Bill > HF997

This bill introduces a comprehensive "just cause" requirement for landlords in Minnesota when terminating a tenant's lease or refusing to renew a tenancy. The legislation requires landlords to provide written notice and specify a valid reason for ending a tenancy from a list of ten specific circumstances: nonpayment of rent, repeated late rent payments, material lease breaches, tenant refusal to renew a lease, landlord or family member occupancy, property withdrawal from the rental market (with specific conditions like demolition or conversion), property rehabilitation or renovation, compliance with government orders to vacate, termination of employment-linked housing, and other lease-related situations. For certain scenarios like market withdrawal, landlords must provide 180 days' notice and a one-month relocation fee, and they can be sued if they re-rent the property within five years after removal. The bill aims to provide more protection for tenants by preventing arbitrary or discriminatory evictions and ensuring transparency in the lease termination process. Importantly, the law does not prevent lease amendments and allows landlords to end tenancies for substantive, documented reasons while requiring them to follow specific procedural guidelines.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0997&ssn=0&y=2025