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A Little Less Rent, and A Lot More Possession
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ssembly Bill 2179 (Grayson) was introduced as a “spot bill” on February 15, 2022. Spot bills are simply considered “placeholder bills.” Generally speaking, they are to be amended later in the legislative session and, once amended, are quite substantive. This bill really lived up to what everyone expected in the landlord and tenant arena. On March 24, 2022, the auther gutted all of the language that was in the bill, as introduced, and replaced it with meaningful and
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impactful new language extending the COVID-19 Tenancy Act by: 1. Extending through June 30, 2022 the statewide procedural protections against eviction based on the nonpayment of rent that accumulated between March 1, 2020 and March 31, 2022, as long the tenant applied by March 31, 2022 for emergency rental assistance. 2. Mandating another form (or notice) that landlords must provide to
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tenants after March 31, 2022 and before July 1, 2022, prior to seeking a court order for eviction based on nonpayment of rent. 3. Extends the statewide preemption of local government laws: a. Local ordinances adopted before August 19, 2020 in response to COVID-19 pandemic, to provide protection against eviction for the nonpayment of rent, were grandfathered in.
