Our community has been hit hard by housing insecurity and instability throughout the pandemic. Although federal eviction prevention funding has provided a lifeline, Senator King took action in anticipation of a drastic rise in eviction filings as that funding is eventually exhausted.

Working with her colleagues Nancy helped to pass a series of bills to ensure an equitable approach to our housing laws for tenants, including:

• Protecting tenants from unreasonable or arbitrary deductions from their security deposits by requiring landlords to provide supporting documentation;
• Requiring judges to pause eviction proceedings when the tenant provides evidence that a request for rental assistance is pending;
• Ensuring any landlord seeking an eviction order has a valid rental license; and
• Providing $14 million to fund the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund that was created in the 2021 legislative session to level the playing field regarding legal representation in eviction proceedings.