MN SF1014

Allows tenants or their authorized representatives to terminate leases early if a medical professional determines the tenant requires assistance with daily living activities, meets nursing facility care criteria, has significant mental health functional impairment, or needs to move to a medical care facility.

Requires at least two months' written notice effective on the last day of a calendar month, with notice including medical documentation of infirmity and proof of acceptance or pending application at the required medical care facility.

Excludes tenants who require accessible units if the landlord can provide an accessible unit in the same complex available within two months of the request.

Tenant remains liable for rent and other sums owed prior to or during the notice period, and for restoring the premises to original condition minus ordinary wear and tear.

Prohibits lease provisions or agreements requiring longer notice periods than specified in the law, making such waivers void and unenforceable, effective January 1, 2016 for leases entered into or renewed on or after that date.