Respect State Housing Laws Act
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The bill would strike the CARES Act provision requiring landlords in federally assisted or federally backed housing to give tenants 30 days' notice before starting eviction proceedings.
Removing the federal notice requirement would leave eviction notice periods for these properties to whatever state or local law otherwise provides.
What this bill would do
What it would do
The bill would amend section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058) by striking subsection (c), which currently requires landlords of properties covered by federally backed mortgages or federal housing assistance programs to give tenants at least 30 days' notice to vacate before starting eviction proceedings.
The bill makes no other change to the CARES Act or to eviction procedures generally; it does not create a new notice standard, and it leaves in place any separate state or local notice-period requirements that may apply to the same properties.
Key provisions
- 1Would strike subsection (c) of section 4024 of the CARES Act, eliminating the federal 30-day eviction notice requirement for covered properties.
Who would be affected
Tenants living in housing covered by federally backed mortgages or federal rental assistance programs, and the landlords of those properties who currently must comply with the 30-day notice-to-vacate requirement before beginning eviction proceedings.
Why it matters
Tenants in covered federally assisted or federally backed housing could receive less advance notice before an eviction proceeding begins, unless state or local law independently requires a comparable notice period. Landlords of those properties would no longer have to comply with the federal 30-day floor.
What would change
Changes to existing law
Repeals CARES Act, Section 4024 (15 U.S.C. 9058) (Sec. 2)
Strikes subsection (c), removing the requirement that lessors give tenants 30 days' notice to vacate before eviction proceedings.
Funding and costs
Congressional Budget Office estimate
CBO estimates H.R. 1078 would have no effect on direct spending, revenues, or the deficit, with implementation costs of less than $500,000 subject to appropriation.
CBO estimates that H.R. 1078, which would repeal the federal requirement that landlords provide tenants a 30-day notice to vacate in federally assisted or backed housing (a provision originally enacted under the CARES Act), would have zero effect on direct (mandatory) spending, revenues, and the deficit over the 2026–2036 period. Any administrative implementation costs — estimated at less than $500,000 — would be subject to the availability of appropriated (discretionary) funds. CBO found no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates in the bill, and statutory pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
Legislative status & sources
Latest action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 446.
Official CRS summary
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Respect State Housing Laws Act
This bill eliminates a provision that requires a 30-day notice period before a landlord may begin eviction proceedings against a tenant in federally assisted or federally backed housing.
Legislative subjects
Housing and Community Development; Landlord and tenant; Low- and moderate-income housing; Public housing
Committee report
H. Rept. 119-521