Minnesota SF 4327: Youth justice service grants establishment and appropriation

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to taxation; aids to local governments; establishing a onetime emergency​
1.3 rental assistance aid for counties and Tribal governments; requiring the claims​
1.4 administrator to return unused funds; canceling a prior appropriation; temporarily​
1.5 extending time period to correct delinquent rent; appropriating money; requiring​
1.6 a report.​
1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.8 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AID.​
1.9 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have​
1.10 the meanings given.​
1.11 (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue.​
1.12 (c) "Household" means all individuals who occupy a single detached dwelling unit or a​
1.13 single unit of a multiple dwelling unit as their primary residence.​
1.14 (d) "Eligible household" means a household that:​
1.15 (1) has a rent obligation for the household's primary residence at an address in Minnesota;​
1.16 (2) has income at or below 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines;​
1.17 (3) experienced financial hardship after August 31, 2025, including but not limited to​
1.18 loss of income or unemployment; and​
1.19 (4) is at risk of experiencing housing instability or homelessness, including but not​
1.20 limited to risk of lease termination or eviction.​
1.21 (e) "Emergency rental assistance" means direct financial support for any or all of the​
1.22 following rent obligations for an eligible household's primary residence:​
1​Section 1.​
26-07804 as introduced​03/05/26 REVISOR MS/MI​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 4327​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: LATZ)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​6588​03/11/2026​
Referred to Taxes​

2.1 (1) up to two months of prospective rent;​
2.2 (2) rent arrears incurred after August 31, 2025;​
2.3 (3) up to two months of prospective utility costs;​
2.4 (4) utility arrears incurred after August 31, 2025; or​
2.5 (5) fines and fees related to nonpayment of rent or utilities.​
2.6 (f) "Median rent" means the most recent estimates of median gross rent made or conducted​
2.7 by the United States Bureau of the Census that are available as of the effective date of this​
2.8 section. For a federally recognized American Indian reservation or off-reservation trust land​
2.9 that does not have an estimate of median gross rent available for any of the preceding three​
2.10 years, median rent means the average of the most recent estimates of median gross rent​
2.11 made or conducted by the United States Bureau of the Census that are available as of the​
2.12 effective date of this section for the Minnesota counties in which the reservation or​
2.13 off-reservation trust land are physically located.​
2.14 (g) "Tribal government" means any of the 11 federally recognized Indian Tribes located​
2.15 wholly or partially in Minnesota.​
2.16 Subd. 2.Distribution.(a) The commissioner must calculate the amount of emergency​
2.17 rental assistance aid payable to each county and Tribal government under this section.​
2.18 (b) Each county shall receive an amount of aid calculated using the county distribution​
2.19 formula under Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.30, subdivision 3; the population data and​
2.20 distribution factors used to certify aids payable in 2026 under Minnesota Statutes, section​
2.21 477A.30; and the appropriation amount provided in subdivision 7 for aid to counties.​
2.22 (c) Each Tribal government shall receive an equal share of the appropriation amount​
2.23 provided in subdivision 7 for aid to Tribal governments.​
2.24 Subd. 3.Use of proceeds; administration.(a) Counties and Tribal governments must​
2.25 use aid received under this section for emergency rental assistance to eligible households.​
2.26 Emergency rental assistance under this section may be administered by the same entities​
2.27 allowed to administer family homeless prevention and assistance projects or programs under​
2.28 Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.30, subdivision 4, paragraph (a).​
2.29 (b) Eligible households that include at least one minor must be prioritized in the​
2.30 distribution of emergency rental assistance under this section.​
2.31 (c) Each eligible household may receive a total amount of emergency rental assistance​
2.32 under this section no greater than five times the median rent for the county or federally​
2​Section 1.​
26-07804 as introduced​03/05/26 REVISOR MS/MI​

3.1 recognized American Indian reservation or off-reservation trust land where the household's​
3.2 primary residence is located.​
3.3 (d) Counties and Tribal governments must spend aid received under this section by the​
3.4 last day of the fourth month following the month of the effective date of this section. Counties​
3.5 and Tribal governments must notify the commissioner of the amount of aid not spent by​
3.6 the deadline imposed under this paragraph and return that amount to the commissio