Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 504B.255 (2026)

Termination Notice Requirement For Federally Subsidized Housing

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The landlord of federally subsidized rental housing must give residential tenants of federally subsidized rental housing a one-year written notice under the following conditions:

(1) a federal Section 8 contract will expire;

(2) the landlord will exercise the option to terminate or not renew a federal Section 8 contract and mortgage;

(3) the landlord will prepay a mortgage and the prepayment will result in the termination of any federal use restrictions that apply to the housing; or

(4) the landlord will terminate a housing subsidy program.

The notice shall be provided at the commencement of the lease if the lease commences less than one year before any of the conditions in clauses (1) to (4) apply.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2025 · leading case: Occhino v. Grover, 640 N.W.2d 357 (Minn. Ct. App. 2002).

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Occhino v. Grover, 640 N.W.2d 357 (Minn. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 31× “The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Russell Grover, holding that Minn.Stat. § 504B.255 (2000) did not require Grover to provide a one-year notice before terminating Richard Occhi-no’s Section 8 tenancy.”

Edwards v. Hopkins Plaza Ltd. P'ship, 783 N.W.2d 171 (Minn. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 7× “302 (b) (providing that tenants may rent units where “the owner is willing to lease the unit under the program”), and Minn.Stat. § 504B.255 (providing that landlords must give notice of their intent to exercise their “option to terminate or not renew a federal Section 8 contract…”

Forest Park II v. Hadley, 203 F. Supp. 2d 1071 (D. Minnesota 2002). · cites it 3× “Plaintiff Forest Park II is required by Minn.Stat. § 504B.255 to provide written notice to the tenants of Forest Park II Apartments that the Plaintiff will prepay the mortgage and the prepayment will result in the termination of federal use restrictions.”

Forest Park II v. Katherine Hadley, 336 F.3d 724 (8th Cir. 2003). “Minn.Stat. Ann. § 504B.255 (West 2002). The other statute requires that the owner submit a “tenant impact statement” to the tenants, the state housing finance agency, and the metropolitan council at least 12 months before termination of participation in a federally assisted…”

Fletcher Props., Inc., et al., Appellants, vs. City of Minneapolis, Respondent, Poverty & Race Rsch. Action ... (Minn. 2025). · cites it 2× “3 (2024) (prohibiting a landlord from giving “a notice to quit the premises or notice of a rent increase that is shorter than the time period the lease provides for the tenant to give notice of an intention to quit the premises”); Minn. Stat. § 504B.255 (2024) (describing the…”

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