Housing authorities not permitted to prohibit lessees from possessing firearms
Public housing authorities and landlords who get money from public housing programs cannot stop renters, their household members, or guests from keeping guns inside their home, in common areas, or from carrying guns to and from their home in a way that is legal. Any lease rule that tries to ban this is not valid. The housing authority or landlord is not responsible if a renter uses a gun and hurts someone, unless the landlord broke a gun law or acted in a reckless or dishonest way.
*571.510. Housing authorities not permitted to prohibit from possessing firearms — definitions — , when. — 1. For purposes of this section, the terms "" or "" shall mean any of the corporations created the authority of section 99.040 and any or associated with such authority that administers or uses public moneys provided by the United States of Housing and Urban Development to very low, lower, and moderate income public rental housing assistance. For purposes of this section, the term "" means a lessee of residential .
2. any of law to the contrary, no housing authority, authority, or receiving public funds from a housing authority or authority shall prohibit a lessee or a member of the lessee's immediate household or guest from personally possessing firearms within an individual residence, common areas, or from carrying or transporting firearms to and from such residence in a manner allowed by law. Any provision of a , policy, , or agreement in violation of this section shall be .
3. No housing authority, authority, or lessor under this section shall be or any other for caused by a lessee's possession or use of a firearm on property owned by the lessor, unless a housing authority, authority, or lessor or an officer, agent, or employee of such housing authority, authority, or lessor:
(1) Violated section 571.060 or otherwise caused the lessee, the household member, or guest to engage in any unsafe or illegal s with a firearm; or
(2) Engaged in acts or failures to act which were , duties, or responsibilities or were committed , in , or in a manner.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2014 S.B. 656) *Effective 10-10-14, see § 21.250. S.B. 656 was vetoed July 14, 2014. The veto was overridden on September 10, 2014.
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