Tenant Protection Notification Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6815 To amend the CARES Act to provide for notice of the eviction moratorium under such Act to be provided to tenants of dwelling units subject to such moratorium, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 12, 2020 Ms. FINKENAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the CARES Act to provide for notice of the eviction moratorium under such Act to be provided to tenants of dwelling units subject to such moratorium, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tenant Protection No- 4 tification Act of 2020’’. 5 SEC. 2. NOTICE OF EVICTION MORATORIUM. 6 Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9058; 7 Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 492) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:03 May 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6815.IH H6815 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6815 IH (1) in the subsection heading for subsection (c), 1 by inserting ‘‘REQUIRED FOR EVICTION’’ after ‘‘NO- 2 TICE’’; 3 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub- 4 section: 5 ‘‘(d) NOTICE OF MORATORIUM TO TENANTS.— 6 ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF 7 NOTICE.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban De- 8 velopment shall— 9 ‘‘(A) in consultation with the heads of 10 other covered agencies, develop a written notice, 11 in plain language that is truthful and non-mis- 12 leading, designed to inform tenants of covered 13 dwelling units that the moratorium on evictions 14 under this section applies to the dwelling unit 15 of tenant and to explain the effect of such mor- 16 atorium on the tenant’s tenancy; and 17 ‘‘(B) provide all heads of other covered 18 agencies with the notice developed under this 19 paragraph and make such notice publicly avail- 20 able. 21 ‘‘(2) NOTICE TO LESSORS.—The head of each 22 covered agency shall— 23 ‘‘(A) notify each lessor of a covered dwell- 24 ing unit for which the covered agency provides 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:03 May 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6815.IH H6815 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6815 IH assistance described in paragraph (5) that the 1 dwelling unit is a covered dwelling unit and of 2 the requirement under paragraph (3) to provide 3 notice to tenants; and 4 ‘‘(B) provide each such lessor with a copy 5 of the written notice developed pursuant to 6 paragraph (1)(A). 7 ‘‘(3) INITIAL NOTICE TO TENANTS.—Promptly 8 upon notification to a lessor pursuant to paragraph 9 (2)(A) that a dwelling unit leased by such lessor is 10 a covered dwelling unit, the lessor shall provide the 11 tenant of the covered dwelling unit, by United States 12 mail, a copy of the written notice provided to such 13 lessor pursuant to paragraph (2)(B). 14 ‘‘(4) NOTICE OF CHANGE IN MORATORIUM.— 15 ‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINA- 16 TION.—If any amendment to this section or 17 other change to the moratorium under this sec- 18 tion takes effect before the termination by the 19 Federal Emergency Management Agency of the 20 emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the 21 President under the Robert T. Stafford Dis- 22 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 23 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relating to the 24 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pan- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:03 May 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6815.IH H6815 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 6815 IH demic, the Secretary of Housing and Urban De- 1 velopment shall— 2 ‘‘(i) in consultation with the heads of 3 other covered agencies, develop a written 4 notice, in plain language that is truthful 5 and non-misleading, designed to inform 6 tenants of dwelling units affected by such 7 amendment or other change of such 8 amendment or other change and to explain 9 how such amendment or change affects 10 such the tenant’s tenancy; and 11 ‘‘(ii) provide all heads of other covered 12 agencies with the notice developed under 13 this subparagraph and make such notice 14 publicly available. 15 ‘‘(B) NOTICE TO LESSORS.—The head of 16 each covered agency shall— 17 ‘‘(i) notify each lessor of a covered 18 dwelling unit for which the covered agency 19 provides assistance described in paragraph 20 (5) and that is affected by such amend- 21 ment or other change of such amendment 22 or other change and of the requirement 23 under subparagraph (C) to provide notice 24 to tenants; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:03 May 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6815.IH H6815 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 6815 IH ‘‘(ii) provide each such lessor with a 1 copy of the written notice developed pursu- 2 ant to subparagraph (A)(i). 3 ‘‘(C) NOTICE TO TENANTS.—Promptly 4 upon notification to a lessor pursuant to sub- 5 paragraph (B)(i) that a covered dwelling unit 6 leased by such lessor is affected by such amend- 7 ment or other change, the lessor shall provide 8 the tenant of the covered dwelling unit, by 9 United States mail, a copy of the written notice 10 provided to such lessor pursuant to subpara- 11 graph (B)(ii). 12 ‘‘(5) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘covered 13 agency’ means— 14 ‘‘(A) any agency or other entity that ad- 15 ministers— 16 ‘‘(i) any housing program described in 17 subsection (a)(2); or 18 ‘‘(ii) any program that provides insur- 19 ance for, guarantees, supplements, or as- 20 sists any Federally backed mortgage loan 21 or Federally backed multifamily mortgage 22 loan; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:03 May 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6815.IH H6815 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 6815 IH ‘‘(B) the Federal National Mortgage Asso- 1 ciation, with respect to loans purchased or 2 securitized by such Association; and 3 ‘‘(C) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 4 Corporation, with respect to loans purchased or 5 securitized by such Corporation.’’. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:03 May 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6815.IH H6815 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS