Search Results: keywords:"tenant protection"

  • H. R. 7075 — To reauthorize the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:6,597

    The bill titled "HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2024" aims to reauthorize and improve the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. It increases funding for the program from 2024 to 2028 and makes several amendments to existing laws to enhance...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants to give more money to a program that helps build affordable homes for people who need them. It also tries to make sure that the program works better by changing some rules and creating new ways to help people buy homes.

  • H. R. 10535 — To provide grants to State and local governments that enact right to counsel legislation for low-income tenants facing eviction, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:809

    H. R. 10535 aims to establish the "Eviction Right to Counsel Fund," which will provide financial support to state, local, and Tribal governments that pass laws granting free legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction. The bill focuses on aiding tenants whose...

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    The bill wants to help people who don’t have much money but are in danger of losing their homes by making sure they can get a lawyer for free. It will give money to places that pass laws to help these people get legal help when they need it.

  • S. 470 — To amend the CARES Act to remove a requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:185

    S. 470 aims to change the CARES Act by eliminating the requirement for landlords to give tenants a notice to vacate. The bill, introduced by Mrs. Hyde-Smith and Mr. Hagerty, seeks to repeal a specific subsection of the legislation, suggesting a shift towards allowing state...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill wants to change a rule so that people who own houses or apartments (landlords) don't have to tell people living there to leave before they want them to move out, letting each state make its own rules for this instead.