2023 House Bill 5240

Housing: landlord and tenants; purchase of rental property by tenants; provide for.

A bill to provide tenants with the first opportunity to purchase certain rental properties from landlords.

AI Analysis – Experimental

Creates the "Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act," the bill outlines the conditions under which a sale offer is considered bona fide, defines key terms such as rental agreement, rental property, rental unit, sale, tenant, and tenant association, and mandates that landlords must offer tenants or tenant associations the chance to buy the rental property under terms that constitute a bona fide offer of sale before it can be offered for sale to third parties.

Introduced in the House

Oct. 25, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Kimberly Edwards (D-12) and seven co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Rachel Hood (D-81) and Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75)

Referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Small Business