House File 556 HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 120) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the exclusion of certain nonprofit 2 transitional housing and public housing from certain landlord 3 and tenant disputes. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1602HV 80 6 rh/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 648.1A NONPROFIT TRANSITIONAL 1 2 HOUSING EXEMPTED. 1 3 This chapter shall not apply to occupancy in housing owned 1 4 by a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to provide 1 5 transitional housing for persons released from drug or alcohol 1 6 treatment facilities or to provide housing for homeless 1 7 persons. Absent an applicable provision in a lease, contract, 1 8 or other agreement, a person who unlawfully remains on the 1 9 premises of such housing may be subject to criminal trespass 1 10 penalties pursuant to section 716.8. 1 11 Sec. 2. Section 562A.27, Code 2003, is amended by adding 1 12 the following new subsection: 1 13 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. Notwithstanding any other provisions 1 14 of this chapter, a municipal housing agency established 1 15 pursuant to chapter 403A may issue a thirty=day notice of 1 16 lease termination for a violation of a rental agreement by the 1 17 tenant when the violation is a violation of a federal 1 18 regulation governing the tenant's eligibility for or continued 1 19 participation in a public housing program. The municipal 1 20 housing agency shall not be required to provide the tenant 1 21 with a right or opportunity to remedy the violation or to give 1 22 any notice that the tenant has such a right or opportunity 1 23 when the notice cites the federal regulation as authority. 1 24 HF 556 1 25 rh/es/25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35