Arizona has no statewide relocation assistance requirement, and Phoenix has no local ordinance compelling landlords to pay displaced renters when terminating tenancy, demolishing units, converting use, or completing substantial rehabilitation.
Unlike Los Angeles or Seattle, Arizona's Residential Landlord-Tenant Act in Title 33 Chapter 10 imposes no relocation duty, and Phoenix has not adopted a local one. Tenants displaced by demolition, condo conversion, substantial rehab, or owner move-in receive only their security deposit back under ARS 33-1321 if otherwise eligible. Federally funded projects (HUD CDBG, RAD conversions, HOME-assisted properties) trigger Uniform Relocation Act benefits administered through the funding agency, but private displacements do not. The City of Phoenix Housing Department manages relocation only for its own tenants in public housing redevelopments. Any private payment is voluntary, often negotiated as cash-for-keys.
There is no relocation-assistance ordinance to violate. Tenants who believe they were illegally evicted may sue under ARS Title 33 Chapter 14 or fair-housing law; remedies are statutory damages and possession, not relocation pay.
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Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Revised Statutes 33-1321 caps residential security deposits at one and a half months' rent and requires landlords to refund or itemize within 14 busi...
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona does not regulate cash-for-keys agreements between landlords and tenants, and Phoenix has no ordinance setting minimum payments, written-disclosure r...
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Revised Statutes Title 33 Chapter 10 allows landlords to terminate month-to-month tenancies or refuse to renew fixed-term leases without cause, requi...
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