Relocation payments in Hayward: the local rules

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

What Hayward's code says

Hayward code What Hayward's code adds
Amount	1 month of the rent in effect when the landlord gave the termination notice. Applies: No-fault evictions: demolition, owner/relative move-in, owner/lessor occupancy under the lease, or state/federal grounds. Landlord may instead waive last month's rent in writing. § 12-2.03 · code text The amount of relocation assistance or Rent waiver shall be equal to one month of the Tenant's Rent that was in effect when the Landlord issued the notice to terminate the tenancy. 3 times the current Fair Market Rent. Applies: Temporary relocation for permitted substantial repairs that cannot be done with the tenant there, when displaced 30 days or longer. § 12-2.04 · code text A Temporary Relocation Payment for displacement of thirty (30) days or longer shall be equivalent to three (3) times the current Fair Market Rent. A payment prorated by the number of days the tenant is displaced. Applies: Temporary relocation for permitted substantial repairs that cannot be done with the tenant there, when displaced fewer than 30 days. § 12-2.04 · code text For displacement fewer than thirty (30) days, the Landlord shall make a Temporary Relocation Payment prorated based on the number of days the Tenant is displaced. An extra prorated payment, no more than the standard temporary relocation payment. Applies: The unit is not ready to move back into within the expected time. § 12-2.04 · code text If the unit is unavailable to be reoccupied within the anticipated time frame, the Landlord will be required to provide additional prorated Temporary Relocation Payment not to exceed the Temporary Relocation Payment described in Section 12-2.04(c).
Exemptions	The landlord may offer a comparable Hayward rental instead of temporary relocation payments. Applies: The comparable unit meets the stated requirements and the tenant accepts it. § 12-2.04 · code text A Landlord, in lieu of making Temporary Relocation Payments, may offer the Tenant a comparable Rental Unit in Hayward while the work on the displaced Tenant's Rental Unit is being completed. The landlord does not have to pay permanent relocation. Applies: The landlord gave proper temporary relocation help and the tenant found other permanent housing. § 12-2.04 · code text If the Landlord provides the Tenant with Temporary Relocation Assistance compliant with Section 12-2.04(c) or 12-2.04(d), and the Tenant finds alternative, permanent housing, the Landlord is not obligated to provide permanent relocation payment to the Tenant.
When it is paid	Within 14 calendar days after the notice is served. Applies: Permanent relocation assistance. § 12-2.03 · code text Any relocation assistance shall be provided within fourteen (14) calendar days of service of the notice. Right away, once the tenant agrees to move out. Applies: Temporary relocation for permitted substantial repairs that cannot be done with the tenant there, when the tenant agrees to move out. § 12-2.04 · code text if the Tenant agrees to vacate the Rental Unit, payment is due immediately upon the Tenant's acceptance to vacate the Rental Unit Right away, once the tenant moves out. Applies: Temporary relocation for permitted substantial repairs that cannot be done with the tenant there, when the tenant does not agree to move out. § 12-2.04 · code text if the Tenant does not agree to vacate the Rental Unit, payment is due immediately upon Tenant's vacation of the Rental Unit.
When relocation is owed	A no-fault eviction: demolition, owner/relative move-in, owner/lessor occupancy under the lease, or state/federal no-fault grounds. Applies: Tenancies that require just cause for eviction. § 12-2.03 · code text if a Landlord issues a termination notice based on a no-fault just cause described in paragraph (8), (9), or (10) of Section 12-1.13(b), or based on one or more grounds for no-fault eviction authorized by state or federal law Substantial repairs that cannot be done while the tenant lives there. § 12-2.04 · code text This Section applies when the Landlord, after having obtained all necessary permits from the City of Hayward, seeks in good faith to undertake substantial repairs and where such repairs cannot be completed while the Tenant resides on the premises.

The California rule underneath

Where Hayward'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 a Hayward landlord have to pay relocation?

For no-fault evictions, Hayward requires 1 month's rent at notice, paid within 14 calendar days, or a written last-month rent waiver.

Relocation payments in Hayward

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