Puerto Rico rental housing bills

Every rental housing bill in the Puerto Rico Legislature, what each would do, and where it stands. 42 states enacted rental housing laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. Puerto Rico has bills in progress and none enacted yet.

Bills in scope
2bills in scope
Past committee
1past committee
Most recent action
6 February 2026most recent action

Rental housing bills in Puerto Rico

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

1Past committee

1Introduced or inactive

2 bills in scope

Past committee

1

PS 238Para añadir un nuevo Artículo 26-A en la Ley 272-2003, según enmendada, conocida como “Ley de Impuesto sobre el Canon por Ocupación de Habitación de Puerto Rico”, con el propósito de reglamentar la creación de registros municipales de alquileres a corto plazo y establecer un proceso uniforme de licencias de forma tal que se refuerce la seguridad, convivencia residencial, manejo de infraestructura y ordenación en los municipios de Puerto Rico; y para otros fines relacionados.Passed chamber

What it would do: Amends Puerto Rico's hotel occupancy tax law to require all municipalities to establish short-term rental registries and licensing systems, allocate one percent of the seven percent tax to municipalities where rentals are located, and impose penalties for unlicensed operations.

Introduced or inactive

1

PS 932Para enmendar la Ley Núm. 66 de 17 de agosto de 1989, según enmendada, conocida como “Ley Orgánica de la Administración de Vivienda Pública de Puerto Rico”, añadiendo un nuevo Artículo 8.1 que ordene el restablecimiento, fortalecimiento y reconocimiento oficial de los Consejos de Residentes en todos los residenciales públicos; incorporar explícitamente los requisitos federales de participación de residentes bajo 24 CFR Parte 964 (Tenant Participation and Tenant Opportunities in Public Housing); establecer mecanismos obligatorios de apoyo, financiamiento, espacios y participación en la gestión por parte de la Administración de Vivienda Pública (AVP); garantizar que los consejos sirvan como intermediarios efectivos entre residentes y la AVP para abordar preocupaciones comunitarias; y para otros fines relacionados.In committee

What it would do: This bill would amend Puerto Rico's Public Housing Administration law to add Article 8.1 requiring establishment and official recognition of Resident Councils in all public housing complexes, incorporating federal participation requirements under 24 CFR Part 964 and mandating AVP support, funding, and spaces for these councils.

Bill titles link to the Puerto Rico 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 Puerto Rico have a rental housing law?

None of the 2 rental housing bills in the Puerto Rico Legislature has been enacted in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. 1 bill got past a committee.

Which rental housing bills are moving in Puerto Rico?

1 bill not yet law has passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along PS 238 (passed chamber).

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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