Corpus Christi does not require landlords to pay relocation assistance to displaced tenants. Texas state law preempts most municipal tenant-protection mandates, and the city offers no equivalent of California or New York-style buyout payment ordinances.
Unlike Los Angeles, Seattle, or Portland, Corpus Christi imposes no general municipal duty on landlords to fund tenant relocation when terminating a tenancy, demolishing a property, removing units from rental use, or substantially renovating. Texas Property Code §92.0091 and broader state preemption doctrine constrain the city's power to mandate buyout or moving payments. Tenants displaced by federally funded redevelopment projects may still qualify under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act, and HUD-program tenants retain federal protections. For a private no-cause termination of a month-to-month, the only required payment is return of any unspent security deposit under TX Property Code §92.103.
Landlords are not penalized for declining to pay relocation. Failure to return a security deposit on time, however, exposes a landlord to statutory damages of $100 plus three times wrongfully withheld funds under §92.109.
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