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Relocation payments in Redwood City

City law: every no-fault eviction requires 1 month's rent as payment or waiver, within 15 calendar days, whatever the tenant's income. City law: eligible households get 3 months of HUD Fair Market Rent minus the first payment; special-circumstances households up to 4 months.

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Key points

  • Relocation pay: City law: every no-fault eviction requires 1 month's rent as payment or waiver, within 15 calendar days, whatever the tenant's income.
  • Extra assistance: City law: eligible households get 3 months of HUD Fair Market Rent minus the first payment; special-circumstances households up to 4 months.

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

What Redwood City's code says

Redwood City code What Redwood City's code adds
Extra for protected tenants
  • 1 more month of Fair Market Rent, up to 4 months total, minus the 1-month payment or waiver already given.
    Applies: Special-circumstances households displaced by a no-fault eviction.
    § 42.6 · code text
    Special-circumstances households, as defined in Section 42.3(J), will be paid one (1) additional month of Fair Market Rent for a maximum of four (4) months' Fair Market Rent minus the amount paid pursuant to Subsection (A) above.
Amount
  • 1 month of the rent in effect when the landlord gave the termination notice.
    Applies: A direct payment or a waiver of the final month's rent, for a no-fault eviction.
    § 42.6 · code text
    The amount of relocation assistance or rent waiver shall be equal to one (1) month of the tenant's rent that was in effect when the landlord issued the notice to terminate the tenancy.
  • 3 months of Fair Market Rent in cash, minus the 1-month payment or waiver already given.
    Applies: Eligible households displaced by a no-fault eviction; Fair Market Rent is HUD's San Mateo County figure for the same bedroom count.
    § 42.6 · code text
    The cash equivalent of three (3) months of Fair Market Rent shall be paid to the eligible residential household minus the amount paid pursuant to Subsection (A) above.
  • A full refund of the tenant's security deposit.
    Applies: Eligible and special-circumstances households; repair money for tenant damage may be kept if the unit is reoccupied before renovation or demolition.
    § 42.6 · code text
    A full refund of a tenant's security deposit, except for funds that may be necessary to repair tenant's damage to property in rental units that will be reoccupied prior to undergoing renovation or demolition.
  • A 60-day subscription to a rental agency service.
    Applies: Eligible and special-circumstances households.
    § 42.6 · code text
    A sixty-day subscription to a rental agency service.
Exemptions
  • The extra assistance does not apply if the City approved an alternative mitigation plan.
    Applies: Eligible and special-circumstances households.
    § 42.6 · code text
    unless an alternative mitigation strategy as defined in Subsection (E) below, has been approved by the City
When it is paid
  • Within 15 calendar days after the notice is served.
    Applies: The basic 1-month payment owed on any no-fault eviction.
    § 42.6 · code text
    Any relocation assistance under Section 42.6(A) shall be provided within fifteen (15) calendar days of service of the notice.
  • On or before the move-out date stated in the termination notice.
    Applies: Payments to eligible or special-circumstances households under the extra assistance rules.
    § 42.6 · code text
    The landlord shall directly pay the relocation assistance payments to eligible residential households on or before the tenant's move-out date as stated in the notice of termination, and provide proof of payment to the City Manager's Office.
When relocation is owed
  • The landlord gives a termination notice for a no-fault just cause reason, whatever the tenant's income.
    § 42.6 · code text
    If a landlord issues a termination notice based on a no-fault just cause described in Section 42.5(B)(2) to a tenant of a rental unit covered by this Chapter, the landlord shall, regardless of the tenant's income, at the landlord's option, do one (1) of the following:

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 Redwood City landlord have to pay relocation?

City law: every no-fault eviction requires 1 month's rent as payment or waiver, within 15 calendar days, whatever the tenant's income. City law: eligible households get 3 months of HUD Fair Market Rent minus the first payment; special-circumstances households up to 4 months.

General information, not legal advice.

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