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H.R. 3049119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Apr 28, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 3049 grants tenants in Section 8 and LIHTC housing legal protections to organize, with landlord retaliation presumed if action follows within 180 days.
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HR 3049 would give tenants in federally assisted housing the legal right to form organizations, hold meetings, distribute materials, and speak to the media or government. Landlords would be required to recognize tenant groups, respond in writing to their concerns within 60 days, and provide meeting space. Tenants could file complaints with HUD or sue landlords directly, and HUD would have one year to create a formal complaint process and report to Congress every three months.
Lower-income renters using Housing Choice Vouchers or living in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit apartments would gain new legal protections. Landlords, property management companies, public housing agencies, state housing agencies, and nonprofit organizations would all face new obligations or become eligible for new federal grants.
Landlords who retaliate against tenants within 180 days of protected activity would be presumed to have acted unlawfully unless they can prove otherwise. LIHTC landlords who violate the rules could lose their tax credit status, and nonprofits would become eligible for federal grants to support tenant organizing.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.