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Utah House approves 'good landlord' changes restricting municipal bans on renting to people with criminal histories
Summary
After hours of floor debate and a contentious amendment, the House passed HB 178 to limit municipal power to penalize landlords who rent to people based on criminal history; an amendment carving out municipalities with halfway houses was adopted before final passage, 62–9.
House members on Tuesday approved House Bill 178, a measure that curtails municipal authority to penalize residential landlords for accepting tenants with criminal histories, saying the change will help people re-entering society and protect private property rights.
Representative Jim King, the bill sponsor, said the measure removes a municipal tool that can keep formerly incarcerated people from finding housing and argued it supports the Justice Reinvestment Initiative’s goal of reintegration. “We need to get municipalities’ fingers off the scales,” King…
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