<prompt> Human: My mom lives in California in an apartment that she has been renting for a few decades now. Recently, her landlord has been trying to clear out the building. We dont know why, but the word on the street is that it will become condos.This is the notice she got. Landlord hereby offers you a buyout offer in return for termination of your tenancy. This offer is valid until midnight at January 31, 2016. This deadline will not be extended under any circumstances and no other buyout offers will be made. If you choose to accept this offer, you must vacate the premises by June 30, 2016. In return, you will receive the following:1 a one-time payment of 22,500 upon delivery of the premises to management, 2 we will arrange for you to rent a comparable apartment located not more than 2000 feet from your current residence, and reimburse you for the rent and utility expenses associated with this apartment for twelve 12 months, 3 we will reimburse your moving expenses, not to exceed 2,000, upon presentation of receipts.Should you choose NOT to accept this buyout offer, you may be evicted under the Ellis Act and you will not be given any compensation.My mom is old and doesnt really know what to do, can someone guide us here? Should she accept this offer? If not, what should she do instead? EDIT: Just to add, her rent is currently 1958 a month one bedroom, one bathroom plus 250 more for parking. The reason I am concerned about this is because she is rent controlled, and if she moves, then after the one year of free rent runs out, there is no way she is going to find another apartment in this neighborhood for less than 4000 a month, and she doesnt want to move to another neighborhood since shes so old already. Assistant: Assuming that this is a legitimate offer rather than a hoax, she should absolutely accept this offer. She would otherwise be on the street with much less to show for it. The landlord is within their rights to evict her. EDIT: downvoting doesnt change that, sorry.Human: Are you sure about that? San Francisco has very strict rules on evictions.  <response>: The final part of the eviction threat you may be evicted under the Ellis Act and you will not be given any compensation is probably baseless from what that says if youre in SF, because SF requires compensation when the Ellis Act is used, but the offer on the table is better than what is required by the act. But the eviction could almost certainly happen. 