HF745 • 2026

A bill for an act concerning city regulation of single-family residential property.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: TUREK
Last action: 2025-03-05
Official status: Introduced, referred to Local Government. H.J. 512 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act concerning city regulation of single-family residential property.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act concerning city regulation of single-family residential property.

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Bill History

2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Local Government. H.J. 512 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act concerning city regulation of single-family residential property.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

745

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

745

BY

TUREK

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

concerning

city

regulation

of

single-family

residential

1

property.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

TLSB

2086YH

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H.F.

745

Section

1.

Section

414.1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

3.

a.

For

the

purpose

of

promoting

the

3

general

welfare

of

the

community,

a

city

is

hereby

empowered

to

4

regulate

the

use

of

a

building

for

single-family

residential

5

purposes

by

prohibiting

the

purchase

of

single-family

6

residential

property

by

corporations

or

other

business

entities

7

utilizing

private

equity

funds,

hedge

funds,

or

real

estate

8

funds

for

the

period

beginning

July

1,

2025,

and

ending

June

9

30,

2030.

10

b.

This

subsection

is

repealed

July

1,

2030.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

allows

cities

to

prohibit

the

purchase

of

15

single-family

residential

property

by

corporations

or

other

16

business

entities

utilizing

private

equity

funds,

hedge

funds,

17

or

real

estate

funds

for

the

period

beginning

July

1,

2025,

and

18

ending

June

30,

2030.

19

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LSB

2086YH

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