H.R. 8047

[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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