Maine rental housing laws

What Maine has enacted on rental housing, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Maine is one of 42 states that enacted a rental housing law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
25bills in scope
Past committee
12past committee
Most recent action
29 April 2026most recent action

Rental housing laws enacted in Maine

12 rental housing laws enacted in the Maine Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • LD 2176An Act To Create A Right To Judicial Review Under The Maine Civil Rights Act For Persons Erroneously DetainedEnacted 22 April 2026

    What it requires: Landlords, landlords' agents, and persons acting under landlord direction must not disclose personal information of tenants, prospective tenants, occupants, or prospective occupants with intent to harass, intimidate, or cause vacation outside judicial process without legitimate business purpose and without express consent. Landlords must not enter rental property in violation of law, in unreasonable manner, or make repeated lawful entry demands that harass tenants.

  • LD 2149An Act To Protect Affordability In Mobile Home Parks And Manufactured Housing CommunitiesEnacted 13 April 2026

    What it requires: Purchasers of manufactured housing communities and mobile home parks must pay a $10,000 fee per licensed lot to the registry of deeds when offering the deed for recordation. Certain entities including the Maine State Housing Authority, municipal housing authorities, cooperatives of home owners, and entities with net worth below $50,000,000 are exempt and must provide sworn affirmation of exemption to the Maine State Housing Authority within 15 days.

    Rent caps and stabilization

  • LD 1927An Act To Protect Housing Quality By Enacting Mold Inspection, Notification And Remediation RequirementsEnacted 11 January 2026

    What it requires: 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.

    Habitability and repairs

  • LD 1768An Act To Protect Residents Of Mobile Home Parks By Amending The Real Estate Transfer TaxEnacted 1 July 2025

    What it requires: Beginning in fiscal year 2026-27, the Treasurer of State shall credit revenues from the real estate transfer tax on sales of mobile home parks to the Maine State Housing Authority for deposit in the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund. The assessor shall adjust transfer tax declarations to identify such transactions. Deeds conveying mobile home park ownership to a majority of resident-owners or a resident association are exempt from transfer tax.

  • LD 1750An Act To Require The Attorney General To Create And Update Biennially A Model Residential LeaseEnacted 25 June 2025

    What it requires: The Attorney General must create and post a model residential lease for residential property on the Attorney General's publicly accessible website by December 1, 2025. The model lease must comply with current law, including all required disclosures and documents. The Attorney General must update the model lease biennially and post revised versions by December 1st of every odd-numbered year.

  • LD 1471An Act To Require Energy Efficiency Disclosure Statements And Energy Efficiency Standards For Certain Rental Housing In The StateEnacted 22 June 2025

    What it requires: 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.

    Habitability and repairs

  • LD 1016An Act To Establish The Manufactured Housing Community And Mobile Home Park Preservation And Assistance FundEnacted 20 June 2025

    What it requires: Beginning January 1, 2026, purchasers of manufactured housing communities and mobile home parks must pay $10,000 per lot to the registry of deeds when the deed is offered for recordation. Exceptions apply to the Maine State Housing Authority, municipal housing authorities, cooperatives limited to home owners, and entities with net worth below $50,000,000.

  • LD 1145An Act To Protect Residents Living In Mobile Home ParksEnacted 20 June 2025

    What it requires: 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.

    Eviction procedure, Habitability and repairs

  • LD 1723An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Manufactured Housing Communities To Prevent Excessive Rent And Fees IncreasesEnacted 20 June 2025

    What it requires: An owner of a manufactured housing community must provide at least 90 days' written notice before increasing lot rent or fees, including specified information about the increase and allowed increase amounts. If at least 51% of households request mediation within 90 days and the proposed increase exceeds the allowed amount, the owner must participate in mediation and pay all mediation costs.

    Rent caps and stabilization, Fees, screening and rent pricing

  • LD 1765An Act To Ensure Affordability And Stability In Housing For Mobile Home Park ResidentsEnacted 18 June 2025

    What it requires: A person conducting, controlling, managing or operating a manufactured housing community for compensation must obtain a license from the board. License applicants must submit satisfactory evidence of ability to comply with minimum standards and provide specified information including applicant name, parent or subsidiary corporations, number of sites, lot rent amounts, occupancy, age or income requirements, seasonal status, and common expenses.

    Rent caps and stabilization, Eviction procedure

  • LD 733An Act To Make Changes To The Law Based On A Pilot Project Conducted By The Maine State Housing Authority Regarding Efforts To Improve Access To Credit For Low-Income RentersEnacted 29 May 2025

    What it does: Requires the Maine State Housing Authority to submit a report by June 30, 2026 on its pilot project facilitating rent payment history reporting to credit agencies for low-income tenants, including effectiveness analysis and recommended legislation.

  • LD 1183An Act To Ensure Rent-To-Own Protections Apply To Mobile Home Park TenantsEnacted 23 May 2025

    What it requires: Vendors of rent-to-own agreements for mobile homes must include a statement certifying the property complies with applicable maintenance standards and must identify which party maintains the premises in compliance with those standards. The act extends existing rent-to-own protections to mobile homes.

Rental housing in Maine, by topic

Rental housing bills in Maine

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

12Enacted

13Introduced or inactive

25 bills in scope

Introduced or inactive

13

LD 1022An Act To Protect And Increase Access To Justice In Civil Legal Matters For Persons With Low IncomesDead

What it would do: Appropriates $5,100,000 for fiscal year 2025-26 and $8,200,000 for fiscal year 2026-27 from the General Fund to the Maine Civil Legal Services Fund to support civil legal services for low-income and elderly persons in the State.

LD 1522An Act To Establish The Maine Eviction Prevention ProgramDead

What it would do: Establishes the Maine Eviction Prevention Program providing up to $800 per month in rental assistance paid directly to landlords for up to 12 months. Requires the Maine State Housing Authority to delegate program administration and appropriates $10,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27.

LD 255An Act To Support Mobile Home Residents In Purchasing Their Mobile Home ParksDead

What it would do: Appropriates $3,000,000 in one-time General Fund money for fiscal year 2025-26 to the Maine State Housing Authority for the manufactured and mobile home park preservation and assistance program.

LD 847An Act To Prohibit Housing DiscriminationDead

What it would do: Prohibits housing discrimination based on source of income beginning January 1, 2026, and prohibits assessing financial ability based on subsidized rental portions. Violators face $1,000 penalties or actual damages, whichever is greater, and exempts owners of fewer than 4 residential units.

LD 365An Act To Respond To The Housing Affordability And Accessibility Crisis In MaineDead

What it would do: Prohibits owners of mobile home parks with more than 25 lots from selling or transferring ownership or entering binding sales contracts, except when mobile home owners or their association do not provide notice of intent to purchase or when the sale is between family members. The moratorium repeals 91 days after adjournment of the First Special Session of the 132nd Legislature.

LD 1479An Act To Protect Senior Homeowners In Home-Sharing Agreements By Providing For An Expedited Eviction ProcessDead

What it would do: This amendment clarifies that a home-sharing agreement requires the landlord and tenant to share both a bathroom and a kitchen in the same residence.

LD 1181An Act Regarding The Designation Of Short-Term Rental Units As Commercial Or Residential In UseDead

What it would do: Clarifies that municipalities may require municipal assessors to assign land use codes designating short-term rental units as either commercial in use (not owner's primary residence) or residential in use (owner's primary residence).

LD 1067An Act To Improve The Process For Mobile Home Owners To Purchase Their Mobile Home ParkDead

What it would do: Prohibits a mobile home owners' association from contacting a mobile home owner in the mobile home park more than once about purchasing the park after being told by the owner not to make contact again.

LD 1344An Act To Improve The Response Time To Tenant Mold ComplaintsDead

What it would do: Requires local health officers to investigate tenant complaints about nonsurface mold in dwelling units and issue written reports within 90 days. Requires landlords to show remediation plans within 5 business days of receiving the report and complete remediation within 60 days, or tenants may file habitability complaints.

LD 1552An Act To Prohibit Landlords From Setting Rents Through The Use Of Artificial IntelligenceDead

What it would do: Prohibits landlords and others responsible for setting residential rent from using algorithmic devices or artificial intelligence to determine rent amounts or changes, with violations treated as unfair trade practices under Maine law.

LD 1534An Act Enabling Municipalities To Protect Tenants And Stabilize RentsDead

What it would do: Enables municipalities to adopt ordinances limiting annual residential rent increases to the lower of Consumer Price Index or 5% and requiring eviction just cause, with exemptions for owner-occupied buildings with 4 or fewer units, housing authority units, dormitories, and elderly care facilities.

LD 1417An Act To Strengthen The Authority Of Local Officials To Enforce Provisions Regarding Dangerous And Nuisance Properties That Constitute A Threat To Public Health And SafetyDead

What it would do: Expands local officials' authority to enforce dangerous and nuisance property laws by clarifying that code enforcement officers, local health officers, fire chiefs, and building officials may address properties threatening public health or safety, including abandoned properties, under specified enforcement procedures.

LD 824An Act Regarding Pet Fees In Rental HousingDead

What it would do: Limits pet fees in rental housing to a refundable pet security deposit not exceeding $300 and monthly pet rent not exceeding 1% of monthly rental charge, and prohibits all other pet fees. Exempts service animals and assistance animals from these charges.

Bill titles link to the Maine Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as rental housing legislation

In scope: Rent caps and stabilization; eviction procedure; fees, screening and rent pricing; security deposits; habitability and repairs; and short-term rentals.

Questions

Does Maine have a rental housing law?

Yes. Maine enacted 12 rental housing laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them LD 2176, LD 2149 and LD 1927. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

What does Maine legislate on most in rental housing?

Habitability and repairs (5 bills), Rent caps and stabilization (4 bills) and Eviction procedure (4 bills).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Rental housing bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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