Florida: CS/CS/SB 48, housing package with reusable tenant screening report provisions. Status: Effective July 1, 2026 What it does: Includes authorization and rules for reusable tenant screening reports, plus other housing related provisions (including local requirements tied to accessory dwelling units in the bill summary). For landlords, the reusable report piece can change application fee practices and screening workflows. California: passed AB 414, modernizes security deposit accounting and refunds. Status: Effective January 1, 2026 What AB 414 does: Updates how landlords deliver the itemized statement and return security deposits, including allowing electronic delivery and refunds under specified conditions. AB 1248, “junk fee” style rent pricing and fee limits. Status: Effective April 1, 2026 What AB 1248 does: Requires rental ads and offers to include required fees and charges, and to describe optional housing services and their fees. Proposes limits on what fees can be charged. New York City: LL86, ensures that tenants have clear, accessible information about whether their homes are rent-stabilized. Status: Effective: January 26, 2026 What it does: All multiple dwellings containing one or more rent-stabilized units must post a notice in a common area of the building, in both English and Spanish, informing tenants that rent-stabilized units exist in the building and explaining how to find out whether their unit is one of them. Hawaii: SB 2959, statewide requirement to accept comprehensive reusable tenant screening reports. Status: Effective November 1, 2026 What it does: Would require landlords to accept comprehensive reusable tenant screening reports if provided, and restrict application fees in that scenario. This directly affects how often landlords can charge screening related fees and how they verify report freshness and completeness. Local, state and federal lawmakers have been very busy passing new multifamily statutes, the majority of which have been decidedly tenant friendly. Here are a few of the more interesting pending multifamily laws and some that have already been passed into law: NEW TENANT FRIENDLY LAWS LANDLORDS SHOULD BE WATCHING IN 2026
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