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Page 11 of 15 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org 2.Data-Driven Considerations: a. How frequently do property owners undertake substantial remodels that impact tenants? b. How many residents are displaced as a result of such remodels? 3.City’s Capacity – Assessing the burden on the City to monitor and enforce compliance. 4.Avoiding Investment Disincentives for Owners – Ensuring the policy does not discourage property owners from investing in or improving their properties. See Attachment G for a financial analysis of the right to return policy. 5.Comparative Practice – Evaluating how common right to return policies are in jurisdictions without rent control. 6.Feedback received as part of the City’s outreach process. 7. HHCC’s recommendation. Staff Recommendation for Right to Return Based on the information outlined in Attachment F and the recommendations from the HHCC, staff recommends that the City Council approve the inclusion of a right to return policy in the TPO that includes the following: When a substantial remodel of a rental unit is completed, a landlord will be required to offer the tenant the first right to return to the rental unit with the following provisions: 1) The offer to return must be at the rental rate that was in effect when the tenancy was terminated plus any increase(s) allowed by the TPA, had the tenant continuously occupied the rental unit. 2) The offer to return must include a lease that contains the same terms as the lease that was in effect at the time the tenancy was terminated, except for any changes to terms required by federal, state or local law. 3) Notices: a. Landlords must notify tenants within 10 calendar days of the unit being ready for re- occupancy. b. Tenants must notify landlords their intent to return within 30 calendar days c. Tenant must re-occupy the unit within 30 calendar days of notifying the landlords7 The TPO also includes the right for landlords to appeal to the City Manager in cases where a landlord believes that the City’s right to return policy will not allow them to recover a fair rate of return on their investment. This appeals process will be further outlined in the administrative guidelines staff will be drafting. 7 The staff recommended noticing requirements are slightly different than the recommendations from the HHCC, but they both provide an overall 60 day timeline between a tenant notifying a landlord of their intent to return to a unit, and the date which they must move back into the unit. The staff recommendations differ from the HHCC recommendations to align with the TPA. 9.A. - Page 11 of 84 116