New Hampshire rental housing laws

What it would do: Allows landlords to require up to 2 months' rent as a security deposit from applicants failing to meet specified approval criteria including credit score below 650, income below 3 times monthly rent, eviction history, unpaid judgments, or no rental history, and permits tenants to request re-screening every 6 months to remove the higher deposit requirement.

What it would do: Requires landlords to offer tenants the option to have rental payments reported to nationwide consumer reporting agencies, with written election forms provided at lease signing and annually thereafter, allowing fees up to $10 per month.

What it would do: Makes landlord use of price-fixing software, websites, or algorithms an unfair method of competition and deceptive practice under the consumer protection act, and requires the department of justice's consumer protection and antitrust bureau to investigate complaints of such conduct.

What it would do: Adds a 90-day grace period for residential tenants who miss rent payments due to an unexpected interruption in their monthly Social Security benefits, effective January 1, 2027.

What it would do: Requires mobile home park owners to provide written notice of required repairs within 14 days, disclose purchaser approval criteria, provide sellers reliable communication access with 2-business-day response time, and reduce monthly park fees by 25 percent for each refusal of a qualified buyer in parks with more than 25 units, up to 75 percent maximum.

What it would do: Prohibits landlords from requiring or accepting more than one application fee from the same prospective tenant within any 12-month period, regardless of the number of units applied for, with application fee defined to include background checks, credit checks, and administrative costs.

What it would do: Prohibits landlords and their agents from charging application fees for residential rental agreements. Requires landlords to accept government-issued identification, individual taxpayer identification numbers, or social security numbers for background or credit checks, and prohibits requiring social security numbers specifically.

What it would do: Limits monthly pet rent to no more than one percent of the unit's monthly rent regardless of the number of pets and prohibits nonrefundable pet fees, while allowing landlords to charge for actual pet damage and exempting service and support animals.

What it would do: Establishes a legislative study committee to examine the feasibility of creating a public county registry of monthly rents charged by landlords and prohibiting landlords from using algorithms or software to determine rental rates, with findings due by November 1, 2025.