H.R. 4969

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4969 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4969

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to investigate 
and report on the prices for pad sites in manufactured home 
communities, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 12, 2025

Mr. Vasquez (for himself and Mr. Ruiz) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to investigate 
and report on the prices for pad sites in manufactured home 
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 ``Keep Mobile Homes Affordable Act''.

SEC. 2. HUD INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ON PRICES FOR PAD SITES IN 
MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES.

(a) Investigation.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
(hereafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall conduct an 
investigation to determine if the prices for pad sites in manufactured 
home communities are--
(1) being manipulated by any form of market manipulation; 
or
(2) artificially increased through price gouging practices.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress and make available on a public website of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development a report on the 
investigation conducted under subsection (a).
(2) Contents.--The report shall include--
(A) a long-term strategy for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development and the Congress to 
address manipulation of prices for pad sites in 
manufactured home communities, and in preparing the 
strategy the Secretary shall utilize data on race, 
gender, and socioeconomic status; and
(B) a description and analysis of how institutional 
investors in manufactured home communities impact 
seniors and underserved communities.
(c) Exemption From Paperwork Reduction Act.--Chapter 35 of title 
44, United States Code, shall not apply to the collection of 
information under subsection (a).

SEC. 3. INVESTIGATIONS OF EXCESSIVE MANUFACTURED HOME PURCHASES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary shall monitor purchases of 
manufactured homes and pad sites for manufactured homes in each housing 
market area in the United States, as determined by the Secretary, to 
determine whether any single purchaser of such homes or pad sites, 
including any purchaser that is an institutional investor, is 
purchasing an excessive amount of such homes or pad sites made 
available for sale in any such market area. If the Secretary determines 
that, beginning on January 1, 2015, any single purchaser has purchased 
more than 2,500 manufactured homes or pad sites for manufactured homes 
made available for sale in any market area, the Secretary shall conduct 
an investigation to determine if such purchaser has engaged in--
(1) price gouging;
(2) rental increases that are significantly above the 
area's median rent price increase; or
(3) failure to provide utilities.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the conclusion of an 
investigation conducted pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
submit to the Congress and make available on a public website of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development a report of such 
investigation.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Manufactured home.--The term ``manufactured home''--
(A) has the meaning given the term in section 603 
of the National Manufactured Housing Construction 
Safety and Standards Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 5402); and
(B) includes any structure described in such 
section 603 without regard to--
(i) whether the structure complies with any 
standards under such Act; and
(ii) the date of the manufacture of the 
structure.
(2) Manufactured home community.--The term ``manufactured 
home community'' means any community, court, or park equipped 
to accommodate manufactured homes for which pad sites or pad 
sites and the manufactured homes, or both, are leased to 
residents to be used primarily for residential purposes.
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