HOUSING RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Salt Lake City Code tit. 18, div. III, ch. 18.99

in effect

Salt Lake City Code § 18.99.010 PURPOSE

18.99.010: PURPOSE: The purpose of this chapter is to provide for relocation assistance to tenants of apartments in the city who are displaced from housing that has been closed by the city. It is in the public interest to reduce the amount of homelessness in the city through such assistance. (Ord. 24-98 § 1, 1998)

Salt Lake City Code § 18.99.020 DEFINITIONS

18.99.020: DEFINITIONS: For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows: AGENCY: | A nonprofit corporation appointed by the housing stability division of the city to administer the program. APARTMENT: | A room or suite of rooms which is occupied or intended or designed to be occupied by one or more tenants for living or sleeping purposes or both.The term "apartment" shall not be construed to mean a club, group home, transitional victim home, substance abuse home, transitional home, a lodge or a fraternity/sorority house. PROGRAM: | The tenant relocation assistance program provided for in this chapter. TENANT: | Shall be limited to persons who are parties to a written rental agreement with the landlord of the apartment, and to any dependent children of such persons who reside in the apartment. (Ord. 21-22, 2022: Ord. 24-98 § 1, 1998)

Salt Lake City Code § 18.99.030 NONCITY AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROGRAM

18.99.030: NONCITY AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROGRAM: A. The housing stability division of the city shall annually designate the agency to administer the program and shall review annually all relocation assistance amounts provided pursuant to the program. B. The agency shall perform the following functions: 1. After an apartment has been ordered closed by the city, meet with the tenants of that apartment and determine the type and extent of assistance required by the tenants. 2. Provide such tenants with a listing of available apartments, make available a telephone for the use of such tenants in locating an apartment, and arrange for such tenants to see the available apartments. This provision does not obligate the city or the agency to provide transportation for tenants. 3. Issue checks to tenants or landlords, or both, as necessary to provide assistance for relocation of the tenants. (Ord. 21-22, 2022: Ord. 24-98 § 1, 1998)

Salt Lake City Code § 18.99.040 TENANT RELOCATION FEE TO NONCITY AGENCY

18.99.040: TENANT RELOCATION FEE TO NONCITY AGENCY: A. The agency shall be paid a fee by the city for each tenant fully assisted by the program who has a written referral from the city. Such written referral is intended: 1. To assure that only eligible tenants under the program are being served by the program, and 2. To allow the city to track the money spent on the program. B. The tenant relocation fee shall be established at a maximum amount of six hundred dollars ($600.00) for each apartment vacated, plus an additional amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for moving expenses for each apartment vacated. C. Tenants will be eligible for assistance in the form of deposit fees, one time partial rent payments, moving costs, and apartment referrals. (Ord. 24-98 § 1, 1998)

Salt Lake City Code § 18.99.050 PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE

18.99.050: PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE: A. Tenants residing in apartment buildings containing four (4) or fewer apartments closed for "substandard" or "imminent danger/hazardous conditions" are eligible for relocation assistance. A notice and order to vacate may not be issued with respect to such apartments if the landlord has signed a stipulation with the city and is, to the reasonable satisfaction of the apartment inspector of the city, working on remedying the substandard or imminent danger/hazardous conditions. Each notice and order to vacate shall specify the date (the "10 day deadline") which is ten (10) days before the date on which the apartment is required to be vacated. A tenant will be eligible for relocation assistance under this subsection only if he or she vacates the apartment after the ten (10) day deadline has passed. B. Relocation assistance will also be available to tenants in apartment buildings containing four (4) or fewer apartments which units are closed in connection with the unit legalization process. (Ord. 24-98 § 1, 1998)

Salt Lake City Code § 18.99.060 APPROPRIATION OF MONEY BY CITY COUNCIL

18.99.060: APPROPRIATION OF MONEY BY CITY COUNCIL: Relocation assistance will be available only to the extent that the city council appropriates money to the relocation assistance program. The city reserves the right to seek reimbursement or compensation from the owner of any apartment which has been vacated and with respect to which the city pays any relocation assistance fees, in the amount of any tenant relocation assistance fees paid with respect to such apartment. (Ord. 24-98 § 1, 1998)

Salt Lake City Code § 18.99.070 PRIORITY TO FAMILIES OF LOW AND EXTREMELY LOW INCOME

18.99.070: PRIORITY TO FAMILIES OF LOW AND EXTREMELY LOW INCOME: In selecting the tenants to receive monies appropriated for relocation assistance, the city and the agency shall grant a priority to tenants who are members of low income families or extremely low income families, as those terms are defined from time to time in the regulations of the United States department of housing and urban development. (Ord. 24-98 § 1, 1998)

Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-62636Fetched: 11/1/2026