Legislation · General Assembly 152

HA 1 to HB 241

Synopsis

This amendment clarifies that DSHA is not liable for supervising or reviewing housing agreement advisors and may not be held liable for the services provided by organizations it lists on its website that may provide housing agreement advisors, and that no cause of action may be held against DSHA for the services provided by housing agreement advisors. This amendment clarifies that statements by a housing advisor are not inspections and are not required to be included in a seller’s disclosures. It also clarifies that for sales contracts, the written statement of the right to be accompanied by one or more housing advisors should be provided at the time of first appointment or viewing with the seller or seller’s agents. Finally, the amendment clarifies that violation of the tenant advisor provisions of the landlord-tenant code will be deemed an unlawful practice under the consumer fraud provisions of the Delaware Code.