Syracuse, NY Rental Property Rules: Relocation Assistance (2026)

Under Syracuse Rev. Gen. 606(b)(1). Replacement housing must be provided within three years of the demolition or conversion, and before spending any of that money the city must publish and submit to the HUD Field Office a description of the activity, a map and unit count of what will be demolished or converted, a demolition/conversion timetable, the location and unit count of the replacement housing, the funding source and timetable for the replacements, and the basis for keeping each replacement unit affordable for at least ten years from first occupancy.

Section 1-8(c) lets the city provide relocation assistance to a displaced low/moderate income household: timely notice of the move, referral to comparable replacement housing in the city (preferably the same neighborhood), and financial assistance toward relocation and replacement-housing costs, limited to reasonable, documented expenses submitted with written receipts or invoices. Assistance is denied where the displacement was caused by conditions or violations created by a household member, or where another agency already covers the same costs. 1 separately adopts the Syracuse Area Relocation Payment Schedule, subject to board of estimate approval, for people permanently displaced by code enforcement or other city action that is not federally funded and not covered by the state Uniform Relocation Act; that schedule is kept on file in the city clerk's office.

Before any demolition, the department of community development's code enforcement division must inspect the unit, and only units certified as structurally unsound or unfit for repair are slated for demolition; funds used for the demolition itself cannot come from CDBG dollars.