1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to housing;
repealing the exception to the rent control prohibition;amending
1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024,
section 471.9996, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota
1.4 Statutes 2024, section
471.9996, subdivision 2.
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 471.9996, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision
1.In general Prohibition. No statutory or home rule
charter city, county,
1.8 or town may adopt or renew by
ordinance or otherwise any law to control rents on private
1.9 residential property except
as provided in subdivision 2. This section does not impair the
1.10 right of any statutory or home
rule charter city, county, or town:
1.11 (1) to manage or control
property in which it has a financial interest through a housing
1.12 authority or similar agency;
1.13 (2) to contract with a property
owner;
1.14 (3) to act as required or
authorized by laws or regulations of the United States government
1.15 or this state; or
1.16 (4) to mediate between property
owners and tenants for the purpose of negotiating rents.
1.17 Sec. 2. REPEALER.
1.18 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 471.9996, subdivision 2, is
repealed.
APPENDIX
Repealed Minnesota Statutes:
25-02884
471.9996 RENT CONTROL PROHIBITED.Subd. 2.Exception.
Subdivision 1 does not preclude a
statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town from controlling rents on
private residential property to the extent that the city, county, or town has
the power to adopt an ordinance, charter amendment, or law to control these rents
if the ordinance, charter amendment, or law that controls rents is approved in
a general election. Subdivision 1 does not limit any power or authority of the
voters of a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town to petition
for an ordinance or charter amendment to control rents on private residential
property to the extent that the power or authority is otherwise provided for by
law, and if the ordinance or charter amendment is approved in a general
election. This subdivision does not grant any additional power or authority to
the citizens of a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town to vote
on any question beyond that contained in other law.
Subdivision 1 does not apply to any
statutory city unless the citizens of the statutory city have the authority to
vote on the issue of rent control granted by other law.
