HCSHB1682--EVICTIONMORATORIUMS
SPONSOR: Brown(16)
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPasswithHCS"bytheStanding
CommitteeonJudiciarybyavoteof7to2.
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheHouseCommitteeSubstituteforHB
1682.
Thisbillprohibitsanycounty,municipality,orpolitical
subdivisionfromimposingorenforcingamoratoriumoneviction
proceedingsunlessspecificallyauthorizedbystatelaw.
Thefollowingisasummaryofthepublictestimonyfromthe
committeehearing. Thetestimonywasbasedontheintroduced
versionofthebill.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthefederalgovernmentimplemented
anevictionmoratoriumandforaboutayearlandlordscouldnot
evictfornonpaymentofrent,whichisthecauseofmostevictions.
Thepurposeofowningarentalpropertyistoreceiverentandnot
allowingalandlordtoevictisaviolationofcontractlaw.Mom
andpopinvestorsconstitutealmosthalfofrentalownersinthe
U.S.Mostlandlordsdonothaveaccesstocreditandwould
struggleinanemergency. Peoplehaveamisconceptionthatmost
landlordsarecorporationsbutthatisnottrue.Thesearesmall
investorswhoplantousethisfortheirkids’collegetuition.
Manystateshaveenactedtheirownevictionmoratoriums. Whenthe
moratoriumwasputintoplaceoriginally,moneywassetasideto
helpwiththatbutalotofstatesdidn’tgetallthemoneyandit
didn’treachthelandlords.
TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative Brown;JasonZamkus,
MissouriAssociationofRealtors.
OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsaythatpeoplethroughthe
pandemichaveexperiencedexceptionallydifficulthardships,and
thatincludeslandlords. Butyouhavetoweighprosandconsand
peoplestayingintheirhomesoutweighstheneedforlandlordsto
getmoneyandinvestorstogetmoney.
TestifyingagainstthebillwereSarahOwsley,EmpowerMissouri;
ArnieC.AcDienoff. Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.