[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3793 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3793

 To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to consider 
the appropriate inclusion of residential manufactured homes in certain 
                   programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2017

 Mrs. Torres introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to consider 
the appropriate inclusion of residential manufactured homes in certain 
                   programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``HUD Manufactured Housing 
Modernization Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Manufactured housing is the largest source of 
        unsubsidized affordable housing in the country.
            (2) Nearly 18,000,000 Americans live in manufactured 
        housing, which opens the door to homeownership for families 
        who, in many housing markets, cannot afford to buy a site-built 
        home.
            (3) A manufactured home qualified under the Energy Star 
        program established by section 324A of the Energy Policy and 
        Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a) can save homeowners an 
        average of 24 to 29 percent on total heating and cooling costs, 
        compared to a typical manufactured home.
            (4) Over 40 percent of manufactured homes are found in land 
        lease communities or ``parks'', but new ownership structures, 
        such as resident-owned cooperatives or communities owned by 
        nonprofits or public housing authorities, can provide 
        homeowners greater land tenure security and stability that 
        enhances the value of their homes.
            (5) These advances position manufactured homes to 
        appreciate in value and open the door to homeownership for 
        millions of families, and have proven to be an effective long-
        term affordable housing preservation strategy for communities 
        across the United States.

SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF GUIDELINES RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL MANUFACTURED 
              HOMES.

    (a) In General.--Any new rule or regulation, or any revision of a 
rule or regulation, issued by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall include, as appropriate, guidelines that assess the 
impact of the rule or regulation on owners of residential manufactured 
homes and the production and sale of residential manufactured homes.
    (b) Consolidated Plan.--The Secretary shall issue guidelines for 
jurisdictions relating to the appropriate inclusion of residential 
manufactured homes in a Consolidated Plan of the jurisdiction.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Residential manufactured home.--The term ``residential 
        manufactured home'' means a manufactured home (as defined in 
        section 603(6) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
        1974 (42 U.S.C. 5402(6))) which is used as a residence.
            (2) Consolidated plan.--The term ``Consolidated Plan'' 
        means a comprehensive housing affordability strategy and 
        community development plan required under part 91 of title 24, 
        Code of Federal Regulations.
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