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Resolution establishing temporary and permanent relocation assistance amounts and related fees pursuant to Chapter 8.70 "Residential Tenant Relocation" of the South San Francisco Municipal Code.
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WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance XXX amending and replacing Chapter 8.70 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code "Residential Tenant Relocation"; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 8.70 ensures that tenants displaced from unsafe or substandard rental housing units receive relocation assistance to help mitigate costs related to tenants being permanently or temporarily displaced; and
WHEREAS, tenants displaced due to uninhabitable or unsafe conditions are often required to do so immediately and suffer a financial burden because of the acute lack of resources available for locating and securing suitable relocation housing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that establishing standardized relocation amounts promotes clarity, fairness, administrative efficiency, and housing stability; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 8.70 authorizes City Council to establish by resolution the amount of temporary relocation per diem payments, permanent relocation fees, counseling fees, and immediate vacation fees; and
WHEREAS, the amounts established herein are reasonably related to the costs displaced tenants incur in securing temporary and permanent housing within the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby establishes the following temporary and permanent relocation assistance amounts and related fees:
1. Temporary Relocation Assistance
In the event of a Temporary Displacement pursuant to Chapter 8.70, the landlord shall provide the displaced tenant with temporary relocation assistance within twenty-four (24) hours of any displacement event, or at least twenty (20) days prior to the vacation date set forth in any order or notice to vacate, in the form of per diem assistance.
Temporary relocation per diem assistance shall be d...
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