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Committee advances bill defining when landlords may enter rental units; debate centers on 14-day standard
Summary
The Housing Committee voted to send House Bill 6949, as amended, to the floor. Lawmakers debated a substitute that sets a 14-day default for when a tenant ‘unreasonably withholds consent’ for landlord entry and preserves emergency access.
The Housing Committee voted to advance House Bill 6949 as amended by substitute LCO 5975, a measure that defines when a tenant may be deemed to have “unreasonably withheld consent” to a landlord’s request to enter a dwelling unit and clarifies landlord access in emergencies.
Representative Zulu, the bill proponent, told the committee the change grew out of a common practical problem: owners who rent their homes and then need access to prepare them for sale cannot get into the unit to photograph or show the property. “If you’re not able to get into a property…you’re more likely to miss the spring market,” Zulu said, adding the substitute “adds a…
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