Bill > A3698

Introduced Session

This bill prohibits a landlord of a senior citizen housing project from assessing delinquency or other late charges against a senior citizen tenant who was unable to make a timely rental payment due to being admitted to a healthcare facility. Under current law, a landlord is required to allow certain senior citizen tenants a grace period of five business days past the due date of a rental payment, before delinquency or late charges may be made. This bill would expand the grace period to cover any time during which a senior citizen tenant of a senior citizen housing project was unable to make a rent payment due to being admitted to a health care facility. The bill defines a "senior citizen" as a person 62 years of age or over and a surviving spouse, if that surviving spouse is 55 years of age or over. "Senior citizen housing project" is defined to include any building or structure, and any land appurtenant thereto, having three or more rental dwelling units intended for, and solely occupied by, senior citizens; except that, it shall not include owner-occupied premises having not more than three dwelling units that are rented or offered for rent, or any health care facility. The bill further provides that upon discharge from a health care facility, the senior citizen would have five business days to remit payment of any rent due. If payment of rent were not remitted within five business days following discharge, any delinquency or other late charge permitted under current law could be made against the senior citizen. Finally, the bill specifies that the grace period of five business days would not commence following discharge from a health care facility if the senior citizen were admitted to a subsequent health care facility and did not return to the rental premises following discharge from the first health care facility.

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Annette Chaparro (D)*,  JoAnn Downey (D)*,  Angela Mcknight (D)*,  Daniel Benson (D),  Carol Murphy (D),  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D),  Shanique Speight (D), 

Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading (on 12/03/2018)