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Attachment B <br />Comparison Summary of the California Tenant Protection Act (TPA) and <br /> Redwood City Tenant Protection Ordinance (TPO) <br /> <br /> State Law (TPA) City Tenant Protection Ordinance (TPO) <br />Rent Stabilization/ <br />Control <br />Yes - 5% + change in CPI or 10%, <br />whichever is lower <br />No <br />Minimum Lease Terms No Yes – must offer 12-month lease for initial <br />lease (effective 2018) <br />Just Cause Eviction <br />Protections <br />Yes – At-Fault and No-Fault Yes - At-Fault and No-Fault (substantially the <br />same as State Law) but with right to return for <br />substantial remodel evictions <br />Relocation Assistance <br />for no-fault evictions <br />Yes - 1 month rent to all tenants <br />(current rent amount) <br />Yes <br />• Low-income tenants1 – 3 months Fair <br />Market Rent (FMR)2 <br />• Special Circumstances3 – 4 months FMR <br />• All other tenants – same as state law (1- <br />month tenant’s current rent) Right to Return Owner Move-in Yes- same rental rate for existing or <br />new tenants <br />Yes- same rental rate for existing or new <br />tenants <br />Substantial <br />remodel (work NOT <br />completed) <br />Yes - If remodel is not commenced <br />or completed, existing tenant has <br />right to reoccupy at same rental <br />rate <br />Yes - If remodel is not commenced or <br />completed, existing tenant has right to <br />reoccupy at same rental rate <br />Substantial <br />Remodel (work <br />completed) <br />No Yes – existing tenant has right to reoccupy at <br />1) Same rental rate plus any increases <br />allowed by State Law, and <br />2) Same lease terms, except for any <br />changes required by law. <br /> <br />Landlords may file an appeal for a higher rent <br />increase <br />Withdrawn from <br />rental market <br />No No <br />Demolition No – unless it is not commenced or <br />completed <br />No – unless it is not commenced or <br />completed <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 Low-Income: Households whose annual income does not exceed eighty (80) percent of the area median income (AMI)) <br />2 Fair Market Rents are standard rents published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development <br />annually, calculated as the 40th percentile of gross rents for regular, standard -quality units in a local housing <br />market <br />3 Special-Circumstances: low-income households where at least one member is 62 years or older, at least one member <br />qualifies as disabled, there is at least one child under 18 years old who is legally dependent, and/or a household that has <br />occupied their rental unit as their primary residence for 5 or more consecutive years. <br />8.A. - Page 16 of 85 <br />274