An Act regularizing water rates for tenants

HD 1713 (An Act regularizing water rates for tenants) clarifies how water costs are billed in buildings with submeters. It requires landlords to calculate tenant bills by multiplying each tenant’s individual water usage by the municipal rate, rather than basing it on the entire building’s total usage. The bill also explicitly states that landlords must cover any additional water costs resulting from municipal rate increases tied to the building’s overall water consumption. This directly affects tenants in multi-unit buildings with submeters and their landlords. The law ensures tenants pay only for their individual usage and shields them from rate hikes caused by the building’s total water demand.