Oakland Tenant Protection Ordinance (Anti-Harassment)

What it requires

• Don’t, in bad faith, cut or threaten housing services, skip required repairs, abuse the right of entry, remove a tenant’s belongings, refuse lawful rent, or use fraud, threats, or misrepresentation to get a tenant to leave.
• Respect privacy: no recording the unit’s interior, no unreasonable questions about relationships, criminal history, or overnight guests, and no requests for immigration or citizenship status unless the law requires it.
• Don’t impose new material lease terms on an existing tenant unless the law allows it or the tenant agrees in writing after being told they don’t have to.
• Don’t sever parking, storage, laundry, decks, patios, or gardens without good cause. On rent-controlled units, a permitted severance needs a matching rent reduction.
• Give every tenant the TPO notice (in the RAP notice for covered units, or the City’s form otherwise), and post it in an interior common area if the building has one.

Owner checklist

• TPO notice given at move-in
• Common-area notice posted
• Late fees in the lease, 3% maximum, only after 5 days
• Written record of any request to stop buyout offers