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Committee adopts amendment to tenant hotline bill; lays bill over for omnibus
Summary
Senate File 672, to fund a statewide tenant education and hotline service, had the author's amendment A1 adopted in committee and was laid over for possible omnibus inclusion; testifiers described current hotline volume and gaps.
Senate File 672, an appropriation to fund a statewide tenant education and hotline service, advanced in the Minnesota Senate Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention after the committee adopted an author's amendment A1. Senator Mohammed presented the bill and the amendment; the amendment was adopted by voice vote and the bill was laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus.
Senator Fouzia Mohammed described constituent cases that motivated the bill: tenants facing unauthorized entries, withheld deposits, abrupt termination of Section 8 assistance, and unresponsive management. "Minnesota tenants…
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