St. Louis Park, Minn., City Code ch. 8 §§ 8-326–8-335 (2026) § 8-334

Sec. 8-334. Sale of affordable housing building.
(a) Definitions. The following definitions apply in this section of this code. References
to “section” are, unless otherwise specified, references to this section of this code. Defined
terms remain defined terms, whether capitalized or not.
   (1) Affordable housing building means a multifamily rental housing building having
       three or more housing units, where at least 18% of the units rent for an amount
       that is affordable to households at or below 60 percent area median income, as
       median income was most recently determined by the United States Department of
       Housing and Urban Development for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington,
       Minnesota-Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, as adjusted for household size
       and number of bedrooms.
   (2) Affordable housing unit means a rental unit in an affordable housing building that
       rents for an amount that is affordable to households at or below 60 percent of area
       median income, as median income was most recently determined by the United
       States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Minneapolis-St.
       Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota-Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, as adjusted
       for household size and number of bedrooms.
   (3) Cause means the tenant, or a member of the tenant’s household materially violated
       a term of the lease. (Ord. No. 2590-20, 8-17-2020)
   (4) Tenant protection period means the period that commences on the date when a
       real estate closing transfers ownership of an affordable housing building and run
       through the end of the 3 calendar months following the month in which written
       notice of the transfer is sent to each affordable housing unit tenant pursuant to
       subpart (c) of this section.
   (5) Relocation assistance payment means a payment calculated by the city as follows:
       The Federal Highway Administration uniform relocation assistance rate and two
       months’ rent at 60% area median income. The relocation assistance payment
       amount will be reviewed and updated annually by the city.
   (b) Relocation assistance

   (1) If during the tenant protection period the new owner of an affordable housing
       building terminates or refuses to renew any affordable housing unit tenant’s rental
       agreement without cause, then upon terminating or refusing to renew the tenant’s
       lease, the new owner shall pay to the tenant, no later than the day upon which the
       tenant vacates the unit, a relocation assistance payment calculated by the city as
       per this code.
   (2) During the tenant protection period if a rent increase goes into effect on any
       affordable housing unit, or the new owner of an affordable housing building raises
       any affordable housing unit tenant’s rent, or rescreens an existing affordable
       housing unit tenant, and the tenant gives written notice to the new owner to
       terminate the rental agreement, the new owner, shall within 30 days of receiving
       tenant’s written notice of termination of the rental agreement, pay to the tenant a
       relocation assistance payment calculated by the city per this code.

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     (c) Notice. Whenever ownership of an affordable housing building shall transfer, the
new owner shall, within thirty (30) days of the date on which a real estate closing transfers
ownership of the affordable housing building, give written notice to each affordable housing
unit tenant of the building that the property is under new ownership stating:

    (1) The name, mailing address, and telephone number of the new owner.
    (2) St. Louis Park City Code Section 8-334 provides for a tenant protection period for
        affordable housing unit tenants. Under section 8-334, affordable housing unit
        tenants may be entitled to relocation assistance payment from the new owner if
        the new owner terminates or does not renew the tenant’s rental agreement
        without cause within the tenant protection period. Affordable housing unit tenants
        may also be entitled to relocation assistance payment from the new owner if the
        owner raises the rent or initiates a tenant rescreening process within the tenant
        protection period and the tenant terminates their rental agreement.
    (3) Whether there will be any rent increase within the tenant protection period with the
        amount of the rent increase and the date the rent increase will take effect.
    (4) Whether the new owner will require existing affordable housing unit tenants to be
        re-screened to determine compliance with existing or modified residency screening
        criteria during the tenant protection period and if so, a copy of the screening criteria.
    (5) Whether the new owner will terminate or not renew rental agreements without
        cause during the tenant protection period and if so, notice to the affected affordable
        housing unit tenants whose rental agreements will terminate and the date the rental
        agreements will terminate.
    (6) Whether the new owner intends to increase rent, require existing affordable housing
        unit tenants to be rescreened to determine compliance with existing or modified
        residency screening criteria, or terminate or not renew affordable housing unit rental
        agreements without cause on the day immediately following the tenant protection
        period.
The new owner shall provide a copy of the notice required by this part to the city at the same
time notice is provided to the tenants. The new owner of an affordable housing building shall
not terminate or not renew a tenant’s rental agreement without cause, raise rent, or
rescreen existing tenants during the tenant protection period without giving the notice
required by this part.
    (d) Penalty.

    (1) A violation of subpart (b) of this section is an administrative offense that may be
        subject to an administrative citation and civil penalties as provided in city code
        section 1-14. Notwithstanding any provision of city code section 1-14, the penalty for
        a violation of subpart (b) of this section shall be the sum of the applicable amount of
        relocation assistance plus $500.

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   (2) A violation of subpart (c) of this section is an administrative offense that may be
       subject to an administrative citation and civil penalties as provided in city code
       section 1-14.
   (3) A violation of this ordinance as to each dwelling unit shall constitute a separate
       offense.

(e) Within thirty (30) days after a person pays the penalty provided for in subpart (d) (1) of
this section to the city, the city shall pay to the displaced tenant of the affordable housing
unit for which the violation occurred an amount equal to the relocation assistance provided
for in subpart (b) of this section.
(Ord. No. 2534-18, 4-16-18; Ord. No. 2590-20, 8-17-2020; Ord. No. 2665-23, 6-5-23)