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Draft bill would create statewide rental housing registry; committee flags privacy, municipal coordination and fees
Summary
A draft section would require long-term and short-term rental owners to register units with DHCD and pay an annual $35 fee unless already registered locally; committee members raised privacy and municipal-fee coordination concerns and asked for alternatives such as aggregated tax-department data.
The committee reviewed draft language on Feb. 19 that would create a statewide rental housing registry maintained by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), including a $35 annual registration fee for long-term and short-term rental units, legislative counsel Cameron Wood said.
The draft lists registration data to include owner/landlord name and contact information, unit location, year built, unit type, number of units in a building, school property account number, accessibility features and other…
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