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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2084: Relating to landlord-tenant law by creating a tenant hotline and modifying tenant remedies

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to landlord-tenant law by creating a tenant information hotline and expanding a tenant remedy. The bill provides that the Iowa finance authority shall create and implement a hotline that provides resources to tenants and renters. The bill expands a tenant remedy to allow tenants to deduct from rent the cost of making repairs when there has been a wrongful failure by the landlord to adhere to city ordinances or repair safety hazards.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council

In plain words

  1. January 25, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Commerce committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2084