Relocation payments in Antioch: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Antioch Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Antioch's code says

Antioch code What Antioch's code adds
Extra for protected tenants	one times the tenant's monthly rent in effect when the landlord served the notice to terminate the tenancy Applies: any tenant in the unit is a qualified tenant (elderly, disabled, a dependent child under 18, or a lower-income household); on top of the two months for a no-fault eviction; tenant must notify the landlord with proof within ten days of the termination notice § 11-6.06 · code text The landlord shall pay an additional relocation assistance amount equal to one times the tenant's monthly rent in effect when the landlord served the notice to terminate the tenancy.
Amount	2 months' rent, at the rent in effect when the eviction notice was served. Applies: For a no-fault eviction: owner or family move-in, demolition or substantial remodel, a government order or ordinance to vacate, or Ellis Act withdrawal. § 11-6.06 · code text The landlord shall pay a relocation assistance amount equal to two times the tenant's monthly rent in effect when the landlord served the notice to terminate the tenancy. Moving expenses based on the Federal Highway Administration's residential moving expense and dislocation allowance schedule. Applies: Paid in addition, for a no-fault eviction. § 11-6.06 · code text Landlords shall pay tenants moving expenses equal to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Polices Act – Residential Moving Expense and Dislocation Allowance Payment Schedule as published by Federal Highway Administration. The federal per-diem lodging rate for Contra Costa County, updated yearly. Applies: For temporary moves for repairs under 30 days, if paid per day, unless landlord and tenant agree otherwise. § 11-6.06 · code text The amount of the payment shall be based on the Federal General Services Administration per-diem rate for lodging in the county of Contra Costa, which is updated on a yearly basis, unless otherwise agreed up by the landlord and tenant.
Exemptions	Tenants found to have caused the problem behind the eviction get no relocation money or moving expenses. § 11-6.06 · code text Not withstanding this section, tenants who are found to have caused the issue requiring eviction pursuant to § 11.6-04(A) shall not be entitled to relocation assistance or moving expenses.
When relocation is owed	No-fault evictions: owner or family move-in, demolition, substantial remodel, government or court order or ordinance to vacate, Ellis Act withdrawal. § 11-6.06 · code text Tenants who are evicted from their rental unit pursuant to § 11-6.04(A)(2) are entitled to relocation assistance from the landlord in accordance with this section. Temporary displacement due to repairs, rehabilitation, health and safety violations, or other work or activities that make the rental unit untenantable, expose the tenant to toxic or hazardous materials, or cannot otherwise be completed while the tenant remains in the unit, where repairs will take less than 30 days § 11-6.06 · code text A landlord must provide temporary relocation assistance to tenants of a rental unit who are temporarily displaced due to repairs, rehabilitation of a rental unit, health and safety violations, or other work or activities that will make the rental unit an untenantable dwelling, as defined in Cal. Civil Code § 1941.1, or will expose the tenant to toxic or hazardous materials, or that cannot otherwise be completed while the tenant remains in the rental unit, and for which said repairs will take less than 30 days. Moving out after a city order to vacate because a violation immediately endangers the tenant's health and safety. Applies: Order issued by the Community Development Director; the owner pays only as far as state law requires. § 5-20.502 · code text If any tenant is displaced from a rental unit after an order to vacate is issued by the Community Development Director because a violation is of such a nature that the immediate health and safety of the tenant is endangered, the costs and expenses of relocating the tenant from the unit are the responsibility of the property owner to the extent required by state law.

The California rule underneath

Where Antioch's rule above does not cover a situation, state law still applies. For the statewide rule on its own, see Relocation under California's just-cause law.

CA state law The statewide rule underneath
No-fault eviction relocation assistance	One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice Applies: For no-fault just causes (owner move-in, withdrawal from market, substantial remodel, government order) on covered units; regardless of the tenant's income. Civ. Code § 1946.2(d)(3)(A)

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Does an Antioch landlord have to pay relocation?

City rule: no-fault evictions pay 2 months' rent plus moving expenses; qualified tenants, such as elderly or disabled ones, get 1 more month.

Relocation payments in Antioch

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