The Protecting Homeowners from Squatters Act

This bill would bar local governments that permit squatting, or that give squatters tenant rights, from receiving federal Community Development Block Grant funds. The Department of Housing and Urban Development would write rules for this ban, let local governments take corrective actions to regain eligibility, and publish a yearly list of barred local governments with the reasons. The bill would also stop federal agencies and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from insuring, guaranteeing, making, or buying home loans for 1- to 4-family homes located in those barred areas. For the grant ban, squatting means living in a property without the owner's permission or rent for 10 or more days in a row; the mortgage section uses 14 or more days.

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Sponsors

• Michael Lawler Republican sponsor
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