Local rent stabilization authority; civil penalty.

Local rent stabilization authority; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance adopt rent stabilization provisions. The bill provides for notice and a public hearing prior to the adoption of such ordinance and specifies that all landlords who are under rent stabilization may be required to give up to a two-month written notice of a rent increase and cannot increase the rent by more than the locality's rent stabilization allowance, described in the bill as the maximum amount a lan…

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• RenterdirectModerate impactHigh certainty

  Rent increases are limited to a maximum amount set by the locality's rent stabilization allowance, and landlords must provide up to a two-month written notice of a rent increase.

  “The bill provides for notice and a public hearing prior to the adoption of such ordinance and specifies that all landlords who are under rent stabilization may be required to give up to a two-month written notice of a rent increase and cannot increase the rent by more than the locality's rent stabilization allowance”· Local rent stabilization authority; civil penalty.

• HomeownerindirectModerate impactMedium certainty

  Landlords, who may be homeowners, are subject to rent stabilization provisions, including limitations on rent increases and notice requirements.

  “all landlords who are under rent stabilization may be required to give up to a two-month written notice of a rent increase and cannot increase the rent by more than the locality's rent stabilization allowance”· Local rent stabilization authority; civil penalty.