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Committee advances HB 2099 after amendments limiting interior rental inspections to Topeka and HUD‑subsidized units
Summary
The Committee on Local Government voted to advance House Bill 2099, which creates an exception allowing interior inspections of subsidized rental housing, after amendments narrowing the scope to the City of Topeka, tying coverage to direct HUD rental assistance, and adding a five‑year sunset.
The Committee on Local Government voted to advance House Bill 2099 on a motion to pass the bill out favorably as amended.
House Bill 2099 would carve an exception into current law that prohibits cities and counties from conducting interior inspections of residential rental property. As amended in committee, the exception would apply only to the City of Topeka, would apply to properties whose owners receive direct federal rental assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the committee added a five‑year sunset to the provision so the policy can be reassessed.
The bill’s reviser described the proposal to the committee: “House Bill 2,099 is the bill that amends a statute. The statute currently prohibits city or counties from conducting inspections on the interior of rental property of residential property. The bill would make an exception that would…
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