S.F. No. 5163 Summary

• Requires landlords to establish one of ten specific grounds for termination before issuing notice to terminate a tenancy or refusing to renew a lease.

• Permits termination for nonpayment of rent (if tenant fails to cure after notice), repeated late rent payments (5+ times in 12 months), material lease breach, tenant refusal to renew, or when tenant's occupancy is conditioned on employment that ends.

• Allows termination when landlord or family member seeks to occupy the unit as principal residence, for good faith rehabilitation or renovation that renders the unit uninhabitable, or to comply with government agency orders.

• Permits termination for property withdrawal from residential rental market if landlord provides 180-day notice, files notice with Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and pays tenant one month's rent as relocation fee; subjects landlord to damages and attorney fees if units are rented within five years.

• Permits termination for building demolishment, conversion to cooperative or nonresidential use, condominium conversion sales, or conversion to subsidized housing units when tenant does not qualify.