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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To provide assistance for the acquisition and preservation 

of manufactured housing communities, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Manufactured Housing 

5 Community Preservation Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING 

7 PRESERVATION. 

8 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 

9 Urban Development shall establish a grant program under 

10 this section and, to the extent amounts are made available 


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1 pursuant to subsection (i), make grants under such pro2 gram to eligible entities under subsection (b) for acquiring 

3 and preserving manufactured housing communities. 

4 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—A grant under this section 

5 may be made only to entities that meet such requirements 

6 as the Secretary shall establish to ensure that any entity 

7 receiving a grant has the capacity to acquire and preserve 

8 housing affordability in such communities, including— 

9 (1) a nonprofit organization, including land 

10 trusts; 

11 (2) a public housing agency or other State or 

12 local government agency; 

13 (3) an Indian tribe (as such term is defined in 

14 section 4 of the Native American Housing Assist15 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

16 4103)) or an agency of an Indian tribe; or 

17 (4) a resident organization in which home18 owners are members and have open and equal access 

19 to membership; or 

20 (5) such other entities as the Secretary deter21 mines will maintain housing affordability in manu22 factured housing communities. 

23 (c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Amounts from a 

24 grant under this section may be used only for— 


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1 (1) the acquisition and preservation of manu2 factured housing communities; 

3 (2) such acquisition and preservation, together 

4 with costs for making improvements to common 

5 areas and community property for acquired manu6 factured housing communities; or 

7 (3) the demolition, removal, and replacement of 

8 dilapidated homes from a manufactured housing 

9 community. 

10 (d) PRESERVATION; AFFORDABILITY; OWNERSHIP.— 

11 A grant under this section may be made only if the Sec12 retary determines that the grantee will enter into such 

13 binding agreements as the Secretary considers sufficient 

14 to ensure that— 

15 (1) the manufactured housing community ac16 quired using such grant amounts— 

17 (A) will be maintained as a manufactured 

18 housing community for a period that begins 

19 upon the making of such grant and has a dura20 tion not shorter than 20 years; 

21 (B) will be managed in a manner that ben22 efits the residents and maintains their quality 

23 of life for a period not shorter than 20 years; 

24 (C) will, for a period not shorter than 20 

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1 creases in rents for lots for manufactured 

2 homes in such community either through resi3 dent control over increases or, if owned by a 

4 party other than the residents, as the Secretary 

5 considers appropriate to ensure continued af6 fordability and maintenance of the property, 

7 but not in any case annually to exceed the per8 centage that is equal to the percentage increase 

9 for the immediately preceding year in the Con10 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 

11 (CPI–U) plus 7 percent, and such rents will 

12 comply with any applicable State laws; 

13 (D) will be owned by an entity described in 

14 subsection (b) for a period not shorter than 20 

15 years; and 

16 (E) has not been the primary beneficiary 

17 of a grant under this section during the pre18 ceding 5 years; and 

19 (2) if in the determination of the Secretary the 

20 provisions of the agreement have not been met, the 

21 grant shall be repaid. 

22 (e) AMOUNT.—The amount of any grant under this 

23 section may not exceed the lesser of— 

24 (1) $1,000,000; or 


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1 (2) the amount that is equal to $20,000 multi2 plied by the number of manufactured home lots in 

3 the manufactured housing community for which the 

4 grant is made. 

5 (f) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Secretary shall require 

6 a grantee of grant under this section to provide non-Fed7 eral matching funds for use only for the same purposes 

8 for which the grant is used in an amount equal or exceed9 ing the amount of the grant provided to the grantee. Such 

10 non-Federal matching funds may be provided by State, 

11 tribal, local, or private resources and may be a grant or 

12 loan, in cash or in-kind. 

13 (g) APPLICATIONS; SELECTION.— 

14 (1) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro15 vide for eligible entities under subsection (b) to 

16 apply for grants under this section, and shall require 

17 such applications to contain such assurances as the 

18 Secretary may require regarding the availability of 

19 matching funds sufficient to comply with subsection 

20 (f) and any organizational documents regarding the 

21 manufactured housing community for which the 

22 grant is made, as may be required by the State in 

23 which such community is located. The Secretary 

24 shall accept applications on a rolling basis and ap25 prove or deny each application within 20 business 


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1 days of receipt in order to facilitate market-based 

2 transactions by an applicant. 

3 (2) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall establish 

4 criteria for selection of applicants to receive grants 

5 under this section, which criteria shall— 

6 (A) give priority to grantees who would use 

7 such grant amounts to carry out activities 

8 under subsection (c) within areas having a high 

9 concentration of low-, very low-, or extremely 

10 low-income families (as such terms are defined 

11 in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 

12 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)); 

13 (B) give priority to grants for the benefit 

14 of communities that have not received a grant 

15 under this section during the preceding 10 

16 years; and 

17 (C) ensure that not more than 40 percent 

18 of grant funds for any fiscal year are awarded 

19 to entities identified in subsection (b)(5). 

20 (h) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

21 following definitions shall apply: 

22 (1) MANUFACTURED HOME.—The term ‘‘manu23 factured home’’ means a structure, transportable in 

24 one or more sections, that— 


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1 (A) in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet 

2 or more in width and 40 body feet or more in 

3 length, or when erected on site is 320 square 

4 feet or more; 

5 (B) is built on a permanent chassis and 

6 designed to be used as a dwelling (with or with7 out a permanent foundation when connected to 

8 required utilities) and includes plumbing, heat9 ing, air conditioning, and electrical systems; 

10 and 

11 (C) in the case of a structure manufac12 tured after June 15, 1976, is certified as meet13 ing the Manufactured Home Construction and 

14 Safety Standards issued under the National 

15 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety 

16 Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et 

17 seq.) by the Department of Housing and Urban 

18 Development and displays a label of such cer19 tification on the exterior of each transportable 

20 section. 

21 Such term shall not include any self-propelled rec22 reational vehicle. 

23 (2) MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY.— 

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1 factured homes used primarily for residential pur2 poses. 

3 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

4 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

5 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section 

7 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 

8 (j) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue any 

9 regulations necessary to carry out this section. 

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