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HF5058 • 2026

Penalties under affordable housing aids for cities that impose moratoria on new residential developments imposed.

Penalties under affordable housing aids for cities that impose moratoria on new residential developments imposed.

Housing
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Howard, Rehrauer
Last action
2026-04-27
Official status
Author added Rehrauer
Effective date
Not listed

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Penalties under affordable housing aids for cities that impose moratoria on new residential developments imposed.

Penalties under affordable housing aids for cities that impose moratoria on new residential developments imposed.

What This Bill Does

  • Penalties under affordable housing aids for cities that impose moratoria on new residential developments imposed.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-27 House

    Author added Rehrauer

  2. 2026-04-22 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes

Official Summary Text

Penalties under affordable housing aids for cities that impose moratoria on new residential developments imposed.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to taxation; local government aids; imposing penalties under affordable

housing aids for cities that impose moratoria on new residential developments;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 477A.35, by adding a subdivision;

477A.36, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.35, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 5b.

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Penalties for moratoria on residential construction.

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Notwithstanding

anything in this section, the commissioner of revenue must not pay aid under this section

to a city that imposes a moratorium on new residential developments. The commissioner

of revenue must stop issuing payments to the city in the year after the city adopts a resolution

or ordinance imposing the moratorium. The commissioner of revenue must issue payments

to the city: (1) in the year after the moratorium expires; or (2) in the year after a resolution

or ordinance to end the moratorium takes effect. During the period in which a city is not

receiving aid pursuant to this subdivision, the commissioner of revenue must pay the amount

that the city would have received under this section in the absence of this penalty to the

county or counties containing the city. In the annual report required under subdivision 6, a

tier I city must certify whether it has in effect a moratorium on new residential developments.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2027.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.36, is amended by adding a subdivision to

read:

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Subd. 5b.

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Penalties for moratoria on residential construction.

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Notwithstanding

anything in this section, the commissioner of revenue must not pay aid under this section

to a city that imposes a moratorium on new residential developments. The commissioner

of revenue must stop issuing payments to the city in the year after the city adopts a resolution

or ordinance imposing the moratorium. The commissioner of revenue must issue payments

to the city: (1) in the year after the moratorium expires; or (2) in the year after a resolution

or ordinance to end the moratorium takes effect. During the period in which a city is not

receiving aid pursuant to this subdivision, the commissioner of revenue must pay the amount

that the city would have received under this section in the absence of this penalty to the

county or counties containing the city. In the annual report required under subdivision 6, a

tier I city must certify whether it has in effect a moratorium on new residential developments.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2027.

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