Kansas rental housing laws

What it would do: Prohibits cities and counties from adopting or enforcing ordinances requiring landlords to accept housing choice voucher or other voluntary housing assistance program tenants, or restricting landlords' consideration of income source, credit scores, eviction history, or criminal history. Voids any such ordinances adopted before July 1, 2026.

What it would do: Requires landlords to comply with applicable building, housing, and maintenance codes affecting health and safety. If a city or county has not adopted a maintenance code, landlords must comply with the International Property Maintenance Code 2012.

What it would do: Requires landlords to accept full or partial rent payments, discharging tenant obligations to the amount tendered. Requires landlords considering income qualifications to count all lawful income sources except federal Section 8 housing assistance. Violations are deceptive practices under Kansas consumer protection law.

What it would do: Prohibits cities and counties from restricting landlords' discretion to refuse tenants based on housing assistance income, credit information, eviction or criminal history, or security deposit amounts. Permits cities and counties to prohibit discrimination based solely on veterans benefits receipt.

What it would do: Modifies K.S.A. 58-2559 to allow tenants to terminate rental agreements by written notice with at least 30 days after receipt if landlords materially breach the agreement or violate health and safety requirements, unless landlords remedy remediable breaches within 14 days.

What it would do: Limits late fees for rent to 5% of periodic rent, prohibits compounding late fees, and requires a 5-day grace period. Requires landlords to disclose rent amounts, fixed expenses, availability date, and tenant eligibility criteria in writing before accepting application fees.

What it would do: Requires dwelling unit owners to offer tenants a right of first refusal by providing written notice with material terms before offering the property for sale to the public, with tenants having 30 days to submit an offer and owners required to accept matching offers or provide counteroffers within five days.

What it would do: Requires landlords to have cause to evict tenants from residential property, limiting evictions to six specified grounds. Modifies eviction petition and notice requirements, and removes the requirement that defendants post bond to obtain a continuance.

What it would do: Limits late fees that landlords may charge for late rent payment to no more than 5% of the periodic rent amount under rental agreements governed by the residential landlord and tenant act.

What it would do: Makes violations of the residential landlord and tenant act involving a landlord's action or inaction that results in a dwelling unit being deemed uninhabitable by a governmental agency subject to Kansas consumer protection act remedies and enforcement, limited to actions by the attorney general or county/district attorneys.

What it would do: Requires landlords to return the recoverable security deposit and all rent due through the end of the rental agreement or two years, whichever is less, when a dwelling unit is condemned due to the landlord's action or inaction.

What it would do: Requires landlords to consider all lawful income sources when evaluating tenant qualifications, excludes federal housing assistance. Automatically seals eviction case records, expunges judgments after two years if satisfied, and mandates mediation in residential eviction cases unless court finds it unhelpful.