Item 4: PH on Ordinance Concerning Condominium Conversion

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3. That no evictions of affected tenants except for good cause have occurred between the date of the notice of planned conversion to the city and the date of the permit application. (dc) Information provided to state. All issued condominium instruments whose submission is required by administrative rules issued hereunder. (ed) Rental history. A rental history report containing information required to be submitted under administrative rules issued hereunder. (fe) Tenant survey. A survey of all affected tenants in the conversion project containing information required to be submitted under administrative rules issued hereunder. (gf) Tenant assistance plan. Each applicant for a permit shall prepare and supply to the city a tenant assistance plan (TAP). No TAP need be prepared where all of the affected tenants have executed binding offers to purchase their units or shares or have permanently relocated at the time of the permit application. The TAP shall be formalized by a contract between the developer and the city, the execution of which is a prerequisite to city permit approval. Each TAP contract shall contain the following: 1. An obligation on the part of the developer to pay moving expenses of special category affected tenants. The amount of moving expenses to be paid for each type of special category tenant and the time for such payment shall be set by administrative rules issued hereunder. 2. An agreement by the developer to contract with a housing counselor approved by the city, to assist special category tenants of the building to be converted in locating housing and to act as the developer's sole agent in representing housing as comparable, to special category tenants. The city may withdraw its approval of the housing counselor at any time. The contract between a housing counselor and a developer shall be subject to approval by the city. Such contract shall require the counselor to use the counselor’s best efforts to obtain replacement housing which meets the articulated special needs of each special category tenant in addition to being comparable as defined in this code. 3. An agreement by the developer to offer two comparable housing units to each special category tenant prior to giving any notice of tenancy termination to that tenant. If the status of the offered unit as comparable is contested by the tenant, it shall not constitute such an offer until the decision of the hearings officer on its compatibility. An independent offer is one which is not an outstanding offer to any other tenant and which is, during the period of consideration, an exclusive offer to that tenant. Any such obligation on the part of the developer shall not preclude an eviction of any special category tenant for good cause. The agreement to offer comparable housing to a particular tenant may be satisfied by an offer of lifetime tenancy to that tenant. 4. An agreement by the developer not to evict any affected tenant, Ordinance - 4