- Title
- Landlords and Prospective Tenants - Residential Leases - Criminal History Review (Maryland Fair Chance in Housing Act)
- Sponsored by
- Delegates Boafo, Charkoudian, Fair, Fennell, Foley, Grossman, Harris, Hill, Holmes, Lehman, R. Lewis, J. Long, McCaskill, Pasteur, Patterson, Pena-Melnyk, Queen, Roberson, Ruth, Smith, Taveras, Taylor, Toles, Turner, White Holland, Wilkins, Williams, Woods, and Young
- Status
- In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note
Synopsis
Altering the number of years of criminal history, from 7 years to 3 years, that are reviewed in a certain reusable tenant screening report; establishing certain prohibitions and limitations on the review and consideration of a prospective tenant's criminal history; and requiring a landlord that denies the lease application of a prospective tenant to provide the individual with a physical document stating with particularity each reason for the denial.
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8-218,
8-220 )
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