The No Federal Taxpayer-Funded Housing for Illegal Aliens Act of 2026 prohibits the use of federal funds to provide housing assistance to individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States. The bill defines covered housing assistance broadly to include rental help, vouchers, mortgage support, utility bills, hotel stays, and various stabilization services aimed at securing or maintaining a home. Federal agency heads must enforce this ban by requiring fund recipients to certify compliance, monitoring their activities, and imposing civil penalties or periods of ineligibility for any violations. The prohibition does not apply to funds used specifically for enforcing immigration or criminal laws.
This bill would prohibit any state or local government designated as a "sanctuary jurisdiction" from receiving grant funds distributed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). A jurisdiction is defined as a sanctuary if it has laws, policies, or practices that restrict officials from sharing information about an individual's immigration status or from complying with federal requests to detain or notify about the release of individuals. The funding restriction would apply to grants distributed 180 days after the bill's enactment. To determine which jurisdictions qualify for this ineligibility, the HUD Secretary is required to consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Michigan House Bill 6303 amends the state's construction code act to prohibit local enforcing agencies from requiring air tightness testing for commercial buildings. The bill specifically prevents the director of the construction code from creating rules that mandate this type of test to verify the continuity of a building's envelope. It directly affects commercial property owners and builders by removing a potential regulatory requirement for verifying how well a structure seals against air leakage. This legislation is tied to House Bill 6304 and will not take effect unless that companion bill is also enacted into law.
Michigan Senate Bill 1125 prohibits private equity firms from leasing single-family homes to residential tenants if they own five or more such properties within a single municipality or ten or more across the state. The bill defines a private equity firm as a corporation that pools capital from investors and manages real estate assets for profit, while broadly defining single-family homes to include detached houses, semidetached buildings, and units in multi-unit structures like duplexes or condominiums. Violations of this leasing restriction are subject to civil fines of up to $100,000, which can be pursued by county prosecutors or the state attorney general. Any collected fines must be deposited into a community housing stability fund, and the bill only takes effect if its companion measure, Senate Bill 1127, is also enacted into law.
HB 6243 amends Michigan law to prohibit large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes, with the restriction applying to entities that control more than 100 such properties and manage at least $375 million in assets. The bill defines specific exceptions that allow these investors to continue buying homes through build-to-rent programs, renovate-to-rent initiatives that meet structural standards, and homeownership assistance schemes that offer financial support or credit reporting benefits to renters. Additionally, the legislation permits acquisitions resulting from foreclosure or loss mitigation efforts, provided the properties are sold within a commercially reasonable timeframe, and allows for the transfer of homes already owned by these investors prior to the law's effective date.
Michigan Senate Bill 1126 prohibits limited liability companies that own 100 or more single-family homes in the state from leasing those properties to residential tenants. The bill defines a single-family home broadly to include detached houses, semidetached structures, and units within buildings where all units are owned by one person or each unit is individually owned, such as condominiums. Any company that violates this restriction faces a civil fine of up to $100,000, which must be deposited into the state's community housing stability fund. The bill takes effect only if its companion measure, Senate Bill 1127, is also enacted into law.
The End Housing Welfare for Illegal Aliens Act would prohibit states and local governments designated as "sanctuary jurisdictions" from receiving Community Development Block Grants, defining such jurisdictions as those that restrict information sharing or compliance with federal immigration detainers. The bill also codifies a "mixed-status" rule that prevents housing assistance programs from providing prorated benefits to households where some members are ineligible, requiring full eligibility verification for all family members before any funds are distributed. Additionally, it mandates that public housing agencies affirmatively verify the citizenship status of applicants and expands the scope of these restrictions to include specific federal housing programs like Section 811 and Section 202.
This bill, signed into law on July 8, 2026, requires Hawaiian counties to conduct specific studies before implementing or changing rules that mandate developers build affordable housing units. Under the new law, any requirement forcing developers to include affordable units is treated legally as a fee, meaning counties must prove the rule is necessary and financially feasible before adopting it. If a county wants to set an affordable housing requirement above ten percent, it must provide written evidence showing the rule is proportional and won't make projects unbuildable. These new rules aim to ensure that policies requiring affordable housing are based on data and do not inadvertently reduce the overall supply of homes available to residents.
This bill clarifies that guests in hotels, motels, and short-term rentals must leave the property once their reservation ends and have no right to stay longer without permission from the host. It explicitly defines individuals who remain beyond their agreed-upon stay as trespassers, allowing the Metropolitan Police Department to remove them if necessary. The law also extends these rules to vacation rentals and ensures that failure to make required payments is treated as a lack of lawful authority to remain. These changes aim to provide clear legal grounds for property owners and law enforcement to address unauthorized overstays.
This bill requires corporations and unincorporated associations in Pennsylvania to report the number of single-family or low-density residential properties they own in their annual filings. It establishes a new chapter in state law that restricts certain entities from owning residential real estate and mandates a waiting period for purchases by covered investors. The legislation allows the Department of State to dissolve or cancel the registration of an entity that violates these property ownership rules at least 10 times within a three-year period. Additionally, the bill grants municipalities specific powers to enforce these restrictions and creates a private right of action for individuals to sue entities that violate the new ownership prohibitions.
