[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5547 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5547

     To provide assistance for the acquisition and preservation of 
       manufactured housing communities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2020

 Mrs. Axne (for herself and Mr. Khanna) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide assistance for the acquisition and preservation of 
       manufactured housing communities, 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 ``Manufactured Housing Community 
Preservation Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING PRESERVATION.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall establish a grant program under this section and, to the extent 
amounts are made available pursuant to subsection (i), make grants 
under such program to eligible entities under subsection (b) for 
acquiring and preserving manufactured housing communities.
    (b) Eligible Entities.--A grant under this section may be made only 
to entities that meet such requirements as the Secretary shall 
establish to ensure that any entity receiving a grant has the capacity 
to acquire and preserve housing affordability in such communities, 
including--
            (1) a nonprofit organization, including land trusts;
            (2) a public housing agency or other State or local 
        government agency;
            (3) an Indian tribe (as such term is defined in section 4 
        of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
        Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) or an agency of an 
        Indian tribe; or
            (4) a resident organization in which homeowners are members 
        and have open and equal access to membership; or
            (5) such other entities as the Secretary determines will 
        maintain housing affordability in manufactured housing 
        communities.
    (c) Use of Grant Amounts.--Amounts from a grant under this section 
may be used only for--
            (1) the acquisition and preservation of manufactured 
        housing communities;
            (2) such acquisition and preservation, together with costs 
        for making improvements to common areas and community property 
        for acquired manufactured housing communities; or
            (3) the demolition, removal, and replacement of dilapidated 
        homes from a manufactured housing community.
    (d) Preservation; Affordability; Ownership.--A grant under this 
section may be made only if the Secretary determines that the grantee 
will enter into such binding agreements as the Secretary considers 
sufficient to ensure that--
            (1) the manufactured housing community acquired using such 
        grant amounts--
                    (A) will be maintained as a manufactured housing 
                community for a period that begins upon the making of 
                such grant and has a duration not shorter than 20 
                years;
                    (B) will be managed in a manner that benefits the 
                residents and maintains their quality of life for a 
                period not shorter than 20 years;
                    (C) will, for a period not shorter than 20 years, 
                be subject to limitations on annual increases in rents 
                for lots for manufactured homes in such community 
                either through resident control over increases or, if 
                owned by a party other than the residents, as the 
                Secretary considers appropriate to ensure continued 
                affordability and maintenance of the property, but not 
                in any case annually to exceed the percentage that is 
                equal to the percentage increase for the immediately 
                preceding year in the Consumer Price Index for All 
                Urban Consumers (CPI-U) plus 7 percent, and such rents 
                will comply with any applicable State laws;
                    (D) will be owned by an entity described in 
                subsection (b) for a period not shorter than 20 years; 
                and
                    (E) has not been the primary beneficiary of a grant 
                under this section during the preceding 5 years; and
            (2) if in the determination of the Secretary the provisions 
        of the agreement have not been met, the grant shall be repaid.
    (e) Amount.--The amount of any grant under this section may not 
exceed the lesser of--
            (1) $1,000,000; or
            (2) the amount that is equal to $20,000 multiplied by the 
        number of manufactured home lots in the manufactured housing 
        community for which the grant is made.
    (f) Matching Funds.--The Secretary shall require a grantee of grant 
under this section to provide non-Federal matching funds for use only 
for the same purposes for which the grant is used in an amount equal or 
exceeding the amount of the grant provided to the grantee. Such non-
Federal matching funds may be provided by State, tribal, local, or 
private resources and may be a grant or loan, in cash or in-kind.
    (g) Applications; Selection.--
            (1) Applications.--The Secretary shall provide for eligible 
        entities under subsection (b) to apply for grants under this 
        section, and shall require such applications to contain such 
        assurances as the Secretary may require regarding the 
        availability of matching funds sufficient to comply with 
        subsection (f) and any organizational documents regarding the 
        manufactured housing community for which the grant is made, as 
        may be required by the State in which such community is 
        located. The Secretary shall accept applications on a rolling 
        basis and approve or deny each application within 20 business 
        days of receipt in order to facilitate market-based 
        transactions by an applicant.
            (2) Selection.--The Secretary shall establish criteria for 
        selection of applicants to receive grants under this section, 
        which criteria shall--
                    (A) give priority to grantees who would use such 
                grant amounts to carry out activities under subsection 
                (c) within areas having a high concentration of low-, 
                very low-, or extremely low-income families (as such 
                terms are defined in section 3(b) of the United States 
                Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b));
                    (B) give priority to grants for the benefit of 
                communities that have not received a grant under this 
                section during the preceding 10 years; and
                    (C) ensure that not more than 40 percent of grant 
                funds for any fiscal year are awarded to entities 
                identified in subsection (b)(5).
    (h) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply:
            (1) Manufactured home.--The term ``manufactured home'' 
        means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, 
        that--
                    (A) in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more 
                in width and 40 body feet or more in length, or when 
                erected on site is 320 square feet or more;
                    (B) is built on a permanent chassis and designed to 
                be used as a dwelling (with or without a permanent 
                foundation when connected to required utilities) and 
                includes plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and 
                electrical systems; and
                    (C) in the case of a structure manufactured after 
                June 15, 1976, is certified as meeting the Manufactured 
                Home Construction and Safety Standards issued under the 
                National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety 
                Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) by the 
                Department of Housing and Urban Development and 
                displays a label of such certification on the exterior 
                of each transportable section.
        Such term shall not include any self-propelled recreational 
        vehicle.
            (2) Manufactured housing community.--The term 
        ``manufactured housing community'' means a community comprised 
        primarily of manufactured homes used primarily for residential 
        purposes.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.
    (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for grants under this section $100,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
    (j) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue any regulations 
necessary to carry out this section.
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