Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary LOCAL GOVERNMENTEXPENDITURESPermissiveFY26-27$685,500FY27-28 & Subsequent Years$585,500 OTHER FISCAL IMPACT This Act could jeopardize federal funding in excess of $459,536,400. This Act could have additional, significant impacts upon the THDA. Due to multiple unknown variables, any additional impacts upon THDA cannot be reasonably determined, but are considered significant. Bill Summary This bill enacts the "Affordable Housing and Tenant Protection Act," which removes the prohibition on rent control for residential property. RENT CONTROL Present law prohibits a local governmental unit from enacting, maintaining or enforcing an ordinance or resolution that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential or commercial property. This bill removes residential property from this provision, so that rent control is only prohibited for private commercial property. Present law further prohibits a local governmental unit, or any subdivision or instrumentality thereof, from enacting, maintaining or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or other requirement of any type that does any of the following: Requires the direct or indirect allocation of existing or newly constructed private residential or commercial rental units to be sold or rented at below market rates. Conditions any zoning change, variance, building permit, development entitlements through amendment to the zoning map, or any change in land use restrictions or requirements, on the allocation of existing or newly constructed private residential or commercial rental units to be sold or rented at below market rates. Requires a person to waive the person's constitutionally protected rights related to real property in order that the local governmental unit can increase the number
