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HF3403 • 2026
Onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties established, and money appropriated.
Onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties established, and money appropriated.
Housing
Passed Legislature
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
Bill History
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Final Acti
House
See Senate file in House SF3596
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2026-03-23
House
Author added Kraft
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2026-03-12
House
Author added Jones
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2026-03-09
House
Author added Momanyi-Hiltsley
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2026-02-19
House
Authors added Agbaje; Rehrauer; Xiong; Lee, F.; and Hussein
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2026-02-17
House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Housing Finance and Policy
Official Summary Text
Onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties established, and money appropriated.
Current Bill Text
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A bill for an act relating to taxation; local government aids; establishing a onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties; appropriating money. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AID. new text end new text begin (a) $44,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue for aid payments to counties as provided under this section. $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue for aid payments to Tribal governments as provided under this section. These are onetime appropriations. new text end new text begin (b) No later than 15 days after the effective date of this section, the commissioner of revenue must pay aid to counties using the county distribution formula in Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.30, subdivision 3. For the purposes of the calculation, the commissioner must use the appropriation amount provided in paragraph (a) and the population data and distribution factors used to certify aids payable in 2026 under Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.30. No later than 15 days after the effective date of this section, the commissioner of revenue must pay an equal share of the aid provided in paragraph (a) for Tribal governments to each Tribal government that chose to receive a distribution of aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.30, subdivision 3a. new text end new text begin (c) Counties and Tribal governments must use the money received under this section only for rental assistance to eligible recipients. new text end new text begin (d) To be eligible for receipt of rental assistance under this section, the household must: new text end new text begin (1) have income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level; new text end new text begin (2) be Minnesota residents; and new text end new text begin (3) be homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness and in need of financial assistance due to a housing crisis. new text end new text begin (e) Counties and Tribal governments must spend aid received under this section within 180 days of receipt. After 180 days from receipt, counties and Tribal governments must return unspent money to the commissioner of revenue. Any unspent money is canceled to the general fund. new text end new text begin (f) Rental assistance funded under this section may be administered by the same entities allowed to administer family homeless prevention and assistance projects or programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.30, subdivision 4, paragraph (a). new text end new text begin (g) For purposes of this section, "Tribal government" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.30, subdivision 1, clause (4). new text end new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end