Rent caps and stabilization laws by state

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 1529: Housing omnibus.

Owners of residential real property must not terminate a tenancy without just cause after 12 months of continuous lawful occupation. Owners must state just cause in written notice and provide relocation assistance or rent waiver equal to one month's rent for no-fault terminations. Owners of assisted housing developments must provide notice to tenants and qualified entities before expiration of rental restrictions or subsidy contracts.

Took effect 1 January 2026

HB 1224: Protections for Mobile Home Park Residents

SB 1266: An act requiring the posting of fair rent commission bylaws and that the hearings of such commissions be open to the public.

Any town, city or borough with a population of twenty-five thousand or more must adopt an ordinance creating a fair rent commission by July 1, 2023. Any municipality that creates a fair rent commission must make its bylaws publicly available on the Internet web site of such town, city or borough. All hearings conducted by fair rent commissions shall be open to the public.

Took effect 1 July 2025

SB 235: An act to amend title 25 of the delaware code relating to rent increases.

B 26-0429: LIHTC Rent Stabilization Exemption Clarification Amendment Act of 2025

Amends the District of Columbia Rental Housing Act of 1985 to exempt rental units participating in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program from rent stabilization requirements, effective retroactively to July 17, 1985.

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.

LD 2149: An Act To Protect Affordability In Mobile Home Parks And Manufactured Housing Communities

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.

LD 1723: An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Manufactured Housing Communities To Prevent Excessive Rent And Fees Increases

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.

LD 1765: An Act To Ensure Affordability And Stability In Housing For Mobile Home Park Residents

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.

LB 266: Prohibit political subdivisions from enacting ordinances which have the effect of imposing rent controls on private property

Local governments shall not enact or enforce ordinances that impose rent controls on private property, except ordinances adopted to increase affordable housing through land-use or inclusionary housing requirements, or programs that private property owners voluntarily agree to participate in that restrict rent and rent increases.

A 3361: Establishes limit on rent increase for certain dwelling sites for modular or industrialized buildings or manufactured homes.*

Landlords shall not increase rent on covered dwelling sites by more than 3 percent over a 12-month period. Tenants shall not enter into subleases exceeding the allowable rate. Landlords may petition the Commissioner of Community Affairs for higher increases based on tax increases, assessments, maintenance costs, or capital improvements.

HB 3054: Relating to residential tenancies for a space in a facility; and declaring an emergency.

Landlords of manufactured dwelling and floating home spaces must limit annual rent increases to the maximum percentage calculated under ORS 90.324, provide 90 days' written notice before increases, and may increase rent only once per 12-month period. Landlords must not deny tenants the right to sell dwellings or require consignment as an occupancy condition.

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

HB 1867: Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement, renewal notice.

Landlords owning more than four rental dwelling units or holding more than ten percent interest in more than four such units must provide written notice to tenants at least 60 days before the rental agreement term ends if rent will increase, if the agreement contains automatic renewal, or if the landlord will not renew. Landlords must provide signed rental agreements and tenant rights statements within 10 business days and cannot file unlawful detainer actions until providing the rights statement.

SB 1043: Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement, renewal notice.

Landlords owning more than four rental dwelling units or more than ten percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units in Virginia must provide written notice to tenants with renewal options or automatic renewal provisions of any rent increase at least 60 days before the rental agreement term ends, and must provide written notice of nonrenewal within the same timeframe.

HB 2452: Modifying requirements for service of rent increase notices.

Landlords must serve rent increase notices on tenants in a form substantially matching the statutory template and in accordance with RCW 59.20.150. Landlords may not increase rent more than five percent in any 12-month period except as authorized by exemptions under RCW 59.20.380, and must include facts supporting any claimed exemptions in the notice.

HB 1217: Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement.

Landlords may not increase rent and fees combined more than seven percent during any 12-month period, and may not increase them at all during the first 12 months of tenancy, except for specified exemptions. Landlords must provide 180 days' notice for increases of three percent or more. Landlords must use statutory notice forms disclosing exemptions claimed.