A. Landlords terminating any tenancy for no-fault just causes in accordance with Section 6.60.050(D) must provide relocation assistance in the form of a direct payment to the tenant equal to the lesser of two hundred fifty percent of one month of rent under the rental agreement in effect at the time of notice of termination of the tenancy or nine thousand dollars as adjusted annually for inflation beginning on the first anniversary of the effective date of this chapter, and continuing every year thereafter.

B. Relocation assistance required pursuant to this chapter shall be paid within fourteen calendar days of service of notice of termination.

C. If a tenant fails to vacate a dwelling unit after the expiration of a notice to terminate the tenancy that has been lawfully given in accordance with this chapter, the landlord may recover the actual amount of any relocation assistance provided pursuant to this section as damages in an action to recover possession of the dwelling unit.

D. The relocation assistance required by this section may not be credited against any other relocation assistance required by any other law and shall not operate or be construed to operate as a waiver of any rights a tenant may have under applicable law.

E. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit a landlord and tenant from agreeing to relocation assistance in addition to the relocation assistance required pursuant to this section. Landlords and owners of dwelling units to which this chapter applies are prohibited from attempting to convince a tenant to waive the tenant’s right to relocation assistance or to accept relocation assistance that is less than that required pursuant to this chapter, and any agreement purporting to waive the tenant’s right to relocation assistance or provide relocation assistance that is less than that required pursuant to this chapter shall be void as against public policy.