Georgia rental housing laws

What it would do: Prohibits landlords and coordinators from using algorithmic rent-setting tools that incorporate nonpublic competitor data from two or more competing landlords to generate rental price recommendations. Requires annual certification to the Attorney General and five-year record retention of pricing data and contracts.

What it would do: Prohibits any person from facilitating noncompete agreements between residential rental property owners or managers, including through algorithmic coordinating functions. Prohibits rental property owners or managers from setting rental prices, lease terms, or occupancy levels based on software or algorithmic recommendations.

What it would do: Extends the notice period for tenants to vacate or pay rent from three business days to seven business days in dispossessory proceedings under Georgia law.

What it would do: Prohibits landlords from failing to disclose the total rental price clearly and conspicuously before entering rental agreements or accepting payment, and prohibits charging hidden fees for residential properties, including hotels and short-term rentals.

What it would do: Establishes minimum habitability standards for rental dwellings, requiring landlords to maintain premises fit for human habitation and comply with building codes. Allows tenants to terminate leases, withhold rent, recover damages, or make repairs and deduct costs if landlords fail to remedy noncompliance within one week of notice.

What it would do: Prohibits persons and their affiliates from purchasing single-family homes in counties with populations exceeding 150,000 once they own 25 or more rental homes. Requires annual reporting to the Secretary of State and property inspections, with enforcement through civil penalties up to $100 per day per home and punitive damages up to $50,000 or three times total damages.

What it would do: Limits rent increases to 10 percent for tenants age 62 or older whose primary income is from Social Security benefits when renewing or entering new rental agreements between July 1, 2026, and December 31, 2028.

What it would do: Limits rent increases on residential property renewals to 5 percent per lease renewal, effective July 1, 2026, for leases entered into or renewed on or after that date. Allows owners to set unrestricted rent for new tenancies where no prior tenant remains.

What it would do: Allows residential tenants to complete necessary repairs after 14 days' notice and offset rental payments by repair costs, or terminate leases after 60 days' notice if landlords fail to make repairs affecting essential services or habitability.

What it would do: Prohibits landlords from requiring disabled veterans to have monthly income exceeding twice the monthly rent to qualify as tenants. Defines disabled veteran to include those adjudicated 100 percent disabled by the VA and veterans with specified service-connected disabilities.

What it would do: Allows tenants to terminate residential leases 30 days after written notice if they or a legal occupant experienced residential firearm violence or if a protective order was issued, with documentation required and liability limited to prorated rent through termination date.

What it would do: Repeals Code Section 44-7-19 of the Georgia Code, which restricted local governments from regulating rent, and designates that section as reserved.

What it would do: Allows tenants who prevail in dispossessory actions to petition courts to seal records. Also permits settlement agreements or tenants waiting three years after unsuccessful actions to petition for sealing under specified circumstances.

What it would do: Allows residential tenants to repair material defects after 14 days' notice to landlord and offset rental payments up to 50 percent per installment for repair costs, and permits lease termination after 60 days if repairs remain incomplete. Prohibits landlords from retaliating against tenants exercising these rights.

What it would do: Amends Georgia Code Section 44-7-13 to expand landlord duties regarding rental premises, requiring landlords maintain structures that are structurally sound, provide adequate space, ventilation, water supply, sanitary facilities, heating/cooling, lighting, food preparation areas, and install smoke detectors in occupied units and public areas.

What it would do: Limits rent increases for tenants aged 62+ or veterans whose primary income is from Social Security or Veterans' Benefits to the lower of 5% plus CPI or 10% annually, and makes exceeding this limit an affirmative defense in eviction actions, effective July 1, 2025, repealing January 1, 2035.

What it would do: Allows tenants to deduct repair costs from rent if landlords fail to respond within five days, capped at 50 percent per installment. Extends tenant response time in eviction cases from seven to fourteen days and allows rent tender as a defense once per twelve months.

What it would do: Limits residential rental increases to 3 percent annually (2 percent for students and senior citizens), requires 120 days notice, and prohibits mid-lease increases except as stated in the agreement. Allows qualifying senior citizens a one-time five-year rental freeze option.

What it would do: Requires landlords to present tenants with a comprehensive list of existing damage to the premises and an itemization of all lease-associated fees prior to the tenant tendering a security deposit, with the tenant retaining a copy and having the right to inspect and sign or dissent from the list.

What it would do: Prohibits agreements between two or more landlords involving parallel pricing coordination of residential rental properties and declares such agreements unenforceable contracts in restraint of trade, subject to civil penalties of $1,000 per violation enforceable by the Attorney General or district attorneys.

What it would do: Prohibits agreements between landlords to fix residential rental prices and makes such agreements unenforceable contracts in restraint of trade. Establishes criminal penalties of one to five years imprisonment and fines of $1,000 to $5,000 for violations.

What it would do: Allows local governments to inspect residential rental properties with four or more dwelling units based on reasonable suspicion of code violations instead of requiring probable cause. Permits local governments to require registration of persons or entities owning at least 20 residential rental properties in Georgia.

What it would do: Prohibits landlords from requiring tenants using government housing vouchers to earn three times monthly rent. Establishes tenant rights to withhold rent and deduct repair costs up to one month's rent or $500, prohibits retaliation, and adds source of income as a protected class in fair housing.

What it would do: Revises condominium and property owners' association lien procedures, voids conveyances of single-family dwellings to real estate investment trusts holding $30 million or 12,000 units in Georgia, repeals local rent regulation restrictions, and prohibits nonjudicial foreclosures on debtors age 65 or older or wards.

What it would do: Repeals Code Section 44-7-19 of Georgia law, which previously restricted local governments from regulating rent, and designates that code section as reserved.