City of Hayward
The following is a brief overview of the tenant protections available in this city. For more details please refer to the ordinance itself and any other resourced linked below.
Overview
What tenant protections does the city have?
Rent Control
Just Cause for Evictions
Who enforces the tenant protections?
Rent Review Office
If you need further assistance, please contact our staff at the Rent Review Office. Staff is available to assist by e-mail, [email protected] or phone at (510) 583-4454. Para español llamar (510) 583-4246.
When were these protections adopted and most recently updated?
Adopted: 1983
Updated: 2019
Rent Stabilization
Exemptions
SFH and condos per Costa Hawkins Act. Anything built after 7/1/1979. ADUs, units subsidized by any govt agency, and nonprofit coops per local law, mobile homes.
How much can rent be increased and how often?
No more than 5% in a 12-month period
Is banking allowed?
Banking allowed: The total rent increase (annual increase plus the banked rent increase) may be 10% or less of the tenant’s current rent. Banked rent increases expire after 10 years.
Are passthroughs or additional costs allowed (pets, utilities, parking, etc)?
Landlords can submit a fair return or capital improvement petition, which is then arbitrated with tenant.
Eviction Protections
Exemptions
Owner-occupied shared-units; owner co-ops; health-care and educational facilities; hotels; and government owned and subsidized housing
Under what circumstances is the landlord obligated to pay relocation assistance to tenant?
All no fault just cause terminations of tenancy.