APPROVED CHAPTER
MAY 29, 2025 40
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 475 - L.D. 733
Resolve, to Require the Maine State Housing Authority to Submit a Report
on the Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals
Sec. 1. Report. Resolved: That, by June 30, 2026, the Maine State Housing
Authority shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Housing and Economic
Development with details on the authority's pilot project to facilitate rent payment history
reporting to credit reporting agencies for purposes of establishing or improving the credit
ratings of low-income residential tenants through voluntary participation of residential
landlords and tenants in the State in submitting rent payment histories of tenants. The report
must include details on the effectiveness of collecting and reporting rent payment histories,
an analysis of any improvement in the credit ratings of tenant participants and
recommended legislation to make the pilot project permanent. The joint standing
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over housing and economic development
matters may report out legislation based upon the report to the 133rd Legislature in 2027.
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