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Mountain View studies changes to tenant‑relocation rules, council backs staff recommendations
Summary
City staff presented five changes to the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance (Treo) aimed at reducing displacement. Council generally supported adding SB 330‑style vacate dates, a later formal notice option, temporary‑displacement protections and closing a red‑tag exemption; staff will draft ordinance language for hearings.
City staff on Wednesday outlined a package of changes to Mountain View’s Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance intended to reduce avoidable moves and make relocation payments work more effectively for displaced households. The review of Treo, part of the city’s housing element work, was presented as a study session to seek council direction rather than to adopt new rules at the meeting.
The housing staff summary said Treo — established in 2010 and amended several times — covers more tenants than the state’s SB 330 protections in some income tiers but in many cases produces smaller benefit amounts than SB 330’s formula. Staff reported that, over the last decade, more than 1,000 units were subject to Treo and roughly 550…
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