I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 741 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2009 Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide for rental assistance payments to assist certain owners of manufactured homes who rent the lots on which their homes are located.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Mobile Home Protection Act.

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Amendment to United States Housing Act of 1937

Section 8(o)(12) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(12)) is amended— (1)in subparagraph (A), by inserting after , or to (pursuant to subparagraph (C)), after on behalf of; and (2)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C)

Assistance payments directly to family

In the case only of a low-income family that owns a manufactured home, rents the real property on which it is located, and to whom assistance under this paragraph has been made available, the public housing agency making such assistance available shall enter into a contract to make assistance payments under this paragraph directly to the family (rather than to the owner of such real property) if— (i)the owner of the real property refuses to enter into a contract to receive assistance payments pursuant to this paragraph; (ii)the family was residing in such manufactured home on such real property at the time such assistance was initially made available on behalf of the family; (iii)the family provides such assurances to the agency, as the Secretary may require, to ensure that amounts from the assistance payments are used for rental of the real property; and (iv)the rental of the real property otherwise complies with the requirements for assistance under this paragraph. A contract pursuant to this subparagraph shall be subject to the provisions of subparagraph (B) and any other provisions applicable to contracts under this paragraph, except that the Secretary may provide such exceptions as the Secretary considers appropriate to facilitate the provision of assistance under this subparagraph..