[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8047 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8047
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to direct
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant
program under the Community Development Block Grant program to
incentivize State laws that enable residents to purchase manufactured
housing communities.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 24, 2026
Mr. Frost introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to direct
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant
program under the Community Development Block Grant program to
incentivize State laws that enable residents to purchase manufactured
housing communities.
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 ``Promoting Resident Ownership of
Manufactured Home Communities Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE POLICIES ENABLING RESIDENT OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE
MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES.
Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 123 STATE POLICIES ENABLING RESIDENT OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE
MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES.
``(a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall carry out a competitive
grant program to award amounts to eligible entities as described in
this section.
``(b) Eligibility.--
``(1) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under this
section, an entity shall--
``(A) be a recipient of assistance under this
title;
``(B) be located within a State or be a State,
Indian tribe, or insular area that has--
``(i) adopted the model laws described in
subsection (e), submitted to the Secretary by
the entity for review; or
``(ii) submitted to the Secretary data
demonstrating an effective purchase
opportunity.
``(2) Determination.--In determining eligibility, the
Secretary shall make a determination whether the submissions
described in subparagraph (B) meet the requirements of this
section.
``(3) Period of eligibility.--Following a determination
that an entity is eligible for a grant under this section, that
entity shall retain its eligibility for a 3-year period after
such determination.
``(c) Eligible Activities.--An eligible entity that is awarded a
grant under this section shall use--
``(1) not less than 25 percent of such grant amounts for
land and site acquisition and infrastructure for a manufactured
housing community owned by an eligible owner; and
``(2) the remaining grant amounts to carry out any of the
eligible activities described in section 105.
``(d) Waivers.--The Secretary may waive or specify alternative
requirements for any provision of law or regulation that the Secretary
administers in connection with use of amounts made available under this
section other than requirements related to fair housing,
nondiscrimination, labor standards, the environment, and requirements
that activities benefit persons of low- and moderate-income, upon a
finding that the waiver or alternative requirement is not inconsistent
with the overall purposes of this section and that the waiver or
alternative requirement is necessary to facilitate the use of amounts
made available under this section.
``(e) Model Law Criteria.--The model law criteria for a State,
insular area, and Indian tribe are as follows:
``(1) Not later than 60 days before making a final,
unconditional acceptance of an offer to sell, lease, or
transfer a manufactured housing community, the owner of such
community shall provide a written notice to--
``(A) the residents of the manufactured housing
community; and
``(B) the housing finance agency of the relevant
State, insular area, or Indian tribe.
``(2) The notice described in paragraph (1) shall--
``(A) include the price, terms, and conditions of
the offer the manufactured housing community owner has
conditionally accepted or plans to accept;
``(B) in the case of a sale of more than 1
manufactured housing community, or a manufactured
housing community and 1 or more other non-related
properties in a single transaction, state both the
aggregate price and the price of the manufactured
housing community in which the residents receiving the
notice reside; and
``(C) describe the residents' opportunity to
purchase the community and the relevant deadlines
described in this subsection.
``(3) If within 60 days of the date of the notice described
in paragraph (1), a formal or informal group of resident
homeowners that is governed by and open to all resident
homeowners in the community, or its designee, presents a
proposed agreement to the manufactured housing community owner
to purchase the community, along with a statement that the
owners of more than 50 percent of the owner-occupied homes in
the community have indicated their support for submission of
the offer by signing a petition or other document that so
states, then--
``(A) if the proposed agreement matches the price
and substantially the same terms and conditions as the
offer the manufactured housing community owner has
conditionally accepted or plans to accept, the
community owner must sell the community to the
homeowners on those prices, terms, and conditions; or
``(B) if the proposed agreement differs from the
price or substantially differs from the terms and
conditions of the offer the community owner has
conditionally accepted or plans to accept, the
community owner shall consider the group's proposed
agreement and negotiate with the group in good faith to
determine whether a mutual agreement can be reached to
enable the group to purchase the community.
``(4) The community owner may not reject a proposed
purchase agreement solely on the basis of its inclusion of a
financing contingency.
``(5) If a resident homeowner group and the community owner
enter into a purchase agreement for the community, the resident
homeowner group shall have 120 days from the date of the
agreement to form an appropriate homeowner-governed corporation
or co-operative to take title to the community and arrange all
necessary financing, and a commercially reasonable time to
close on the sale.
``(6) The community owner shall afford the purchase
opportunity required by this section separately to each
substantially different offer to sell or purchase a
manufactured housing community.
``(7) The manufactured housing community owner may not
accept or conditionally accept an offer for the sale, lease, or
transfer of the community unless its price, terms, and
conditions are universal and applicable to all potential
buyers, nor shall such owner accept or conditionally accept an
offer that contains any provision penalizing the owner for
entering into a purchase agreement with a resident homeowner
group.
``(8) The residents of a manufactured housing community
shall have the right to meet, form a residents association, use
common areas for meetings on the same terms as allowed for
other uses, and circulate flyers, petitions, or other
documents, and may not be retaliated against for asserting such
rights.
``(9) The requirements listed in this subsection apply to
all sales, leases, or other transfers of manufactured housing
communities, except a State, insular area, and Indian tribe may
exempt any of the following:
``(A) A sale, lease or transfer to a family member
of the community owner or to a trust, the beneficiaries
of which are family members of the community owner.
``(B) A transfer by gift, devise or operation of
law.
``(C) A sale, lease or transfer by a partnership or
a limited liability company to 1 or more of its
partners or members, between joint tenants or tenants
in common, or by a business entity to a subsidiary or
affiliate of such entity.
``(D) A lease of a lot within the manufactured
housing community to a person who will live in a
manufactured home on such lot.
``(E) A conveyance of an interest in the community
that is incidental to the financing of such community.
``(F) A sale or transfer pursuant to eminent
domain.
``(f) Implementation.--
``(1) Allocation of cdbg amounts.--Grants awarded under
this section shall not adversely affect the amount of any
formula assistance received by a jurisdiction under section
106.
``(2) Definition of data demonstrating an effective
purchase opportunity.--The Secretary may adjust the definition
of `data demonstrating an effective purchase opportunity' as
necessary to respond to market conditions related to resident
purchase and operation of manufactured housing communities.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Data demonstrating an effective purchase
opportunity.--The term `data demonstrating an effective
purchase opportunity' means data showing that, over a 1- to 5-
year period, including the most recent year for which data is
available, that--
``(A) residents were given a notice of sale and
opportunity to purchase in at least 80 percent of
manufactured housing community sales that were
completed; and
``(B) residents, or a nonprofit organization
designated by the residents, successfully purchased the
community in at least 1 out of 20 manufactured housing
community sales.
``(2) Eligible owner.--The term `eligible owner' means--
``(A) a unit of general local government;
``(B) a housing authority;
``(C) a resident-owned community;
``(D) a resident-owned cooperative;
``(E) a nonprofit entity with housing expertise or
a consortia of such entities;
``(F) a community development financial
institution;
``(G) an Indian tribe;
``(H) a tribally designated housing entity; or
``(I) a State.
``(3) Manufactured housing community.--The term
`manufactured housing community' means--
``(A) any community, court, park, or other land
under unified ownership developed and accommodating, or
equipped to accommodate, the placement of manufactured
homes, where--
``(i) spaces within such community are or
will be primarily used for residential
occupancy; or
``(ii) a majority of such occupied spaces
within the community are occupied by
manufactured homes, which may include homes
constructed prior to the Manufactured Home
Construction and Safety Standards established
by the Secretary; or
``(B) any community that meets the definition of
manufactured housing community used for programs
carried out by the Secretary.
``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry
out this section, which shall be in addition to any other funds
appropriated pursuant to this title.''.
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