8/31/2021
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The Daily Bulletin: 2021-08-31
PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS
H 1 10 (2021) LANDLORD SUBMISSION OF HOPE APPLICATION. (NEW) Filed Feb 17 2021. AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES TO
THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND PREVENTION OF EVICTIONS (HOPE) PROGRAM.
Senate committee substitute deletes the content of the 2nd edition and replaces it with the following.
Enacts a new subsection to Section 3.4 of SL 2021-25 (Additional COVID-19 Response & Relief), relating to emergency
rental assistance funds. Directs the NC Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) to accept applications under the Housing
Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions Program (HOPE) submitted by a landlord on behalf of a tenant so long as the
submitted application meets the federal requirements for the HOPE program. Makes such applications retroactively eligible for
rental arrears, including current or previous tenant addresses, within allowable federal guidelines. Directs NCORR to only
allocate funds to the 12 counties listed in subsection (d) of Section 3.4 (counties identified to receive Emergency Rental
Assistance funds) that accept applications submitted by landlords on behalf of a tenant, accept applications submitted by
tenants, and comply with the use restrictions of subsection (j), as amended.
Amends subsection (j) of Section 3.4, SL 2021-25, to enumerate six specific uses for the emergency rental assistance funds
reserved and allotted under Section 3.4. Uses include: (1) covering the cost of a hotel or motel room, excluding incidental
charges, occupied by an eligible household that meets applicable program requirements and three additional criteria, including
that the household has been displaced from its primary residence or does not have a permanent residence elsewhere; (2)
covering the cost of reasonable accrued late fees due to a landlord; (3) covering utility or energy costs for renter households,
irrespective of an application for or receipt of rental assistance; (4) complying with fund allotment parameters set forth in
subsection (g), with NCORR annually reporting to the specified NCGA committee; (5) ensuring assistance is provided for no
longer than 12 months, with a three-month extension permitted if necessary to ensure housing stability (subject to funding
availability); and (6) covering rental arrears accrued after March 13, 2020, the date of the specified emergency declaration.
Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
Intro, by Hanig.
UNCOD1F1ED
Development, Land Use and Housing, Property and Housing,
Government, Public Safety and Emergency Management,
State Agencies, Department of Public Safety
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H 352 (2021) HOTEL SAFETY ISSUES. Filed Mar 22 202\, AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT OCCUPANTS OF ACCOMMODATIONS
PROVIDED BY HOTELS MOTELS. OR SIMILAR LODGINGS DO NOT CREATE A TENANCY AND ARE NOT SUBJECT TO
CHAPTER 42 OF THE GENER.iL STATUTES AND TO CLARIFY THAT THESE OCCUPANCIES ARE GOVERNED BY THE STATUTES
RELATING TO INNS HOTELS AND OTHER TRANSIENT OCCUPANCIES.
The Governor vetoed the act on August 30, 2021 . The Governor's objections and veto message are available
here: https://webservices.ncleg.gOv/ViewBillDocument/2021/52934/0/H352-BD-NBC-9I47.
Intro, by Bradford, Mills, Moflitt, Richardson. GS 42, GS 72
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