Hotel and motel removal rules would depend on tenant status

Courts would weigh long-term plans and use as the only home, among other facts, to decide whether tenant eviction protections apply. The same test would cover occupants receiving state or federal housing subsidies. People staying fewer than 90 continuous days would be presumed temporary guests unless they show tenant status is more likely than not. The test would take effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.

Occupants who deliberately withhold information needed to register their room would be excluded from tenant status. This exclusion would affect hotel and motel occupants seeking tenant eviction protections. Occupants would have a reasonable chance to fix registration problems. Lacking usual identification because of homelessness would not automatically count as a violation. The exclusion would not apply when an owner deliberately or carelessly failed to collect the needed information. The exclusion and safeguards would take effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.