Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2551: A BILL FOR An Act relating to rent increases under residential landlord and tenant rental agreements and in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks
Status: In committee, February 16, 2026
An Act relating to rent increases under residential landlord and tenant rental agreements and in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to rent increases under residential landlord and tenant rental agreements and in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks.
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to rent increases under residential landlord and tenant rental agreements and in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5708YH (3) lh/jh H.F. 2551 Section 1. Section 562A.9, subsection 3, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 3. Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties. If a landlord applies a rent increase to the dwelling unit of a current tenant, the percentage increase shall not be greater than the percentage increase of the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the midwest region over the previous twelve months or the percentage increase of the property value of the premises as determined by the county assessor for the same time period since the last rent increase, whichever is higher. Each tenant shall be notified, in writing, of any rent increase at least ninety days before the effective date. Unless otherwise agreed, rent is payable at the dwelling unit and periodic rent is payable at the beginning of any term of one month or less and otherwise in equal monthly installments at the beginning of each month. Unless otherwise agreed, rent shall be uniformly apportionable from day-to-day. Sec. 2. Section …
Sponsors
- Larry McBurney (D, 44) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Introduced, referred to Commerce. H.J. 307 .
Subjects: rental property, residential landlord and tenant act, landlord and tenant, trailer parks, manufactured homes
Common questions
- What is HF2551?
- HF2551 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to rent increases under residential landlord and tenant rental agreements and in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks.
- What does HF2551 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to rent increases under residential landlord and tenant rental agreements and in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks.
- What is the status of HF2551?
- In committee as of February 16, 2026. Latest action: Introduced, referred to Commerce. H.J. 307 . (February 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2551?
- Larry McBurney (D, 44).
- Where is the official record for HF2551?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2551&ga=91
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