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Buyout agreements in Inglewood

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Required disclosure	Yes; before making an offer, the owner must give the tenant a written disclosure document in the form set forth in an adopted regulation, stating the tenant's buyout-agreement rights, including the right not to enter, the rights to consult an attorney and revise the agreement before signing, the right to consult the program administrator, and the right to rescind within thirty calendar days after signing. Applies: Before making an offer to a tenant of a buyout agreement § 8-123.1 · code text Before making an offer to a tenant of a buyout agreement, an owner must give a tenant a written disclosure document, in a form set forth in an adopted regulation, setting forth the tenant's rights concerning the buyout agreement including the following:
Filing with the city	Yes; the owner files the signed buyout agreement with the program administrator within 3 calendar days. Applies: After everyone has signed. § 8-123.1 · code text The owner shall provide the tenant a copy of the buyout agreement when all the parties have signed and shall file the signed buyout agreement with the program administrator within three calendar days after all parties have signed. Yes; the tenant files a copy of the cancellation statement with the Housing Protection Department within 3 calendar days. Applies: If a tenant cancels a buyout agreement. § 8-123.1 · code text If a tenant rescinds a buyout agreement, the tenant must file a copy of the statement to rescind provided to the owner, with the Housing Protection Department within three calendar days.
Required terms	A buyout may not pay the tenant less than the relocation payment they would otherwise get. § 8-123.1 · code text A buyout agreement may not pay to a tenant less than the tenant would be entitled to in relocation assistance under Section 8-123.
Time to cancel	Up to 30 calendar days after the tenant signs the buyout agreement. Applies: The general right to cancel stated in the required disclosure. § 8-123.1 · code text the right to rescind the buyout agreement any time up to thirty calendar days after the tenant has signed the buyout agreement. Any time, even after 30 calendar days from signing. Applies: If the buyout agreement does not meet all the requirements of the law and its regulations. § 8-123.1 · code text A buyout agreement that does not satisfy all the requirements of this Article and implementing regulations is not effective and the tenant may rescind the buyout agreement at any time, even after thirty calendar days from the date the tenant signed the buyout agreement.

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