Safe Homes Act

The Safe Homes Act is a rental housing measure that protects tenants whose personal safety is threatened. Its core mechanisms are a right to have the locks on the dwelling changed, confidentiality and privilege protections that bar disclosure of a tenant's protected information, and an affirmative defense a tenant may raise in proceedings arising from the covered circumstances; violations of the lock-change and nondisclosure duties carry penalties. The act's protections cannot be waived or modified by agreement, and public housing is outside its coverage.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.