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LETTERS -- Don't Force Landlords Who Move Into Small Buildings to Pay Relocation Fees

LETTERS -- Don't Force Landlords Who Move Into Small Buildings to Pay Relocation Fees

09/09/2019 9:26 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Dear Editor,

I read in the Santa Monica Lookout that the Council plans to require landlords who occupy their two-and three unit buildings to give tenants relocation payments if they jack up the rents ("Council Moves to Add Tenant Protections to Small Owner-Occupied Buildings," September 4, 2019).

This may have some merit for long-term, low-rent tenants. However, market rate tenants will always take the massive relocation fees if offered -- they are way, way more than the true cost of moving across town.