2017 House Bill 4687

Authorize local rent control mandates on landlords

Introduced in the House

May 31, 2017

Introduced by Rep. Stephanie Chang (D-6)

To revise references in a law banning local rent control impositions, so as to create an exception for the rent control proposal in House Bill 4686. This would give local governments the power to impose a rent control mandate that would make it unlawful to charge tenants who are disabled or older than age 70 more than 50 percent of their income.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government