocation assistance from per diem requirements to a one-time flat rate of three times the Fair Market Rate (FMR) (prorated if relocation lasts fewer than 30 days)
* Explicitly stating that relocation assistance for governmental agency's order to vacate requires relocation assistance owed by state law in addition to City's requirements
* Aligning the timeframes for relocation assistance based on a governmental agency's order to vacate with state law
* Cross referencing defined terms shared by the Residential Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RRSO) and the TRAO
* Changing timeframe references to consistently indicate "calendar days"
* Implementing a fee for appeal hearings except in cases of hardship and modifying assessment process to only conduct hearings consistent with these processes referenced elsewhere in the Hayward Municipal Code (HMC)
Staff recommend that the Housing Policy & Resource Committee (HPRC) deliberate on the proposed simplifications of the ordinance and provide feedback for cons...
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