BILL TRACKING: HOUSING AND HOMELESS

This section covers housing legislation of the 2009 session. Simply click on the bill number and it will take you to the description, text, status and authors of the bill.

Office of the Governor

Below is a direct link to the status of bills in the governor's office:

• Governor's Bill Log

Omnibus Appropriations

• H.F. 1169(Rukavina)/S.F. 2081(Tomassoni): Omnibus Economic Development and Housing Appropriations Bill
  -Conference Committee Budget Spreadsheet: MHFA Budget Appropriations, p. 4
  -Governor's May 7 Veto Message
  -H.F. 2088(Rukavina): revised Omnibus Economic Development and Housing Appropriations Bill

• H.F. 2150(Clark): Omnibus Housing and Public Health Bill

• H.F. 1362(Huntley)/S.F. 0695(Berglin): Omnibus Health and Human Services Finance Bill
  -House and Senate Side by Side Budget Comparison

Omnibus Taxes

• H.F. 2323(Lenczewski)/S.F. 2074(Bakk): Omnibus Tax Bill
  -House and Senate Side by Side Comparison

• H.F. 0885(Lenczewski)/S.F. 0681(Bakk): Omnibus Alternative Tax Bill
  -Governor's May 9 Veto Message
  -Governor's letter to the Legislature May 8, 2009

• H.F. 1298(Lenczewski): Omnibus Non-Controversial Tax Bill

Omnibus Bonding

• H.F. 0855(Hausman)/S.F. 0781(Langseth): Omnibus Bonding Bill

Fiscal and Budget Items

• H.F. 0168(Emmer)/S.F. 0354(Koch): authorizes the governor to declare a fiscal emergency on legislative procedures.

Bills Related to Federal Legislation

• H.F. 0001(Sertich)/S.F. 0001(Tomassoni): state collaboration with the federal Economic Rescue and Recovery Act appropriations and provisions.

Housing Appropriations and Bonds

• H.F. 1354(Clark) / S.F. 1382(Tomassoni): nonprofit housing bonds authorized and money appropriated.

• H.F. 1637(Clark) / no companion: changes the amount of nonprofit housing bonds the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency may issue; dedicating a portion of bonds issued to permanent supportive housing for victims of human trafficking.

• H.F. 1989(Hayden) /S.F. 1132(Cohen): Housing Solutions Act - deed tax increase for affordable housing development and rental assistance.

• H.F. 1732(Clark) / S.F. 1534(Tomassoni): appropriates money to continue a demonstration project for high-risk adults.

• H.F. 2007(Sailor) / S.F. 1077(Kubly): appropriates money to the Housing Finance Agency for capacity building grants.

• S.F. 2078(Metzen) / no companion: Tax increment financing (TIF) requirements modification; loan guarantee fund establishment; nonprofit housing bond issue; second mortgage loan program; sustainable development projects bond issuance; low-income and historic preservation housing tax credits; special assessments for energy improvements; JOBZ program metropolitan area extension.

• H.F. 2347(Lanning) / S.F. 2113(Langseth): disaster relief appropriations for federal match include additional appropriations to housing.

• H.F. 2406(Mariani) / S.F. 2165(Marty): Affordable housing, green energy investments and emergency employment development bond issue and appropriation; Minnesota Emergency Employment Development (MEED) Act of 2009

Foreclosure

• H.F. 0354(Hilstrom) /S.F. 0340(Scheid): Homeowner-Lender Mediation Act - requires mandatory proceedings before the foreclosure of a homestead property. Provides mediation notices to homeowners and requires that the mediation be supervised by the courts and be in good faith.

• H.F. 0009(Davnie)/S.F. 0242(Anderson): MN Subprime Borrower Relief Act - allows a foreclosed borrower the right to defer a foreclosure sale for one year by providing an affidavit of deferment to the foreclosing lender. Requires monthly payments and the right of the lender to revoke the deferment following good faith negotiations. Requires that the borrower lived and continue to live in the home during the deferment process.

• H.F. 0090(Mullery)/S.F. 0123(Betzold): Exempts $10k of debtor properties.

• H.F. 0333(Mullery) / no companion: MN Foreclosure Remediation Fee Act - Provides for the collection of a $15 fee to rehabilitate and preserve properties that have been affected by foreclosures. Fee would be imposed on each deed by which any real property is conveyed. The county that collects the fee will retain 80 percent of the total fee to pay for foreclosure remediation, and MHFA will receive 20 percent of the total fee to fund foreclosure remediation. The fee would sunset Aug. 1, 2012.

• S.F. 0335(Mullery) / no companion: a bill that provides for certain trespass and scrap metal sale provisions.

• H.F. 0626(Bly) / S.F. 0542(Tomassoni): People's Bailout - temporarily lifts a five-year limit on welfare benefits (MFIP). Modifies unemployment compensation, reemployment assistance training and applications for unemployment benefits. Makes technical changes to notification procedures for tenants in foreclosed properties and strengthens the rights of tenants in foreclosed properties. Declares that an economic emergency exists due to the increase in foreclosure rates. Declares that a housing emergency exists that justifies a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures. Establishes a special state emergency unemployment compensation program for those who have exhausted their MN unemployment insurance benefits to be qualified for federally funded unemployment insurance benefits. Requires DEED develop and implement a jobs creation grant program to make grants available to cities and towns for projects that will generate new jobs.

• H.F. 1184(Champion) / S.F. 1034(Higgins): modifies provisions governing expungement of eviction records; requires landlords to provide receipt for rent paid with cash; modifies tenant rights to possession.

• H.F. 1379(Nelson) / S.F. 1185(Sparks): provides for waiver of storage of abandoned property.

• H.F. 1489(McFarlane) / no companion: regarding mortgages, provides for notice of sale and postponement.

• H.F. 1887(Mullery) / no companion: provides for rehabilitation of vacant and abandoned housing due to foreclosure crisis; protects the health, safety, and welfare of the community through appropriate police powers; provides legal process to appoint receivers for abandoned properties and recovery of funds expended to bring property up to code.

• H.F. 0008(Simon) /S.F. 0082(Latz): MN False Claims Act.

• H.F. 0019(Mullery) / S.F. 1981(Kelash): enables a homeowner to postpone the sheriff's sale for 5 months in exchange for reducing redemption period by 5 months (effectively eliminating the redemption period and replacing it with a reinstatement period).

• H.F. 0528(Davnie) /S.F. 0489(Clark): provides a 30-day rescission period during which a senior could cancel a reverse mortgage. It also would require lenders to have reasonable grounds for believing that the reverse mortgage is suitable for the borrower, and would limit insurance companies from "cross-selling" products to seniors using the proceeds of a reverse mortgage. Requires counseling about the pros and cons of reverse mortgages.

• H.F. 0827(Hausman) / S.F. 0319(Pappas): modifies state bond financed property sales distribution and also includes “bettered” properties.

• H.F. 0903(Mullery) /S.F. 0708(Fobbe): modifies provisions relating to foreclosure consultants.

• H.F. 0995(Mullery) /S.F. 1302(Fobbe): Foreclosure Notice Provisions - Sheriff's sale procedure modified relating to foreclosures.

• H.F. 1214(Davnie) / S.F. 1035(Higgins): Contract for Deed - clarifies eviction provisions; modifies provisions governing contracts for deed; regulates contracts for deed involving residential property and residential leases with an option to purchase.

• H.F. 1394 (Hayden) / S.F. 1147(Higgins): specifies notice requirements; modifies provisions governing the reduced redemption period for abandoned property; establishes a duty to protect vacant foreclosed property under certain circumstances; provides for the imposition of fines for failure to maintain property; alters the postings requirement for trespassing on construction sites; modifies provisions governing public nuisances; imposes civil and criminal penalties.

• H.F. 1585(Sailer) / S.F. 1149(Skoe) : abandoned personal property provisions modified.

• H.F. 2081(Bigham) / S.F. 1482(Sieben): modifies provisions governing use of foreclosure proceedings to enforce homeowner association assessment liens.

Local Government Housing and Economic Development

• H.F. 0157(Mullery) / no companion: authorizes zoning for "owner-occupied residential use only" for the purposes of stabilizing neighborhoods and cities.

• H.F. 1698(Davnie) / S.F. 1552(Kelash): Neighborhood Renewal Act - a person acting on behalf of a state, county, municipality or nonprofit housing organization” could seek from the court an injunction that requires a property owner to rehabilitate a blighted property or the appointment of a receiver to do the same. Helps provide for the rehabilitation of housing that is vacant and abandoned as a result of the foreclosure crisis.

• H.F. 0204(Winkler) / S.F. 0008(Latz): removes deadline for establishing housing improvement districts without special legislation.

• H.F. 0479(Lenczewski) / S.F. 1713(Hann): requires commissioner of revenue to conduct a study of the metropolitan fiscal disparities program; appropriates money.

• H.F. 1243(Obermueller) / S.F. 0897(Dibble): provides for redevelopment; authorizes bonds; appropriates money.

• H.F. 1296(Mullery) / S.F. 1184(Rest): Brooklyn Park; St. Paul; Fridley; Housing replacement district plan additional authority allowed to spend increments, housing replacement districts establishment authorized, housing replacement district local contribution requirement eliminated, and special laws for housing replacement reauthorized.

• H.F. 1669(Gunther) / S.F. 1277(Tomassoni): appropriates money for jobs, economic development, housing, and Minnesota Heritage.

• H.F. 1828(Hornstein) / S.F. 1605(Dibble): authorizes amendments to a municipal comprehensive plan for affordable housing to be approved by a simple majority.

• H.F. 1955(Holberg) / S.F. 1610(Rest): Livable Communities Act - transfers money from two accounts used for housing development and brownsfield remediation to cover transit operating deficits.

• H.F. 2070(Mullery) / S.F. 1772(Metzen): Targeted Communities Bill - modifies the targeted neighborhood revitalization program; creates a revolving fund; appropriates money.

• H.F. 2279(Davnie) / S.F. 2010(Scheid): Home Values Guarantee Pilot Program - creates a pilot program to stabilize market values of residential real estate in certain areas; provides a five-year guarantee against depreciation in value of certain properties; provides incentives to restructure mortgage loans.

Public Housing

• H.F. 0922(Nelson) / S.F. 0725(Moua): appropriates money for rehabilitation of public housing; authorizes the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Homelessness

• H.F 1013(Laine) / S.F. 1421(Chaudhary): Allows providers of homeless programs to impose requirements on clients and to require consistency in program guidelines.

• H.F 1014(Laine) / S.F. 1592(Torres Ray): Requires certain data for the Homeless Management Information System.

• H.F. 1312(Lesch) / S.F. 1128(Latz): Homeless Outreach Grants - homeless outreach grant program and appropriation.

• H.F. 1432(Rosenthal) / S.F. 969(Dibble): modifies provisions related to children aging out of foster care; modifies the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; appropriates money.

• H.F 1491(Hayden) / S.F. 2026(Dibble): restores the $3 million in one-time funding for long-term homelessness services, $1 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and additional monies for transitional housing programs and emergency services grants.

• H.F. 2009(Laine) / S.F. 1751(Marty): appropriates money for emergency services grants and transitional housing.

• H.F. 2247(Hilstrom) / S.F. 2041(Foley): establishes homelessness prevention and safer homes and neighborhoods accounts; requires a report and appropriates money.

• S.F. 0288 (Erickson Ropes) / no companion: continues outreach to homeless veterans in Minnesota.

• H.F. 0556(Morrow) / no companion: continues outreach to homeless veterans in Minnesota, and money appropriated.

• H.F 1516(Thissen) / no companion: appropriates money for long-term homeless supportive services.

• S.F 1984(Sheran) / no companion: appropriates money for long-term homeless supportive services.

Manufactured Housing

• H.F. 0356(Gardner) / S.F. 1269(Tomassoni): amends the MN manufactured home relocation fund.

• H.F. 1357(Koenen) / S.F. 1400(Kubly): modifies vehicle width and axle requirements for transporting manufactured homes.

Affordable Housing Tax Items

• H.F. 0392(Lenczewski) / S.F. 0252(Bakk): housing bonds exempt - AMT.

• H.F. 0885(Lenczewski) / S.F. 0681(Bakk): tax policy provisions changed.

• H.F. 1019(Drazkowski) / S.F. 1829(Gerlach): prohibits an increase in taxable market value for certain homesteads owned by persons age 65 years and older.

• H.F. 1136(Lenczewski) / S.F. 1777(Senjem): reduces corporate income tax rate; provides green job incentives; establishes small business investment company credit and job growth investment credit; abolishes political contribution refund; changes rent percentage for purposes of property tax refund; modifies capital equipment sales tax exemption; modifies incentive payment for sustainable forest resource management program; provides a federal update; providing for green job opportunity building zones; provides tax credits; allowing tax benefits; makes changes to local government aid, the market value homestead credit, income, franchise, property, sales and use, minerals, and other taxes and tax-related provisions; appropriates money.

• H.F. 1566(Dittrich) / S.F. 1258(Skoe): modifies mortgage registry tax payments.

• H.F. 1661(Loeffler) /S.F. 0490(Pogemiller): provides that certain elderly living facilities are exempt from property taxation; provides an exemption for the purchase of materials and supplies used in the construction of certain elderly facilities from sales taxation.

• H.F. 0044(Lesch) / no companion: authorizes tax abatement for property owners with Housing Choice Voucher contracts located in low poverty areas.

• H.F. 1506(Sanders) / no companion: exempts certain deeds from the deed tax.

• H.F. 1507(Sanders) / no companion: exempts certain residential mortgages from the mortgage tax.

• H.F. 1508(Sanders) / no companion: exempts certain residential mortgages for first-time homebuyers from the mortgage tax.

Property Tax Related Items

• H.F. 0476(Kohls) / S.F. 0476(Ortman): provides for discount for early payment of full property tax amounts.

• H.F. 0511(Marquart) / S.F. 1348(Dibble): provides for a seasonal recreational property tax deferral program; appropriates money.

• H.F. 0693(Ward) / S.F. 0130(M. Olson): Alters school district referendum market value tax base, and modifies seasonal recreational property taxation.

• H.F. 0872(Marquart) / S.F. 0751(Clark): Property tax exemption eligibility clarification provided for institutions of public charity.

• H.F. 0923(Carlson) / S.F. 0828(Rest): eliminates the one-year lag in determining fiscal disparities contribution net tax capacities and distribution levies with regard to property taxes.

• H.F. 1016(Scalze) / S.F. 1422(Rest): modifies the prescribed content of property tax statements.

• H.F. 1548(Gardner) / S.F. 1339(Scheid): establishes a limit on homeowner property taxes as a percentage of household income; reduces the market value homestead credit.

• H.F. 2180(Doty) / S.F. 1966(Koering): provides a property tax exemption for certain nursing homes.

• S.F. 0517(Ortman) / no companion: provides a property tax cap for long-term homeowners age 65 or older.

• S.F. 1340(Scheid) / no companion: establishes a limit on senior homeowners' property taxes as a percentage of household income.

• H.F. 1975(Marquart) / no companion: creates a senior citizen property tax deferral program.

• H.F. 2204(Marquart) / no companion: enhances the property tax refund and reduces the market value homestead credit.

Homeownership Incentives, Contracts and Protections

• H.F. 2341(Davnie) / S.F. 2095(Bakk): Tax credit loan program provided, and first-time homebuyer tax credit advance loan account established.

• S.F. 0170(Saltzman) / no companion: augments remedies for breach of contract cost recovery on statutory housing warranties.

• H.F. 0211(Swails) / no companion: civil action provisions for breach of contract cost recovery on statutory housing warranties.

• H.F. 0275(Laine) / no companion: prohibits nonrenewal of homeowner’s insurance in certain cases.

• H.F. 0904(Juhnke) / no companion: requires prompt payment for appraisal reports.

• H.F. 0330(Scalze) / S.F. 0264(Fobbe): extends time period for homeowners to notify contractors about construction defects.

• H.F. 0362(Knuth) / S.F. 0362(Dahle): eliminates the requirement that homeowners notify contractors about construction defects in writing.

• H.F. 0412(Bunn) / S.F. 0470(Rummel): adjusts the statute of repose for homeowner warranty claims.

• H.F. 0420(Laine) / S.F. 0776(Latz): requires that existing statutory implied residential construction warranties be made express warranties and be provided to the buyer in writing.

• H.F. 0578(Hortman) / S.F. 0056(Rest): regulates building and construction contracts and indemnification agreements.

• H.F. 0968(Hosch) / S.F. 0730(Saltzman): creates a Board of Residential Construction; modifies license regulation; authorizes rule making.

• H.F. 1041(Lillie) / S.F. 0404(Wiger): requires notice to applicants of cancellation of homeowner’s insurance.

• H.F. 1683(Obermueller) / S.F. 1593(Saltzman): housing warranties right to repair notice opportunity and remedies.

• H.F. 1987(Hortman) / S.F. 1963(Foley): establishes a homebuyer savings plan trust; provides income and franchise tax deductions.

• H.F. 2060(Sterner) / S.F. 1886(Saltzman): regulates public adjusters; modifies the notice or cancellation and prohibited practices; regulates insurance claims for residential roofing goods and services.

• H.F. 0027(Brod) / no companion: limits reconstructed housing assessment values after a disaster.

Rental Strategies

• H.F. 0076(Lesch) / no companion: landlords may not charge a tenant screening fee without using a uniform residential tenant report.

• H.F. 0077(Mullery) / no companion: requires landlords to refund potential tenants screening fees within two weeks under certain conditions.

• H.F. 1829(Mullery) / no companion: regulates contracts for deed and rental purchase agreements; providing attorney fees and other remedies.

• H.F. 0522(Hayden) /S.F. 1614(Dibble): Bridges rental housing assistance program funding provided, and money appropriated.

• H.F. 0577(Hosch) / S.F. 0480(Marty): repeals MFIP housing penalty.

• H.F. 1072(Murdock) / S.F. 0894(Skogen): clarifies the regulation and management of vacation home rentals.

• H.F. 1670(Mariani) / S.F. 1033(Marty): modifies municipality rent control provisions.

• H.F. 1697(Davnie) / S.F. 1397(Higgins): clarifies tenant rights with respect to property subject to a mortgage foreclosure.

• H.F. 2203(Clark) / S.F. 1818(Berglin): prohibits landlords from limiting posting of campaign material in window of tenant's residence.

• H.F. 1906(Loeffler) / no companion: reduces class rates for certain residential rental property.

Green Housing, Heating and Utilities

• H.F. 1726(Persell) / S.F. 1460(Rosen): provides rights to low-income customers of delivered home heating fuel vendors

• H.F. 2159(Westrom) / no companion: provides for utility rebates to homeowners for certain renewable energy projects used to heat a residence.

• H.F. 0005(Kalin) / S.F. 0005(Anderson): state plan development for energy efficiency housing, plus other items.

• H.F. 0149(Demmer) / S.F. 1379(Senjem): excludes natural gas and electricity from sales tax exemption for residential heating fuels.

• H.F. 0958(Olin) / S.F. 0961(Strumpf): authorizes state agencies to develop a plan for using federal stimulus funds dedicated to energy projects to install energy-efficient windows in government and residential buildings, to weatherize residential buildings, and to train installers; appropriates money.

• H.F. 1038(Jackson) / S.F. 0574(Dahle): authorizes Public Utilities Commission to order refunds of unlawful utility rate revenues.

• H.F. 1131(Bly) / S.F. 0841(Dahle): requires study and report concerning disclosure of energy use of residential building owners, purchasers, and renters.

• H.F. 1425(Sailor) / S.F. 1346(Dibble): modifies renewable energy standard technology options for certain public utilities.

• H.F. 1915(Hilty) /S.F. 1405(Prettner Solon): provides funding for residential energy conservation using federal stimulus funding.

• H.F. 2021(Falk) /S.F. 1440(Kubly): provides a tax credit for certain residential solar energy system installations.

• H.F. 680(Kalin) / S.F. 657(Anderson): directs federal stimulus energy, including weatherization funding.

• H.F. 1584(Gardner) / no companion: modifies the exemption for home heating fuels.

Housing for Veterans

• H.F. 0503(Persell) / S.F. 0469(Olson): Bemidji Veterans facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

• H.F. 0533(Koenen) / S.F. 0471(Kubly): authorizes the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriates money for a veterans home in Montevideo.

• H.F. 0541(Juhnke) / S.F. 0885(Erickson Ropes): extends the time frame for eligibility for the surviving spouses of certain disabled military veterans to receive the residential homestead market value exclusion.

• H.F. 0629(Juhnke) / S.F. 0502(Berglin): requires an application for federal certification of veterans homes; provides a schedule for applications.

• H.F. 0837(Juhnke) / S.F. 0888(Gimse): exempts the amount of any military disability pay received by a veteran from the definition of household income.

• H.F. 1134 (Kath) / S.F. 0623(Day): authorizes the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriates money for a veterans home in Owatonna.

• H.F. 2098(Davnie) / no companion: appropriates money for ombudsman position at certain veterans homes.

Other Housing Related Items

• H.F. 1802(Eken) / S.F. 2008(Skoe): provides a group residential housing supplemental rate for a provider in Mahnomen county.

• H.F. 344(Haws) / S.F. 1475(Clark): modifies recovery of money requirements by adding group residential housing.

• H.F. 0524(Mullery) / S.F. 0317(Marty): establishes County jail reentry project, and money appropriated.

• H.F. 0993(Dill) / S.F. 1158(Bakk): adjusts audit requirement for submission of financial statements to the attorney general by charitable organizations.

• H.F. 1239(Hayden) / S.F. 1166(Kelash): changes eligibility for group residential housing.

• H.F. 1562(Huntley) / S.F. 1344(Berglin): requires a request for proposals process to develop community based residential services.

• H.F. 1636(Clark) / S.F. 2042(Pappas): provides housing and support services for victims of human trafficking and appropriates money.

• H.F. 1986(Peterson) / S.F. 1883(Rest): changes registration and licensing provisions for housing with service establishments and entities under the Human Services Licensing Act.