By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 202
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting an increase in the rent before the end of a
  lease term of a tenant residing in a development supported with a
  low income housing tax credit allocation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2306.6738(a), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, a development owner of a
  development supported with a housing tax credit allocation may not:
               (1)  lock out or threaten to lock out any person
  residing in the development except by judicial process unless the
  exclusion results from:
                     (A)  a necessity to perform bona fide repairs or
  construction work; or
                     (B)  an emergency; [or]
               (2)  seize or threaten to seize the personal property
  of any person residing in the development except by judicial
  process unless the resident has abandoned the premises; or
               (3)  except as provided under the terms of a voucher
  program under Section 8, United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
  U.S.C. Section 1437f), or a similar rental subsidy program,
  increase the rent paid by a person residing in the development
  during the duration of the person's lease agreement.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2306.6738, Government Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies to a lease agreement entered into or renewed on
  or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.