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S. 571

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A bill to provide the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with the authority to regulate land contracts, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · February 26, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
February 26, 2019
Cosponsors (1)
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Residential Rent to Own Protection Act This bill establishes requirements regarding residential rent-to-own agreements. The bill requires residential property subject to rent-to-own agreements to comply with applicable state and local habitability laws, prohibits eviction of a purchaser of such an agreement except if ordered in a judicial proceeding, requires public documentation of these agreements, and establishes civil penalties for violations. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must promulgate regulations under this bill.

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