AGENDA DATE: 10/21/2020
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Proposed guidelines for implementation of the Albemarle County Anti-displacement and tenant relocation policy.
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Review and discuss the draft Albemarle County Tenant Relocation Guidelines for Non-Federally Funded Residential Developments
ITEM TYPE: Regular Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Filardo, Rapp, Pethia
PRESENTER (S): Stacy Pethia
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: On September 18, 2019 the Board of Supervisors adopted a general anti-displacement and tenant relocation assistance policy for Albemarle County (Attachment A) and directed staff to develop a set of guidelines for policy implementation.
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DISCUSSION: Staff has completed the initial draft of the Albemarle County Anti-displacement and Tenant Relocation Guidelines (Attachment B). The guidelines are designed to provide benefits for residential tenants who will be displaced by housing demolition, substantial rehabilitation, conversion to nonresidential use, or sale of a residential property under a sales contract that requires an empty building. Tenant displacements result in personal hardship for those directly affected and also impact the surrounding neighborhoods and other communities within the County. The fundamental goal of the County's anti-displacement policy is to avoid tenant displacement whenever possible. However, when the displacement of tenants is unavoidable, the County will work with developers and property owners to enable displaced tenants to move directly to decent, structurally safe and affordable replacement housing convenient to their place of employment and/or education. Benefits include payment of relocation assistance, relocatio...
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