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Committee hears bill shortening tenant notice when a rented home is sold and adding relocation payment option
Summary
House committee took testimony on Senate Bill 586-A, which would let landlords give a 60‑day termination notice when a buyer will occupy the unit if the landlord provides written evidence of an accepted purchase offer and pays the tenant one month’s rent; the bill would also extend this option to duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes.
The House Committee on Housing and Homelessness held a public hearing April 16 on Senate Bill 586‑A, which would amend post‑first‑year termination rules to allow a landlord selling a dwelling to give a reduced 60‑day termination notice (instead of 90 days) when the landlord provides written evidence of an accepted purchase offer and pays the tenant an amount equal to one month’s periodic rent.
Senator Mark Meek, who carried the bill in the Senate, said the change responds to problems created after the 2019 enactment of Senate Bill 608, which limited no‑cause evictions and established a set of reasons landlords may terminate a tenancy after the first year. Meek told the committee that the 90‑day notice has…
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