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Attachment C <br />No- Fault Just Cause Terminations & Relocation Assistance Data <br />Landlords who terminate a tenancy for a no-fault just cause1 are required to submit a copy of the <br />notice of termination to the City. Since the TPO went into effect, the City has received six (6) notices <br />of termination for a no-fault just cause reason. The City does not collect copies of notices of <br />termination for at-fault just cause terminations2. <br /> <br />Of the six notices of terminations for no-fault, two tenants submitted a relocation assistance <br />application, and both of those tenants qualified as “Special Circumstances”, meaning they are <br />entitled to relocation assistance payments equal to four (4) months of Fair Market Rent3. <br /> <br /> <br />Project Sentinel Tenant and Landlord Counseling Service Program <br />During the third quarter (January – March 2026) of Fiscal Year 2025-2026, the program handled 67 <br />unduplicated calls from Redwood City residents and housing providers. Of these calls, 19 <br />developed into cases, 37 were information and referral counseling calls and 11 additional callers <br /> <br />1 No-fault just cause reasons for terminating a tenancy include: owner or relative move-in, withdrawal of the rental unit <br />from the rental market, complying with a court or government order that requires the unit to be vacated, the landlord <br />intends to undertake a substantial remodel, or the landlord intends to demolish the rental unit. <br /> <br />2 At-fault just cause reason for terminating a tenancy include: non-payment of rent, breach of lease, nuisance, waste, or <br />criminal activity, subleasing without consent, non-renewal of lease, denying landlord access to the rental unit, iIlegal use <br />of the rental unit, and failure to move out after tenant terminate lease or at the end of employment or license. <br /> <br />3 Fair Market Rents are standard rents published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development annually, <br />calculated as the 40th percentile of gross rents for regular, standard-quality units in a local housing market <br />3 <br />2 <br />1 <br />Just Cause Reasons for <br />Termination <br />Withdrawal from the rental market <br />Owner Move in <br />Intent to substantially remodel <br />6 <br />2 <br />2 <br />0 2 4 6 8 <br />Notices of <br />Termination <br />Received <br />Relocation <br />Assistance <br />Applications <br />Received <br />Relocation <br />Assistance <br />Applications <br />approved <br />No-fault just cause <br />terminations & Relocation <br />Assistance <br />8.A. - Page 19 of 85 <br />277