The owner elects to sell a single-family dwelling unit and gives the tenant at least
90 days' written notice prior to the date set for vacating, which date shall coincide
with the end of the term of a rental agreement, or if the agreement is month to month,
with the last day of a monthly period. The Director may reduce the time required to
give notice to no less than 60 days if the Director determines that providing 90 days'
notice will result in a personal hardship to the owner. Personal hardship may include
but is not limited to hardship caused by illness or accident, unemployment, or job
relocation. For the purposes of this Chapter 22.205, an owner "elects to sell" when the owner makes reasonable attempts to sell the dwelling
within 30 days after the tenant has vacated, including, at a minimum, listing it for
sale at a reasonable price with a realty agency or advertising it for sale at a reasonable
price in a newspaper of general circulation. There shall be a rebuttable presumption
that the owner did not intend to sell the unit if:
1.
Within 30 days after the tenant has vacated, the owner does not list the single-family
dwelling unit for sale at a reasonable price with a realty agency or advertise it
for sale at a reasonable price in a newspaper of general circulation, or
2.
Within 90 days after the date the tenant vacated or the date the property was listed
for sale, whichever is later, the owner withdraws the rental unit from the market,
rents the unit to someone other than the former tenant, or otherwise indicates that
the owner does not intend to sell the unit;
G.
The tenant's occupancy is conditioned upon employment on the property and the employment
relationship is terminated;
H.