The bill trades stronger, near-term housing protections for disaster-affected renters and homeowners (reducing displacement and stabilizing communities) against higher short-term costs, financial strain for small landlords and mortgage actors, and increased legal/administrative complexity for governments and courts.
Renters in federally- or state/tribally-declared disaster areas cannot be evicted during the moratorium (including a 120-day post-declaration period), are protected from fees/penalties and retroactive rent increases, and temporarily relocated tenants can return without re‑screening, preserving housing stability after disasters.
Homeowners with covered mortgages (including 1–4 unit homes and condos/co‑ops) in declared disaster areas get a pause on new foreclosure actions (up to six months), giving homeowners time to recover and reducing immediate loss-of-home risk.
By preventing immediate foreclosures and sales in disaster zones, the bill helps stabilize neighborhoods and local property values, reducing blight and supporting local economic recovery.
Small landlords and property owners lose or are delayed in collecting rent and lose eviction remedies during moratoria (including the 120-day renter moratorium), risking significant lost income and financial strain for small landlords and individual owners.
Mortgage servicers, lenders, and investors face delayed foreclosure remedies, higher administrative costs, and potential financial losses that could be borne by financial institutions or taxpayers (and extending protections retroactively/future may increase federal costs).
Delays in eviction or foreclosure may keep seriously damaged, vacant-disputed, or hazardous properties occupied longer, creating safety and public‑health risks for neighbors, first responders, and local communities.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Temporarily bars evictions, rent increases/fees (120-day eviction moratorium) and most foreclosures (6-month foreclosure moratorium) in declared disaster areas, applied retroactively and prospectively.
Prohibits landlords and mortgage servicers from carrying out evictions, charging fees or penalties for nonpayment, raising rent, or starting foreclosure actions in areas subject to an official disaster declaration for set moratorium periods (120 days for eviction-related actions; 6 months for foreclosure-related actions). Applies to disasters already declared when the law is enacted and to future disaster declarations. Vacant or abandoned properties are excluded from the foreclosure moratorium.
Introduced September 3, 2025 by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick · Last progress September 3, 2025