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Condo conversions in Brentwood

City rule: in a condo conversion, non-purchasing tenants not in default get at least 180 days to find new housing and move.

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  • Condo conversions: City rule: in a condo conversion, non-purchasing tenants not in default get at least 180 days to find new housing and move.

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

What Brentwood's code says

Brentwood code What Brentwood's code adds
Limits on conversions
  • No more than 5% of the city's potentially convertible rental stock in any one calendar year.
    § 17.740.090 · code text
    the number of conversions shall be limited to no more than five percent of the city's potentially convertible rental stock in any one calendar year except as otherwise provided in this section.
  • Not approved if city rental units would fall below 15% of the housing stock.
    Applies: Conversion projects of 5 units or more.
    § 17.740.100 · code text
    For a project of five units or more, it will not cause the total amount of rental units for the current housing stock in the city to drop below fifteen percent according to the most recent census information or as shown in the city's general plan housing element housing tenure statistics whichever is most current;
Relocation help
  • At least 180 days to find new housing and move.
    Applies: Non-purchasing tenants not in default; counted from notice of intent to convert or final map filing, whichever is later.
    § 17.740.070 · code text
    Each non-purchasing tenant, not in default under the rental agreement or lease, shall have not less than one hundred eighty days from the date of receipt of notification from the subdivider of the intent to convert, or from the filing date of the final subdivision map or parcel map, whichever date is later, to find substitute housing and to relocate.
  • At least 180 days after final map approval, or to school year end if longer, to find housing and move.
    Applies: Non-buying tenants in residence at map application, who are disabled, 62+, or have children in school, and refuse a special 2- or 3-year lease.
    § 17.740.070 · code text
    shall be given at least one hundred eighty days (or until the end of the school year for tenants with minor children in school, whichever is longer) after approval of the final map in which to find suitable housing and relocate.
Tenant approval
  • At least 25% of tenants must state in writing that they want to buy their units.
    Applies: Before a conversion application can be approved.
    § 17.740.070 · code text
    This intent shall be evidenced by the submittal in writing by no less than twenty-five percent of the tenants.
Notice to tenants
  • Notice of intent to convert, at least 60 days before a tentative map is filed.
    Applies: Given to each tenant and prospective new tenant.
    § 17.740.070 · code text
    As provided in Government Code Section 66427.1(a) beginning at least sixty days before the filing of a tentative map, the subdivider shall give notice of intention to convert to each tenant and prospective new tenant, as provided in Government Code Sections 66452.8 and 66452.9.
Tenants' right to buy
  • At least 90 days to sign a purchase agreement and show proof of financing.
    Applies: Present tenants, counted from the date the tenant receives the notice.
    § 17.740.070 · code text
    The tenant shall have a period of not less than ninety days from the date the tenant receives the notice to enter into a purchase agreement and provide proof of financing.
  • Non-transferable right of first refusal to buy their unit or another available one at no more than the public price.
    Applies: Present tenants.
    § 17.740.070 · code text
    a present tenant of a unit shall be given a nontransferable right of first refusal to purchase the unit occupied or any other available unit at a price no greater than the price offered to the general public.

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What happens to tenants when a Brentwood building converts to condos?

City rule: in a condo conversion, non-purchasing tenants not in default get at least 180 days to find new housing and move.

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