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Relocation payments in Hawthorne

When a building is demolished, removed or converted to condos, Hawthorne requires relocation fees: $2,500 for a qualified tenant, $1,000 otherwise. Hawthorne's relocation money is due within 15 days of serving the termination notice and is shared pro rata among multiple tenants.

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Key points

  • Relocation fee: When a building is demolished, removed or converted to condos, Hawthorne requires relocation fees: $2,500 for a qualified tenant, $1,000 otherwise.
  • Payment timing: Hawthorne's relocation money is due within 15 days of serving the termination notice and is shared pro rata among multiple tenants.

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

What Hawthorne's code says

Hawthorne code What Hawthorne's code adds
Amount
  • A $2,500 relocation fee.
    Applies: For a qualified tenant who is the only tenant in the unit; multiple tenants including a qualified tenant share it pro rata.
    § 9.72.040 · code text
    Pay a relocation fee of two thousand five hundred dollars to qualified tenants and a one thousand dollar fee to all other tenants in order to assist such tenants in meeting cost of relocation, higher rents for replacement housing, and related expenses, which payment shall be made as follows.
  • A $1,000 relocation fee.
    Applies: For a tenant who is not a qualified tenant and the only tenant; multiple tenants with no qualified tenant share it pro rata.
    § 9.72.040 · code text
    Pay a relocation fee of two thousand five hundred dollars to qualified tenants and a one thousand dollar fee to all other tenants in order to assist such tenants in meeting cost of relocation, higher rents for replacement housing, and related expenses, which payment shall be made as follows.
  • Up to a maximum of $2,500 per household.
    Applies: When the landlord chooses to move the tenant into a comparable replacement unit satisfactory to the tenant, instead of the unit list and relocation fee.
    § 9.72.040 · code text
    In lieu of the assistance provided for in subdivision 1 of this subsection, the landlord may elect to relocate any tenant into a comparable replacement rental unit satisfactory to the tenant and pay all actual costs of relocating the tenant up to a maximum of two thousand five hundred dollars per household.
Exemptions
  • Relocation money paid under any local, state or federal law counts as a credit against this fee.
    Applies: When the tenant is entitled to monetary relocation benefits under another law.
    § 9.72.040 · code text
    Where a tenant is entitled to monetary relocation benefits pursuant to any local, state or federal law, such benefits shall operate as a credit against any fee required to be paid to the tenant under this section.
When it is paid
  • Within 15 days of serving the termination notice.
    Applies: For the monetary assistance.
    § 9.72.040 · code text
    The landlord shall provide the monetary assistance required by this chapter within fifteen days of service of the notice of termination.
  • Within 15 days of serving the termination notice.
    Applies: When replacement housing is given instead of the listed-unit and monetary assistance.
    § 9.72.040 · code text
    In lieu of the acts described in subdivisions 1 and 2 of subsection A of this section, the landlord may provide the assistance described in subdivision 3 of subsection A of this section within fifteen days of the service of the notice of termination.
When relocation is owed
  • Demolition, removal or condo conversion of a building for new dwellings on site, commercial use, or converting apartments to condos.
    § 9.72.030 · code text
    The landlord shall provide relocation assistance in accordance with Section 9.72.040 to each tenant in connection with the demolition, removal or conversion to a condominium of a building for any of the following purposes:

The California rule underneath

CA state law Underneath, California law still applies. No-fault eviction relocation assistance: One month's rent (as relocation payment or rent waiver), paid within 15 calendar days of the notice (Civ. Code § 1946.2(d)(3)(A)). Relocation under California's just-cause law — the full state rule →

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Frequently asked questions

Does a Hawthorne landlord have to pay relocation?

When a building is demolished, removed or converted to condos, Hawthorne requires relocation fees: $2,500 for a qualified tenant, $1,000 otherwise. Hawthorne's relocation money is due within 15 days of serving the termination notice and is shared pro rata among multiple tenants.

General information, not legal advice.

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