Tucson does not require landlords to pay tenant relocation assistance for no-fault evictions. Arizona's URLTA and ARS 33-1329 set the floor for landlord-tenant rights, and the legislature has not authorized cities to add relocation mandates.
Unlike California or New Jersey cities with relocation-pay ordinances, Tucson cannot impose its own scheme because Arizona's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (ARS 33-1301 et seq.) and the rent-control preemption (ARS 33-1329) leave no room for additional mandatory landlord payments tied to rent increases or no-fault terminations. Tenants displaced by code-enforcement orders may receive limited Pima County emergency rental assistance through agencies like the Community Investment Corporation, but that is a publicly funded benefit, not a landlord obligation. Owners using ARS 33-1375's 30-day no-cause notice on month-to-month tenancies owe no statutory relocation payment.
Because no local relocation-pay ordinance exists, only deceptive constructive-eviction tactics can be challenged under ARS 33-1367 (utility shutoffs, lockouts) with damages up to two months' rent.
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