Uniform Relocation Ordinance

On January 16, 2018, the City of Oakland passed the Uniform Relocation Ordinance to establish an uniform schedule of relocation payments which are now extended to tenants evicted when the owner or qualifying relative moves in.

The Uniform Relocation Ordinance (“Ordinance”) requires owners to provide relocation payments to tenants displaced by code compliance activities, owner or relative move-ins, Ellis Act, and condominium conversions. Except for temporary code compliance displacements, which require the payment of actual temporary housing expenses, the payment amounts set forth in the Ordinance depend on the size of the unit and adjust for inflation annually.

  • $8,106.68 per studio/one-bedroom unit
  • $9,977.45 per two-bedroom unit
  • $12,315.92 per three-or-more-bedroom unit

Tenant households in rental units that include lower income, elderly or disabled tenants, and/or minor children are entitled to a single additional relocation payment of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per unit from the owner.

Uniform Residential Tenant Relocation Ordinance(PDF, 112KB)

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