HF835 Summary

• Prohibits rental discrimination based on tenant receipt of public assistance, including rental assistance, rent supplements, and housing choice vouchers, by property owners, lessees, real estate brokers, and agents.

• Requires landlords to provide written notice to tenants at least 14 days before filing eviction for nonpayment of rent, including total amount due, itemized breakdown, contact person for payment, and information about legal and financial assistance resources.

• Expands mandatory expungement of eviction records to include cases where defendant prevailed on merits, court dismissed complaint for any reason, parties agreed to expungement, eviction was ordered 3+ years prior, or defendant fulfilled settlement terms.

• Makes eviction case court actions nonpublic records until final judgment is entered, limiting public access to pending eviction cases.

• Modifies discretionary expungement standard to require court finding that eviction case file is no longer a reasonable predictor of future tenant behavior and expungement is clearly in interests of justice.