Habitability and repairs laws by state

HB 2068: landlord tenant; assistance animals

Defines assistance animals and service animals in Arizona's fair housing law, with service animals limited to dogs or miniature horses trained for disability tasks. Shields landlords from liability for injuries caused by assistance or service animals allowed as reasonable accommodations.

HB 2168: long-term RVs; cooling; prohibition

Landlords of recreational vehicle parks shall not prohibit tenants from installing reasonably necessary commercial cooling methods on recreational vehicles as defined in section 33-2102, paragraph 18, subdivision (b), (c) or (d). Landlords must continue to comply with existing rules regarding written rules, notice requirements, and prohibited practices.

SB 1296: Real property: rentals: pet policy.

A landlord who allows tenants to have pets must provide a written pet policy and disclose it with rental applications, on the property's internet website, in digital advertisements, and to residential rental search engines. The policy must include breed and weight restrictions, fees with specific dollar amounts, pet limits, vaccination requirements, liability insurance requirements, and other material rules. If a landlord charges an application fee but fails to disclose the pet policy before charging, and the applicant becomes ineligible or declines to proceed, the landlord must refund the application fee within five business days of written notice.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

AB 747: Service of Process Accountability, Reform and Equity (SPARE) Act.

County clerks must maintain a publicly available register of process servers beginning January 1, 2027. Process servers must attempt personal delivery on at least three occasions on three different days at three different times to show reasonable diligence. Process servers must provide photographs with GPS coordinates and detailed statements in proofs of service for personal, substituted, or posting service in unlawful detainer actions.

AB 754: Floating home marinas: rent caps: County of Marin.

Management of floating home marinas in the County of Marin shall not increase gross rental rates for tenancies more than the percent change in the cost of living over any 12-month period, with a minimum increase of 3 percent and maximum of 7.5 percent. Management must provide notice of increases and demonstrate that utility and incidental fees reflect actual costs. Management shall not charge fees for marina rule enforcement.

SB 610: Disaster assistance: tenants, mobilehome parks, and mortgages.

Landlords must remove disaster debris and mitigate hazards within a reasonable time following government cleaning protocols. Management must return advance rental payments within 21 days when mobilehome tenancies terminate due to disaster damage. Tenants and homeowners are discharged from rent obligations during mandatory evacuation periods. The Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation must coordinate with mortgage lenders to facilitate forbearance and loss mitigation programs following wildfire emergencies.

AB 628: Hiring of real property: dwellings: untenantability.

Landlords must provide stoves and refrigerators maintained in good working order for leases entered into, amended, or extended on or after January 1, 2026, except for specified dwelling unit types. Landlords must repair or replace recalled stoves or refrigerators within 30 days of receiving notice. Tenants and landlords may mutually agree for tenants to provide their own refrigerators under specified conditions.

HB 1145: Mobile Home Park Water Quality

HB 1013: Ratio Utility Billing Systems

SB 25-020: Tenant and Landlord Law Enforcement

The Attorney General, counties, and municipalities may independently initiate civil actions to enforce Colorado landlord-tenant laws. District courts may appoint receivers to operate multifamily residential properties upon finding a pattern of neglect threatening tenant health, safety, or security. Receivers must remediate violations and submit compliance reports every thirty days.

SB 335: An act concerning utility charges for residential dwelling units.

Rental agreements cannot require tenants to waive rights under specified statutes or ordinances, authorize landlord confessions of judgment, limit landlord liability, waive security deposit interest, permit dispossession without court order, consent to property distraint, pay attorney fees exceeding fifteen percent of judgments, pay late charges before grace periods expire, pay excessive late charges, pay heat or utilities surcharges when included in rent, or pay for utilities without separate metering.

Took effect 1 October 2026

SB 40: An act to amend titles 10 and 25 of the delaware code relating to manufactured housing and tenants’ receivership petitions.

Landlords of manufactured home communities must not engage in a pattern or practice of violating provisions of subchapters I through V of Chapter 70 of Title 25 or rental agreement terms. The Justice of the Peace Court must send written notice to the Director of Consumer Protection within 10 days of receiving a tenants' receivership petition, except when filed by the Attorney General.

HB 70: An act to amend titles 16 and 25 of the delaware code relating to lead-based paint.

Amends Delaware law on lead-based paint by requiring immediate implementation of a feasibility review and worker safety provisions, while delaying other provisions until 12 months after necessary legislation and regulations are enacted or March 1, 2028, whichever is earlier.

B 26-0164: Rebalancing Expectations for Neighbors, Tenants, and Landlords (RENTAL) Act of 2025

Housing providers must serve tenants with 10 days' notice before evicting for dangerous crimes or crimes of violence, and courts must hold expedited hearings within 20 days. Courts may dismiss eviction cases for deficiencies when weighing prejudice to all parties. The Mayor must establish certification systems for tenant support providers and qualified purchasers, and maintain public databases of TOPA transactions and housing authority information.

SB 594: Local Housing Assistance Plans

Each county and eligible municipality must include in its local housing assistance plan a strategy addressing affordable housing needs from mobile home park closures and a strategy for providing program funds to mobile home owners including lot rental assistance. Counties and eligible municipalities may expend local housing distribution funds on lot rental assistance for mobile home owners not exceeding 6 months' rent.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 948: Flood Disclosures

Landlords must provide flood disclosure to prospective tenants at or before rental agreement execution for terms of 1 year or longer. Sellers must provide flood disclosure to purchasers before sales contract execution. Developers of residential condominium units must provide flood disclosure to prospective purchasers before sales contract execution. Mobile home park owners must provide flood disclosure to prospective lessees before lot rental agreement execution or occupancy.

Took effect 1 October 2025

HB 399: Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications

LD 1927: An Act To Protect Housing Quality By Enacting Mold Inspection, Notification And Remediation Requirements

Landlords must not offer for rent a dwelling unit in which there is a leaking event, chronic moisture or humidity conditions outside of tenant control that result in growth of mold, bacteria or other biological organisms, as this constitutes a breach of the implied warranty of fitness for human habitation.

LD 1471: An Act To Require Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statements And Energy Efficiency Standards For Certain Rental Housing In The State

Landlords must provide tenants a signed energy efficiency disclosure statement beginning January 1, 2030. Beginning January 1, 2035, landlords must ensure rental dwelling units meet insulation standards under Title 35-A, section 10117, subsection 2, or pay tenants 50% of monthly heating bills if tenants pay for heat. The Public Utilities Commission shall adopt rules to carry out these purposes.

LD 1145: An Act To Protect Residents Living In Mobile Home Parks

The owner of a mobile home park must give written notice by certified mail to each mobile home owner and the Maine State Housing Authority before accepting an offer to sell, and must wait at least 60 days and negotiate in good faith with any group of mobile home owners or mobile home owners' association that submits a matching offer within that period.

SB 12: Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirement

A landlord of apartment buildings with 10 or more individual dwelling units must provide air-conditioning in each residential unit beginning June 1, 2026 for newly constructed units and October 1, 2026 for units undergoing renovation with electrical or heating system replacement or substantial upgrade. From June 1 to September 30 annually, the landlord must maintain temperature at not greater than 80 degrees Fahrenheit at 3 feet above floor level in each habitable space, or ensure tenant-controlled systems are in good working order and capable of maintaining that temperature.

Took effect 1 June 2026

HB 220: Environment - Water - Individual Submeters

Owners, operators, or managers of apartment houses or mobile home parks installing individual unit water submeters must allocate charges proportionally to actual usage, may not impose costs for maintenance leaks or common areas, may charge up to $1 per unit monthly for administration, must include leak detection monitors, and must maintain adequate records. Landlords requiring tenant payments to third parties must use written leases, provide bills 20 days before due date, and notify prospective tenants of prior water costs.

Took effect 1 October 2026

SB 872: Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing - Rental Dwelling Unit - Definition

Alters the definition of 'rental dwelling unit' for lead risk reduction purposes by removing the requirement that it be 'independent' and adding that units need only have living facilities with or access to permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

Took effect 1 October 2026

HB 1076: Residential Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Landlord Entry

A landlord must provide a tenant with written notice at least 24 hours in advance before entering a leased premises, except in emergencies. The notice must include the date, approximate time, and specific purpose of entry. Entry is permitted only between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday through Saturday, or another agreed time.

Took effect 1 October 2025

SB 856: Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act)

Landlords must provide tenants with a mold information pamphlet at lease signing and every 2 years on request. Landlords must perform mold assessment and remediation within 15 days of written notice of mold detection from a local agency or tenant. Landlords must maintain proper ventilation, low humidity, and compliance with all applicable housing codes.

Took effect 1 July 2025

A 2929: Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of certain property for lead drinking water hazards.*

Landlords must provide tenants a Lead In Drinking Water Disclosure statement within 90 days of notice publication, before lease signing or renewal, disclosing lead service line status, construction date, recent lead action level exceedances, and health risk information. Landlords must not obstruct public water system replacement of lead service lines. Public community water systems must test drinking water for lead upon customer request, at no charge.

A 10006: Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year

School districts must serve all eligible four-year-old children in full-day prekindergarten programs by the 2028-2029 school year if parents apply for enrollment. School districts must submit universal prekindergarten applications and expenditure reports to the commissioner. Owners of rent-regulated buildings must not engage in systematic courses of conduct impairing habitability or endangering tenant safety to induce vacancies.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 2385: AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 23 and a new section to chapter 47-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to receivers for mobile home parks and a defense to an eviction from a mobile home; to amend and reenact sections 23-10-03, 23-10-04, 23-10-06, 23-10-06.2, 23-10-12, and 47-10-28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensure and regulation of mobile home parks; and to provide a penalty.

Mobile home park owners must provide tenants with lease summaries, ownership information, and advance notice of rule changes. Owners must designate local offices with contact information, acknowledge tenant complaints within two business days, and may not charge excessive late fees or utility fees without individual meters. Owners must provide right of first refusal to residents before sale.

HB 3378: Relating to tenant dwelling access to dwelling unit.

Landlords must maintain dwelling units in habitable condition, including effective waterproofing, plumbing, water supply, heating, electrical lighting, safe grounds, garbage receptacles, structural integrity, appliances, fire safety, carbon monoxide alarms, working locks and latches, and means of unlocking locks. For buildings permitted after April 1, 2024, landlords must provide adequate cooling facilities in at least one room.

Took effect 1 January 2026

H 3387: Unlawful occupants of property

Operators of recreational vehicle parks may remove transient guests or guests meeting specified conditions by written notice. Property owners may petition courts to remove unlawful occupants of residential dwellings. Persons must not unlawfully occupy residential dwellings, list property for sale without legal authority, or present false documents to detain property.

HB 2037: Relating to repairs made pursuant to a residential or manufactured home tenant's notice of intent to repair and the provision of notice regarding a residential or manufactured home tenant's security deposit.

Repairs made pursuant to a tenant's notice of intent to repair must be made by an independent company, contractor, or repairman and must be licensed if required by the municipality. Repairs cannot be made by the tenant, tenant's immediate family, tenant's employer or employees, or a company in which the tenant has an ownership interest. Repairs cannot be made to foundation or load-bearing structural elements.

Took effect 1 September 2025

HB 374: Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; written rental agreement, lot rent increase prohibition, etc.

Landlords of manufactured home parks must provide written rental agreements with itemized charges on the first page and offer one-year terms. Landlords are prohibited from increasing annual lot rent upon renewal if the manufactured home community has an unresolved notice of violation from the locality for zoning, building, fire code, or habitability violations.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 290: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities.

Landlords must maintain dwelling units in fit and habitable condition, remedying material noncompliance constituting fire hazards or serious threats to life, health, or safety within a reasonable time frame after notice from a locality. Material noncompliance includes infestation of rodents or lack of heat, hot or cold running water, electricity, or adequate sewage disposal facilities.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 294: Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; submetering, energy allocation, & ratio utility billing sys.

Owners, managers, or operators of residential buildings must clearly state in rental agreements if energy submetering equipment, energy allocation equipment, water and sewer submetering equipment, or ratio utility billing systems are used. They must bill tenants for the same period as the utility, maintain records of billing calculations, and permit tenant inspection. Landlords must provide tenants with energy and utility billing debits and credits when serving notice of material noncompliance.

HB 2415: Public housing authorities; indigent parties, unlawful detainer.

No indigent person shall be required to post an appeal bond in unlawful detainer actions brought by a public housing authority. Public housing authorities shall not require tenants to pay fees for maintenance or repair unless necessitated by tenant violation. Public housing authorities issuing nonpayment notices must provide written information on income recertification and hardship exemptions.

SB 1221: Public housing authorities; indigent parties, unlawful detainer.

Public housing authorities must not require indigent tenants to post appeal bonds in unlawful detainer actions. Public housing authorities must provide tenants receiving nonpayment notices with written information on pink or orange paper explaining income recertification, minimum rent hardship exemptions, and grievance procedures, posted in at least five conspicuous locations in each public housing community.