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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. C5-1. Intent and purpose.

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Sec. C5-1. Intent and purpose.

The Board of Supervisors finds that tenants who are required, as a consequence of an action of the Building Official, to vacate a structure which is rented or provided for residential purposes due to unsafe or hazardous living conditions oftentimes experience difficulties in finding affordable, temporary housing while such structure is being repaired, and/or experience difficulties in finding other permanent affordable housing.

Further, said difficulties frequently create a financial hardship for such tenants. In the past, effected tenants have often turned to County government for financial assistance in obtaining alternative housing. The resources available to County government with which to assist these tenants have become increasingly constrained. Further, such tenants often require public health, transportation, storage and other services on an interim basis, due both to the health impacts of unsafe or hazardous housing, as well as unanticipated needs occasioned by eviction.

The Board of Supervisors also finds that property owners who allow such structures to become unsafe or hazardous should bear responsibility for the hardship their actions create when the tenants are required to vacate the premises.

The intent of this division is to ensure that adequate relocation assistance is available to lawful tenants who face eviction through no fault of their own. Further, the intent is to provide that assistance in a manner that is as equitable as possible to the tenant, the property owner, and the public at large. Therefore, the Board of Supervisors finds and declares that it is necessary to enact this division to protect the public health, safety and welfare.

(Ord. No. NS-1100.82, § 1, 4-27-93)

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