Legislation we are Watching
These are the current bills that we are watching for the sake of our membership. Below, you will find the bill number, sponsor, how the Legislative attorneys describe the bill, and how it would effect us. As always, if you have any questions or comments, please reach out to us!
Existing law authorizes, with certain exceptions, a licensed contractor to perform work of a type for which the contractor does not have a license in the applicable classification or subclassification, if the value of the work is less than $1,000, including labor and materials, and the work does not require a permit. (NRS 624.220) This bill increases the value of work that a licensed contractor may perform for which the contractor does not have a license in the applicable classification or subclassification to $7,600, including labor and materials, if the work does not require a permit. This bill also requires, beginning January 1, 2025, that the State Contractors’ Board annually adjust this amount based on a measure of inflation commonly used in the industry that best captures the increasing cost of labor and materials. This bill further requires that the Board: (1) take any action to adjust the amount at a public meeting that complies with the provisions of the Open Meeting Law; and (2) publish the amount of the adjustment on the Internet website of the Board on or before January 1 of the year in which the adjustment will apply.
Assembly Bill 106
Assemblywoman Danielle Gallant
What it means for us: This would increase the amount of work that a lot of general contractors would be allowed to do on manufactured homes without obtaining a specific license. This will likely make it easier for park owners to find qualified contractors to do work on park owned homes, though would likely lower the amount of contractors with direct experience working on manufactured homes.
Assembly Bill 123
Assemblywoman Melissa Hardy
What it means for us: This bill creates a new market of insurance: rental insurance. In concept, this bill would allow for a system of insurance that landlords can take out against individual tenants, should they miss a rental payment. In this situation, the insurance company would cover the cost of the missed payment, so that the landlord would not take any loss. This would entirely be on the landlord to apply for, receive, and pay for this insurance, to cover themselves. To do this, the landlord would need extensive information about the tenant, which they are under no obligation to provide at this time. Lastly, the hypothetical insurance company, as there is not one currently that would cover these types of policies, would be evaluating the tenant to determine coverage, so if a tenant is likely to not pay rent, the premium on that tenant would likely be expensive. Either way, the landlord is losing money and paying even more to be losing that money. Larger bank-owned parks may be able to take this monthly hit for each one of their tenants, but we are unlikely to see lower-income, family owned parks to use this insurance.
Existing law sets forth specific requirements for various types of insurance policies and contracts and the insurers who issue them. (Chapter 687B of NRS) Sections 2-9 of this bill establish provisions governing policies of rental obligations insurance. Section 5 of this bill defines “rental obligations insurance” to mean, in general, insurance that provides coverage to a landlord against: (1) financial loss from the nonpayment by a specific tenant of any financial obligation due pursuant to a rental agreement; and (2) damages to the premises caused by the tenant during the term of the rental agreement. Sections 3, 4, 6 and 7 of this bill define other words and terms for the purposes of this bill. Section 8 of this bill prohibits an insurer from requiring a landlord or prospective tenant to pay certain fees before the issuance of a policy of rental obligations insurance. Section 8 authorizes an insurer to require a landlord who applies for a policy of rental obligations insurance to provide certain information about a prospective tenant. Additionally, section 8 specifies the information that an insurer is authorized to consider in determining whether to issue a policy of rental obligations insurance and in calculating the premium for such a policy. Existing law sets forth the circumstances under which and the procedures pursuant to which an insurer is authorized to cancel or refuse to renew certain policies of insurance. (NRS 687B.310-687B.420) Section 8 prohibits an insurer from: (1) increasing the premium for a policy of rental obligations insurance during the term of the policy, or any renewal or extension of the policy, except as a result of any claim paid under the policy; (2) cancelling or refusing to renew a policy of rental obligations insurance during the term of the rental agreement between the landlord who was issued the policy and the tenant for whom the policy provides coverage, or any renewal or extension of the rental agreement, except for the nonpayment of a premium; or (3) issuing a policy of rental obligations insurance in which the insurer or an affiliate of the insurer is the landlord insured under the policy. Section 9 of this bill sets forth certain requirements for a policy of rental obligations insurance. Section 9 prohibits, with certain exceptions, a policy of rental obligations insurance from authorizing or requiring a landlord to assign to the insurer any right of recovery against a tenant for whom the policy provides coverage. Finally, section 9 authorizes a policy of rental obligations insurance to require a landlord to exhaust all claims against any security deposit provided to the landlord by the tenant before the insurer is required to pay any claim covered by the policy. Existing law sets forth the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, which establishes provisions governing landlords and tenants of dwelling units. (Chapter 38 118A of NRS) Section 13 of this bill authorizes a landlord and a tenant or prospective tenant to enter into a rental assurances agreement, which section 11 of this bill defines, in general, to mean an agreement in which a tenant or prospective tenant agrees to pay a landlord a monthly charge to reimburse the landlord for the costs of the landlord for the premium for a policy of rental obligations insurance. Section 13 requires a charge imposed pursuant to a rental assurances agreement on a tenant or prospective tenant who becomes a tenant to be a fixed, monthly charge in an amount that is equal to the monthly share of the premium paid by the landlord for a policy of rental obligations insurance. Section 14 of this bill requires a landlord to offer to enter into a rental assurances agreement with a prospective tenant who has submitted an application to become a tenant of the landlord under certain circumstances. Section 14 prohibits a landlord who is required to offer to enter into a rental assurances agreement from denying the application of the prospective tenant if: (1) the prospective tenant enters into a rental assurances agreement; and (2) an insurer offers to issue to the landlord a policy of rental obligations insurance that will provide coverage for the prospective tenant when he or she becomes a tenant. Section 16 of this bill provides that nonpayment of any charge due pursuant to a rental assurances agreement constitutes cause for termination of a tenancy. Section 17 of this bill excludes any charge to be paid to a landlord pursuant to a rental assurances agreement from the definition of “rent.” Section 15 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate the proper placement of sections 11 and 12 of this bill in the Nevada Revised Statutes.
​Existing law requires a sale of property under execution to be made: (1) at auction to the highest bidder; (2) between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.; and (3) for sales of real property, at the courthouse of the county in which the property or some part thereof is situated. (NRS 21.150) Section 2 of this bill: (1) eliminates the requirement concerning the time of day at which a sale must be conducted; (2) authorizes the officer conducting a sale to conduct the sale on an Internet website or other electronic medium; (3) authorizes a person who operates such an Internet website or other electronic medium to engage in certain activities concerning a sale; and (4) revises certain procedures for the conduct of a sale to account for sales conducted on an Internet website or other electronic medium. Existing law requires a sale of property pursuant to a trustee’s power of sale to be made: (1) at auction to the highest bidder; (2) between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.; and (3) for sales of real property, at the public location in the county designated by the governing body of the county for that purpose. (NRS 107.081) Section 6 of this bill eliminates the requirement concerning the time of day at which a sale must be conducted. Section 6 also authorizes the governing body of a county to authorize: (1) a sale to be conducted on an Internet website or other electronic medium; and (2) a person who operates such an Internet website or other electronic medium to engage in certain activities concerning a sale. Existing law authorizes a deed of trust to adopt by reference certain covenants, including, among others, a covenant setting forth the process by which a sale of property pursuant to a trustee’s power of sale may be conducted. (NRS 107.030) Section 3 of this bill revises the process set forth in that covenant to account for sales conducted on an Internet website or other electronic medium. Existing law sets forth certain requirements for a sale of property pursuant to a trustee’s power of sale that is postponed by oral proclamation. (NRS 107.082) Section 7 of this bill applies the same requirements to a sale of property pursuant to a trustee’s power of sale that is held on an Internet website or other electronic medium and which is postponed by publication of a proclamation on the Internet website or other electronic medium. Existing law requires certain actions to declare void a sale of property pursuant to a trustee’s power of sale to be brought in the county in which the sale took place. (NRS 107.080, 107.0805) Sections 4 and 5 of this bill require such actions to be brought instead in the county in which the property is located, to account for sales held on an Internet website or other electronic medium. Existing law requires the sale of a unit in a common-interest community to satisfy a lien held by a unit-owners’ association to be conducted: (1) between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.; and (2) depending on the county in which the unit is located, at the courthouse in the county or at a public location in the county designated by the governing body of the county to conduct a sale of property pursuant to a trustee’s power of sale. (NRS 116.31164) Section 9 of this bill eliminates the requirement concerning the time of day at which a sale must be held. Section 9 also authorizes the governing body of a county to authorize: (1) a sale to be conducted on an Internet website or other electronic medium; and (2) a person who operates an Internet website or other electronic medium to engage in certain activities concerning a sale. Finally, section 9 revises procedures for the conduct of a sale to account for sales conducted on an Internet website or other electronic medium. Sections 1, 4 and 8 of this bill revise certain requirements relating to the notice that is required before a sale of property under execution, a sale of property pursuant to a trustee’s power of sale and a sale of a unit in a common-interest community to require the notice to include certain information concerning the Internet website or electronic medium on which the sale is to be held, if applicable. Sections 2, 6 and 9 prohibit certain persons from becoming a purchaser at or being interested in any purchase at a sale of property under execution, a sale of property pursuant to a trustee’s power of sale and a sale of a unit in a common-interest community.
Assembly Bill 142
Assemblyman Phillip O'Neill
What it means for us: This bill modernizes the auction process for purchasing property. Not only does it allow for these auctions to occur on the internet or other means of modern technology, but it also removes the requirement for the auction to occur between 9am and 5pm. This would likely only effect lien auctions in parks.
Assembly Bill 218
Assemblywoman Venicia Considine
What it means for us: This bill would require landlords to, when advertising, advertise the total monthly cost to live in the rented facility. This means, if a park has a $500 monthly rental cost, with an additional $50 water fee, and a $25 sewage fee, that park would have to advertise its cost as $575 per month, not just the $500 rental cost.
Existing law sets forth certain requirements relating to a written rental agreement. Existing law requires any written agreement for the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit or premises to contain provisions relating to the amount of rent due and the manner and time of its payment. (NRS 118A.200) Section 4 of this bill requires any reference to the amount of rent due in a written rental agreement to be set forth as a single figure representing the total amount of periodic rent that includes the amount of any fixed, mandatory fees to be charged to the tenant in addition to the base rent. Section 4 prohibits a landlord from charging a tenant an amount for periodic rent that exceeds the amount of rent due under the written rental agreement, as set forth in the manner required by section 4. Section 2 of this bill prohibits a landlord or his or her agent who requires a tenant to pay rent or any other fee or charge exclusively through an Internet website or online portal or by means which require the tenant to provide direct access to his or her bank account from charging the tenant a fee to make a payment through the Internet website or online portal in an amount that exceeds the amount of any fee charged for the use of the Internet website or online portal by the operator of the Internet website or online portal. Section 2 also requires the amount of any fee to be charged to the tenant by the landlord or his or her agent for the use of an Internet website or online portal to make a payment to be separately identified in any written rental agreement, in addition to including the amount of the fee in the calculation of the amount of rent due pursuant to section 4, if applicable. Existing law defines activities that constitute deceptive trade practices and provides for the imposition of civil and criminal penalties against persons who engage in deceptive trade practices. (Chapter 598 of NRS) Section 3 of this bill makes it a deceptive trade practice to: (1) charge a tenant a fee to make a payment through an Internet website or online portal in an amount that exceeds the amount of any fee charged for the use of the Internet website or online portal by the operator of the Internet website or online portal, in violation of section 2; and (2) charge a tenant an amount for periodic rent that exceeds the amount of rent due under a written rental agreement in violation of section 4.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers, real estate broker-salespersons and real estate salespersons and for the permitting and regulation of property managers by the Real Estate Division of the Department of Business and Industry. (Chapter 645 of NRS) With certain exceptions, existing law prohibits a person from acting as a property manager in this State unless the person has obtained from the Division a license as a real estate broker, real estate broker-salesperson or real estate salesperson and a permit to engage in property management. (NRS 645.230) Existing law defines “property management” to mean, in general, the physical, administrative or financial maintenance and management of real property for valuable consideration pursuant to a property management agreement. (NRS 645.019) Section 6 of this bill revises that definition to include the performance of such activities when engaged in by a person in the regular course of providing four or more dwelling units located on real property owned by the person for occupancy by others. Section 3 of this bill designates a person who provides four or more dwelling units located on real property owned by the person for occupancy by others and who engages in property management with respect to those properties as a “landlord property manager.” Section 8 of this bill prohibits a person from acting as a landlord property manager unless the person has obtained from the Division a permit to engage in property management. Existing law authorizes only a person who is licensed as a real estate broker, real estate broker-salesperson or real estate salesperson to apply for and be issued a permit to engage in property management. (NRS 645.6052) Section 10 of this bill authorizes a person who provides four or more dwelling units located on real property owned by the person for occupancy by others to apply for and be issued a permit to engage in property management. Section 10 requires such a person who wishes to obtain a permit to engage in property management to file and maintain a surety bond and meet certain other requirements. Under existing law, an owner or lessor of property who engages in property management or conducts certain activities with respect to the property in the regular course of or as an incident to the management of or investment in the property is exempt from the provisions of existing law governing property managers and other persons regulated by the Division. (NRS 645.0445) Section 7 of this bill excludes landlord property managers from that exemption. Sections 9, 11-15 and 17-20 of this bill add references to a landlord property manager and a permit to engage in property management to certain provisions of existing law governing property managers and other persons licensed by the Division and licenses issued by the Division so that landlord property managers are treated the same as property managers and licensees for certain purposes, including, without limitation, for the purposes of certain investigations and the imposition of certain disciplinary action. Existing law authorizes the Commission to take certain disciplinary action against a person who holds a permit to engage in property management and who takes certain action in connection with a property for which the person has obtained a property management agreement. (NRS 645.633) Section 16 of this bill specifies that such provisions apply only to a licensed real estate broker, real estate broker-salesperson or real estate salesperson who holds a permit to engage in property management. Existing law exempts from the provisions of existing law providing for the registration and regulation of asset management companies and the permitting and regulation of asset managers a person or broker who has a current permit to engage in property management. (NRS 645H.160) Section 20 of this bill specifies that the exemption applies only to a licensed real estate broker, real estate broker-salesperson or real estate salesperson who holds a permit to engage in property management. Sections 2-4 of this bill define words and terms for the purposes of this bill. Section 5 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate the proper placement of sections 2-4 in the Nevada Revised Statutes.
Assembly Bill 327
Assemblywoman Venicia Considine
What it means for us: This bill would affect parks that use a property management group to handle day-to-day operations in their park. Under this bill, more employees would have to apply for and receive a license to operate as a property manager.
Assembly Bill 362
Assemblywoman Clara Thomas
What it means for us: This is a rent control bill, setting the maximum annual increase at the past year’s Consumer Price Index (how inflation is measured) plus five percent. It also raises the timeframe for notifying a tenant that their rent will increase from 60 days to 90 days.
Existing law establishes the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, which governs rental agreements for dwelling units. The Act establishes certain obligations for landlords and tenants and provides certain remedies for landlords and tenants for violations of such obligations. (Chapter 118A of NRS) Section 4 of this bill prohibits, with certain exceptions, a landlord from increasing the rent payable by an existing tenant: (1) during the first year of a tenancy; and (2) during any 12-month period by an amount that exceeds the cost-of-living increase published by the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry pursuant to section 3 of this bill. Section 4 also prohibits, with certain exceptions, a landlord from charging a prospective tenant: (1) if there was an existing tenant in the dwelling unit, a rent that exceeds the maximum amount the landlord was authorized to charge the existing tenant; and (2) if there was not an existing tenant, a rent that exceeds the amount for which the dwelling unit was advertised. Section 4 exempts certain dwelling units from these requirements. Section 5 of this bill provides that if a landlord violates the requirements of section 4, the tenant may: (1) apply to the court for relief; (2) withhold any rent that becomes due without incurring late fees, charges for notice or any other charge or authorized fee; and (3) recover actual damages and receive an amount equal to 3 months’ rent in addition to such actual damages. Under existing law, the tenant is also entitled to certain other remedies if the landlord engages in retaliatory conduct against the tenant for a good faith complaint regarding a violation of section 4. 21 (NRS 118A.510) Section 3 requires the Housing Division to annually determine and publish on the Internet website of the Division the maximum cost-of-living increase for that calendar year, which must be equal to 5 percent plus the increase in the consumer price index for the region where the dwelling unit is located and must not exceed 10 percent. Section 3 also requires the Division to: (1) issue a press release containing the maximum cost-of-living increase for that calendar year; and (2) maintain on its Internet website information relating to each such cost-of-living increase for at least 2 years. Section 2 of this bill defines “cost-of-living increase” to mean the cost-of-living increase published by the Division. Section 6 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate the proper placement of section 2 in the Nevada Revised Statutes. Existing law prohibits a landlord from increasing the rent payable by a tenant unless the landlord serves the tenant with written notice of the increase: (1) for a periodic tenancy of 1 month or more, 60 days in advance of the first rental payment to be increased; or (2) for a periodic tenancy of less than 1 month, 30 days in advance of the first rental payment to be increased. (NRS 118A.300) Section 7 of this bill instead requires such notice for a periodic tenancy of 1 month or more to be served 90 days in advance of the first rental payment to be increased. Section 7 further requires that such notice include: (1) the amount of the increase; (2) the total amount of the new rent; (3) if the increase exceeds the cost-of-living increase, the reason the landlord is exempt from the requirements of section 4; and (4) the date on which the increase becomes effective.
Existing law sets forth various requirements and restrictions relating to a certificate of ownership that is issued by the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry for a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing. (NRS 489.501-489.585) Sections 1-4, 6-16 and 18-23 of this bill change the name of such a certificate from a “certificate of ownership” to a “certificate of title.” Section 24 of this bill provides that any valid certificate of ownership issued by the Division before July 1, 2023, is deemed to be a certificate of title issued by the Division. Section 2 of this bill authorizes the Administrator of the Division to issue certain documents, including, among others, a certificate of title, in electronic form. Existing law sets forth certain requirements concerning the sale of a new, used or rebuilt manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or new, used or rebuilt factory-built housing. (NRS 489.501, 489.511, 489.521) If such a sale is conducted by a dealer, existing law requires the dealer to: (1) complete a dealer’s report of sale on a form prescribed by the Division which contains certain required information; and (2) require the buyer to sign an acknowledgement of taxes on a form prescribed by the Division which includes certain information. (NRS 489.501, 489.511) Sections 5 and 6 of this bill eliminate certain requirements concerning the dealer’s report of sale and the information that is required to be included on the dealer’s report of sale and the acknowledgement of taxes. If the sale of a used or rebuilt manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or used or rebuilt factory-built housing is conducted by a person who is not a dealer, existing law requires the seller or buyer, or both, to submit certain documents to the Division and the county assessor of the county in which the manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building, commercial coach or factory-built housing is located. (NRS 489.521) Section 7 of this bill eliminates that requirement and instead requires the seller or buyer, or both, to submit to the Division and the county assessor any information that the Administrator requires by regulation. Existing law prohibits the Division from issuing a certificate of ownership of a used manufactured home or used mobile home unless the county assessor of the county in which the manufactured home or mobile home was situated at the time of sale has endorsed on the certificate that certain taxes have been paid. (NRS 489.531) Section 8 of this bill revises that prohibition to authorize the Division to issue a certificate of title of a used manufactured home or used mobile home if the county assessor verifies to the Division, on a form prescribed by the Division, that certain taxes have been paid. With certain exceptions, existing law prohibits any money concerning the sale or exchange of an interest in a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing which is held by a dealer from being distributed until, among other things, an application for a certificate of ownership or certificate of title has been submitted to the Division and certain documents have been executed. (NRS 489.723) Section 15 of this bill requires that application to be submitted and those documents to be executed in a form prescribed by the Division. Section 26 of this bill eliminates certain requirements concerning the transfer of the title to or the interest of an owner in a manufactured home, mobile home, or commercial coach. Existing law requires the Administrator to collect economic and demographic data annually from each manufactured home park, including the amount of rent and rate of vacancy for each type of lot in the park. (NRS 118B.025) Section 17 of this bill clarifies that the economic and demographic data that is required to be collected by the Administrator is not limited to the amount of rent and rate of vacancy. Existing law creates the Account for Low-Income Housing, which is administered by the Division, and establishes the purposes for which the Account is required to be used. (NRS 118B.215, 319.500, 319.510) One such required use is to assist eligible persons by supplementing their monthly rent for the manufactured home lot on which their manufactured home is located. Under existing law, to be eligible for assistance from the Account, a person is required to have, among other things, a monthly household income that is at or below certain specified amounts (NRS 118B.215). Section 18 of this bill revises those eligibility requirements to instead require that, to be eligible for assistance from the Account, a person must have a monthly household income that is at or below: (1) thirty percent of the median family income, as prescribed by the HOME Investment Partnerships Act, adjusted for household size, which the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has established for the area of the State in which the manufactured home is located; or (2) a maximum monthly household income that the Administrator has established by regulation. (42 U.S.C. §§ 12701 et seq.)
Senate Bill 40
Manufactured Housing Division
What it means for us: This bill does two major things that will have an affect on parks. First, it allows for the electronic submission of documents. Previously, the Division of Manufactured Housing has required that certain documents be submitted through postal mail only. Secondarily, the bill sets in stone the ability of the division to request data from parks, most likely via the demographic report. As an aside, at one point, the Division would have been allowed to request information “without limitation”, though that terminology has been removed from the bill.
Senate Bill 175
Senator Pat Spearman &
Assemblywoman Clara Thomas
What it means for us:This will complicate the process for putting a lien on a home that was abandoned, sold, or otherwise would fall into the park’s hands. However, as the situation is rare that a lien must be placed on a home where there is an available next of kin, not to mention that next of kin being of protected status, is a rare occurrence, and likely won’t massively effect the industry as a whole.
​Under existing law, a unit-owners’ association has a lien on a unit for certain amounts due to the association and may foreclose its lien through a nonjudicial foreclosure sale. (NRS 116.3116-116.31168) Section 2 of this bill prohibits an association from foreclosing a lien through a nonjudicial foreclosure sale if the unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest, or a household member of such person, is a veteran, senior citizen or person with a disability. If an association wishes to foreclose a lien against such a person, section 2 requires the association to foreclose the lien through the judicial foreclosure process. Section 2 also requires an association to take certain actions to: (1) inform a unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest of the protections set forth in section 2; and (2) verify whether a unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest is entitled to those protections. Under section 2, any person who knowingly initiates the foreclosure of a lien through a nonjudicial foreclosure sale in violation of the provisions of section 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable for actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the injured party. Finally, section 2 requires an association to file with the Real Estate Division of the Department of Business and Industry an annual report containing the number of judicial foreclosure actions in the immediately preceding year that the association commenced against a unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest who is a veteran, senior citizen or person with a disability or who has a household member who is such a person. Section 7 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate the proper placement of section 2 in the Nevada Revised Statutes.
Existing law establishes certain requirements relating to manufactured home parks. (Chapter 118B of NRS) Existing law prohibits a landlord or his or her agent or employee from increasing rent or additional charges unless the increased rent is the same rent charged for manufactured homes of the same size or lots of the same size or of a similar location within the park, except that a discount may be given to certain persons. (NRS 118B.150) Section 6 of this bill prohibits a landlord or his or her agent or employee from increasing rent for a tenancy that is from month to month and not a long-term lease unless the amount of the increase does not exceed the maximum annual rent increase percentage calculated by the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry, plus the amount of pass-through expenses actually incurred by the landlord of the manufactured home park. Section 4 of this bill: (1) authorizes a landlord or his or her agent or employee to apply to the Division for an exemption from this limit on the maximum annual rent increase if the operating costs of the manufactured home park exceed the amount the park would earn with the increase in rent; and (2) requires the Division to adopt regulations to establish the application process. Section 3 of this bill requires the Division to calculate annually and publish on an Internet website maintained by the Division the maximum annual rent increase percentage. Section 3 also requires the Division to: (1) issue a press release containing the maximum annual rent increase percentage for that fiscal year; and (2) maintain on the Internet website for at least 2 years information relating to each maximum annual rent increase percentage. Section 2 of this bill defines “maximum annual rent increase percentage” to mean the maximum annual rent increase percentage calculated by the Division pursuant to section 3. Section 5 of this bill makes a conforming change to indicate the proper placement of section 2 in the Nevada Revised Statutes.
Senate Bill 275
Senator Skip Daly
What it means for us: This is a big rent control bill, focused specifically on manufactured housing. This bill would cap the amount that parks can raise rent annually to only 60% of the prior year’s Consumer Price Index (how inflation is measured). This means, if last year’s inflation was 5%, parks in Nevada could only increase rent amounts by 3%, total.
Senate Bill 381
Senator Dallas Harris
What it means for us: This one is pretty straightforward, if under law, a landlord is required to perform a service, that landlord cannot charge the tenant for that service. For example, if a park-owned home’s toilet breaks, but by no fault of the tenant, the landlord would have to have that toilet fixed without passing any cost on to the tenant.
Existing law requires a landlord to maintain a dwelling unit in a habitable condition at all times during the tenancy of that dwelling unit. (NRS 118A.290) This bill prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay any fee or other charge for the performance of any repairs, maintenance tasks or other work for which the landlord has a duty to perform to maintain the habitability of the dwelling unit.