REFERENCE TITLE: affordable housing; appropriation

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

2021

SB 1666

Introduced by

Senator Engel

AN ACT

appropriating monies to the housing trust fund.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Appropriation; housing trust fund; action prohibited

A. The sum of $25,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the housing trust fund established by section 41-3955, Arizona Revised Statutes.

B. If a landlord receives monies from the appropriation made in subsection A of this section as payment for rent owed to the landlord by a tenant, the landlord may not file, finalize or enforce any action against the tenant for the unpaid rent.