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2013 MN Bill Tracker

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BILL TRACKING: HOUSING AND HOMELESS

This section will cover housing legislation of the 2013 session. Simply click on the bill number and it will take you to the description, text, status and authors of the bill.

Governor's Proposals (Governor's Legislative Tracker)

Housing Development & Redevelopment

Homeless Housing & Services

 Tenant Rights & Other.

  • H.F. 2 (Davnie): decreases the threshold percentage for the homestead credit refund for homeowners; increases the percentage of rent constituting property taxes, also known as the renters’ credit, from 17% to 18%.
  • H.F. 24 (Mullery): increases the percentage of rent constituting property taxes, also know as the renters’ credit, from 17% to 19%.
  • H.F. 126 (Faust): decreases the threshold percentage for the homestead credit refund for homeowners; increases the percentage of rent constituting property taxes, also known as the renters’ credit, from 17% to 18%.
  • H.F. 173 (Morgan): increases the percentage of rent constituting property taxes; also known as the renters’ credit, from 17% to 19%.
  • H.F. 85 (Clark) / S.F. 182 (Hayden): allows a stay of mortgage foreclosure proceedings under certain conditions; foreclosure moratorium; landlord and tenant; providing rights to tenants of foreclosed property.
  • H.F. 299 (Clark) / S.F. 293 (Dibble): appropriates money for a grant to HOME Line for the tenant services programs.
  • H.F. 300 (Clark) / S.F. 591 (Hayden): tenant rights - creates a notice to quit or pay prior to filing an eviction action.
  • H.F. 829 (Allen) / S.F. 967 (Champion): Changes motion requirements related to eviction expungements; changes penalty and filing requirements for wrongful entry by a landlord; changes notice requirements after conveyance of real property; creates new emergency tenant remedies actions; repeals requirements for section 8 eviction actions in foreclosed residential properties.
  • H.F. 859 (Simon) / S.F. 771 (Hayden): Creates additional remedies for victims of violence evicted from their homes.
  • H.F. 1445 (Clark) / S.F. 1272 (Hayden): establishes a health housing grant program; appropriates money for health housing grants and lead poisoning prevention activities.

Foreclosure

  • H.F. 8 (Mullery): enacts the Supporting Responsible Homeowners and Stabilizing Neighborhoods Act; providing homeowner opportunities in regard to underwater mortgage loans and foreclosure relief on residential homestead property.
  • H.F. 21 (Mullery): requires certain calculations in mortgage foreclosures; requires reduction in the mortgage loan balance under certain circumstances.
  • H.F. 22 (Mullery): foreclosure forbearance for unemployed long-term homeowners.
  • H.F. 25 (Mullery): provides foreclosed homeowners with the right to stay in the home for a longer period of time.
  • H.F. 26 (Mullery): requires lenders to make certain post foreclosure offers to former homeowners.
  • H.F. 27 (Mullery): requires mortgage lenders who have foreclosed on real estate within a city must deed the property to the city in which it is located when the foreclosure has been completed; permitting the city to charge the lender for any costs of repair or demolition.
  • H.F. 28 (Mullery): provides homeowners facing foreclosure with information about the current owner of the mortgagee interest in the property, the current holder of the mortgage, and the third-party servicer of the mortgage loan if any.
  • H.F. 29 (Mullery): requires lenders to make certain calculations prior to foreclosure.
  • H.F. 35 (Mullery): regulates underwater mortgage loans; provides an opportunity to refinance; requires transparency in loan modification criteria.
  • H.F. 36 (Mullery): repeals certain obsolete limitations on state regulation of residential mortgage lending; conforms to the federal Dodd-Frank Act.
  • H.F. 49 (Mullery): provides that future mortgage foreclosures by advertisement will not be effective; provides that a deficiency judgment will no longer be available on foreclosures of homestead property by action or advertisement.
  • H.F. 51 (Mullery): regulates lender sale of a foreclosed property to a person who has an un-remedied local housing code violation.
  • H.F. 83 (Freiberg) / S.F. 70 (Rest): enacts the Homeowner Bill of Rights. Requires notice of rights of military service members; requires the lender to provide a single point of contact; prohibits a mortgage lender from beginning or continuing a foreclosure proceeding while considering a request by a borrower for a mortgage modification; homeowner's right to sue in case of wrongful foreclosure; requires that the mortgage lender participate in and pay for mediation if the borrower requests mediation.
  • H.F. 85 (Clark) / S.F. 182 (Hayden): allows a stay of mortgage foreclosure proceedings under certain conditions; foreclosure moratorium; landlord and tenant; providing rights to tenants of foreclosed property.
  • H.F. 129 (Sanders) / S.F. 294 (Dahle): regulates mortgage foreclosures; clarifies the definition of a foreclosure consultant and excludes certain attorneys to be foreclosure consultants.
  • H.F. 251 (Poppe) / S.F. 253 (Sparks): Farmer-Lender Mediation Act sunset date extended.
  • H.F. 317 (Mullery): provides a grant for funding for mortgage foreclosure counseling.
  • H.F. 1377 (Hortman) / S.F. 1276 (Torres Ray): requires loss mitigation by mortgage lenders and servicers.

Homeownership

  • H.F. 257 (Mullery): deed or lease protections provided for persons entering a contract for deed or lease with options to buy involving residential real estate.
  • H.F. 837 (Allen): classifes data obtained in the course of providing homeownership education, counseling, and training services.
  • H.F. 1264 (Sundin) / S.F. 1059 (Jensen): regulates residential mortgage loan counseling.

Tax Credits, TIF, Deductions, Exemptions, etc.

  • H.F. 2 (Davnie): decreases the threshold percentage for the homestead credit refund for homeowners; increases the percentage of rent constituting property taxes, also known as the renters’ credit, from 17% to 18%.
  • H.F. 24 (Mullery): increases the percentage of rent constituting property taxes, also know as the renters’ credit, from 17% to 19%.
  • H.F. 52 (Mullery): land banking tax exemptions.
  • H.F. 104 (Hansen): authorizes the Dakota County Community Development Agency to create a tax increment financing district.
  • H.F. 126 (Faust): decreases the threshold percentage for the homestead credit refund for homeowners; increases the percentage of rent constituting property taxes, also known as the renters’ credit, from 17% to 18%.
  • H.F. 173 (Morgan): increases the percentage of rent constituting property taxes; also known as the renters’ credit, from 17% to 19%.
  • H.F. 205 (Loeffler) / S.F. 13 (Dziedzic): amends the expiration of the authority for Hennepin and Ramsey Counties to impose a mortgage and deed tax.
  • H.F. 722 (Johnson) / S.F. 905 (Nienow): amends property tax due dates.
  • S.F. 156 (Dziedzic): tax-exempt bond allocations to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; changing the carry forward period from one year to three years; reverses the reallocations for 2013.
  • H.F. 1055 (Clark) / S.F. 1370 (Hayden): provides for deposit of certain mortgage registry and deed taxes in an affordable housing fund. 
  • H.F. 1624 (Clark) / S.F. 1256 (Cohen): appropriates a portion of the proceeds of the mortgage registry tax and deed tax to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency to be used for creation of affordable housing units.
  • H.F. 1635 (Allen):  limits taxable valuation for class 4d property.
  • H.F. 1647 (Loefller): modifies the property tax refund for renters; extends income eligibility.
  • H.F. 1651 (Clark): asks the President and Congress to support expanded housing options and greater tax fairness (memorial resolution).

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