S.571: Residential Rent to Own Protection Act

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  • Introduced Feb. 26, 2019
  • Latest Major Action Feb. 26, 2019

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Residential Rent to Own Protection Act This bill establishes requirements regarding residential rent-to-own agreements. The bill requires residential property subject to rent-to-own agreements to comply with applicable state and local habitability laws, prohibits eviction of a purchaser of such an agreement except if ordered in a judicial proceeding, requires public documentation of these agreements, and establishes civil penalties for...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Date Description
Feb. 26, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Feb. 26, 2019

Introduced in the Senate by Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

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