Idaho Bills
5 bills · 2026 Regular Session
Adds to existing law to provide for limitations on rental application fees.
The proposed legislation intends to ensure that tenants are only charged rental application fees when they are actually being considered for a rental unit and that renters will follow their stated procedures when charging rental application fees. It allows only two rental applicant households to be charged application fees at a time. Each member of the household needing criminal history or background checks can be charged applicant fees. A rental must be available or expected to be available and the advertisement must disclose any criteria for the rental. Applicants may be charged a fee and placed on a waiting list if they are notified and consent to being placed on the waiting list. To charge a fee, the property owner or manager must also actually run the criminal history or background check that they state they are collecting the fee for. If an applicant is denied, the property owner or manager may then move on to an additional applicant, so long as no more than two applicant households are being processed at a time. This section of code shall not apply to situations where a property owner or manager is not charging or receiving application fees.
Alison Rabe · SD-016
Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding regulation of twin homes and duplexes.
Homeownership is growing increasingly out of reach for many residents due to inflation, artificial scarcity, and other economic factors. In order to decrease red tape and allow the market to further align development incentives with real demand, this legislation legalizes twin homes and duplexes on residential lots where single-family homes are already permitted. It prohibits covenants and local ordinances that ban or effectively block these forms of housing and establishes clear, objective approval standards.
Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding starter home subdivisions.
With the national median age of first-time homebuyers having recently reached 40, the need to reduce barriers of entry in the face of increasing cost of living and artificial scarcity is ever more apparent. This legislation removes red tape discouraging first-time homeownership by enabling small-lot starter home subdivisions on vacant residential land, removing restrictive covenants and local zoning barriers that prevent compact single-family development. It sets reasonable state standards for lot size, frontage, setbacks, and density, while preserving health, safety, environmental, and infrastructure requirements.
Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding starter home subdivisions.
With the national median age of first-time home buyers having recently reached 40, the need to reduce barriers of entry in the face of increasing cost of living and artificial scarcity is apparent. This legislation removes red tape discouraging first-time home ownership by enabling small-lot starter home subdivisions on residential land, removing local zoning barriers that prevent compact single-family development. It sets reasonable state standards for lot size, frontage, setbacks, and density, while preserving health, safety, environmental, and infrastructure requirements.
Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding regulation of twin homes and duplexes.
Home ownership is growing increasingly out of reach for many residents due to inflation, artificial scarcity, and other economic factors. In order to decrease red tape and allow the market to further align development incentives with real demand, this legislation legalizes twin homes and duplexes on residential lots where single-family homes are already permitted. It prohibits local ordinances that ban or effectively block these forms of housing and requires clear, objective approval standards.