COMMITTEE SCHEDULES & DEADLINES

Below are direct links to upcoming meetings, schedules and deadlines of committees:

• House Committee Meetings / / Senate Committee Meetings

• House Calendar / / Senate Calendar

• House Committee Deadlines / / Senate Committee Deadlines

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BILL TRACKING: HOUSING AND HOMELESS

This section covers housing legislation of the 2010 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

• Supplemental Budget Proposal / Detail: $3.664 million from PARIF & $1 million from the Rental Rehab Loan program. For the 2012-13 biennium and beyond, PARIF is cut by $3.206 million and the Rehab Loan program by $2.512 million representing a 6% permanent reduction to Minnesota Housing’s appropriations base.

Budget Forecast

• February Forecast: 2010-11 biennium shows a $994 million deficit; 2012-13 shows a deficit of $5.8 billion.

Omnibus Bills

• S.F. 2360 (Langseth) / H.F. 2700 (Hausman): Omnibus Bonding Bill contains $10 million for public housing rehab. $5 million for supportive housing and foreclosure rental acquisition/rehab have been stripped out.
  Tracking Spreadsheets: Senate / House / Side By Side / Veto Letter

• S.F. 2485 (Koering): Governor's bonding proposal contains $5 million for supportive housing and foreclosure rental acquisition/rehab. It is noteworthy that the debt service for these bonds is included in the Governor's supplemental budget proposal.

Housing Budget

• Senate Economic Development and Housing Budget Proposal : $2.4 million cut from PARIF & $1 million from the Rental Rehab Loan program. An additional $2 million is transferred from PARIF to the General Fund. For the 2012-13 biennium and beyond, the base is cut by $2 million.

Bonding

• S.F. 2165 (Marty) / H.F. 2046 (Mariani) : $190 million in nonprofit bonds; $200 million in public housing bonds. The energy investments portion of this bill passed.

• S.F. 2165 (Marty) / H.F. 2046 (Mariani) : $190 million in nonprofit bonds; $200 million in public housing bonds. The energy investments portion of this bill passed.

• S.F. 1382 (Tomassoni) / H.F. 1354 (Clark): $100 million in non-allocated nonprofit housing bonds for creation of affordable rental housing, acquisition and renovation of vacant or foreclosed properties to sell at affordable prices, or making loans to neighborhood land trusts to acquire land for affordable housing.

• S.F. 725 (Moua) / H.F. 0922 (Nelson): $20 million in bonds for public housing rehab and preservation.

• S.F. 2171 (Sparks) / H.F. 2481 (Nelson): appropriates money for rehabilitation public housing; authorizes the sale and issuance of state bonds.

• S.F. 2275 (Sieben) / H.F. 2702 (Benson): authorizes the sale and issuance of nonprofit housing bonds for community land trusts.

Cash Assistance

• S.F. 2164 (Hann) / H.F. 2384 (Scott) : relates to human services; MFIP; changes provisions for nonpublic assistance IV-D services.

• S.F. 2243 (Berglin) / H.F. 2564 (Hayden): modifies the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) time limit on assistance.

Foreclosure

• S.F. 2242 (Dibble) / H.F. 2604 (Hayden): allows a stay of mortgage foreclosure proceedings under certain conditions; landlord and tenant; provides rights to tenants of foreclosed property.

• S.F. 2643 (Scheid) / H.F. 2600 (Mullery): SAFE Act requires licensing and regulation provided for an individual engaged in the business of a mortgage loan originator or the mortgage loan business. Some nonprofit banks and foreclosure prevention counseling networks seek an exemption from this.

• S.F. 2549 (Higgins) / H.F. 2824 (Hayden): modifies time for requesting a hearing on an order to secure a building; modifies notice of sale requirements; requires a certificate of sale and specified information to be provided to political subdivisions; authorizes political subdivisions to recover costs and attorney fees associated with obtaining a five-week redemption period.

• S.F. 2170 (Scheid) / H.F. 2613 (Hilstrom): Foreclosure Remediation Bill provides for mediation prior to commencement of mortgage foreclosure proceedings on homestead property; creates a homestead-lender mediation account.

• S.F. 2501 (Scheid) / H.F. 2615 (Mullery): streamlines the process of connecting an owner facing a residential mortgage foreclosure with an authorized foreclosure prevention agency and with a person authorized to negotiate on behalf of the foreclosing lender.

• S.F. 2595 (Dibble) / H.F. 2668 (Mullery): modifies certain procedures related to expungement in tenant eviction cases; adds certain residential covenants; specifies procedures for handling applicant screening fees; provides for certain rights to tenants of foreclosed properties.

• S.F. 2430 (Scheid) / H.F. 2699 (Hilstrom): regulates acquisition of the legal right to redeem a residence in foreclosure; requires a notice to the mortgagee after a sheriff's sale of residential real property in foreclosure.

• H.F. 2708 (Kelash) / H.F. 2708 (Mullery): makes a conforming change to provide for the right of the borrower to obtain a postponement of a foreclosure sale that has a 12-month redemption period, as is now available for a six-month redemption period.

• H.F. 2176 (Obermueller): requires nuisance property disclosure to potential buyers.

Manufactured Housing

• S.F. 2701 (Bakk) / H.F. 2972 (Lenczewski): tax policy only bill contains or contained a harmful provision threatening homestead status and tax rate for manufactured housing co-ops. The provision has been deleted in the House.

Senior Housing

• H.F. 2794 (Anzelc): appropriates money for grants to local governments for senior housing with services; authorizes the sale and issuance of state bonds.

Taxes

• S.F. 2078 (Metzen) / H.F. 2364 (Sertich): Provisions for stimulation of the construction industry and a low-income housing tax credit. Passed in the Senate May 11, 2009.

• H.F. 2617 (Scalze): relates to special service districts; changes certain provisions for housing improvement areas concerning petitions and veto powers.

• S.F. 2229 (Moua) / H.F. 2527 (Davnie): expands the sales tax exemption for construction materials used in low-income housing projects.

Tenant Rights & Other

• S.F. 2640 (Marty) / H.F. 2829 (Champion): expungement of eviction records provisions modified and personal representative of deceased tenant allowed unit access.

• S.F. 2721 (Kelash) / H.F. 2985 (Clark): prohibits imposition of a late fee except in specified circumstances; requires a receipt for certain rent payments; permits a tenant to make emergency repairs; modifies other laws related to a rental agreement.

• S.F. 2520 (Higgins) / H.F. 2816 (Hayden): modifies certain provisions relating to utilities; permitting termination of a lease for medical reasons; modifies provisions relating to eviction.

• S.F. 2617 (Fobbe) / H.F. 3222 (Jackson): state-paid refund provides for certain property tax increases on agricultural property, percentage temporarily reduces of rent constituting property taxes.

Unrelated But Interesting

• S.F. 2566 (Cohen) / H.F. 2866 (Carlson): modifies authority of the executive branch to reduce unexpended allotments.