Residential program licensing requirements modified.

HF 1477 exempts residential facilities licensed for six or fewer residents from local rental licensing requirements and classifies them as permitted single-family residential use under zoning laws. This directly affects small residential care providers (like group homes) and local governments that enforce zoning and rental licensing rules. The bill modifies two Minnesota statutes to ensure such facilities cannot be subject to more restrictive rental rules than other residential properties and clarifies they are exempt from rental licensing. It includes an exception for newer juvenile residential programs treating sex offense-related violations, but this does not apply to programs licensed before July 1, 1995.