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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3264 

To establish a manufactured housing community improvement grant program, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2023 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Ms. SMITH, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Mr. 

TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a manufactured housing community 

improvement grant program, 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 ‘‘Preservation and Rein5 vestment Initiative for Community Enhancement Act’’ or 

6 the ‘‘PRICE Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY IMPROVE8 MENT GRANT PROGRAM. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL IN2 STITUTION.—The term ‘‘community development fi3 nancial institution’’ has the meaning given the term 

4 in section 103 of the Community Development 

5 Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 

6 U.S.C. 4702). 

7 (2) ELIGIBLE MANUFACTURED HOME COMMU8 NITY.—The term ‘‘eligible manufactured home com9 munity’’ means a manufactured home community 

10 that— 

11 (A) is affordable to low- and moderate-in12 come persons; and 

13 (B)(i) is owned by the residents of the 

14 manufactured home community through a resi15 dent-controlled entity such as a resident-owned 

16 cooperative, as defined by the Secretary; or 

17 (ii) will be maintained as such a commu18 nity, and remain affordable for low- and mod19 erate-income persons, to the maximum extent 

20 practicable and for the longest period feasible. 

21 (3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 

22 recipient’’ means— 

23 (A) an eligible manufactured home commu24 nity; 


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1 (B) a unit of general local government, in2 cluding a housing authority; 

3 (C) a resident-owned community; 

4 (D) a resident-owned cooperative; 

5 (E) a nonprofit entity with housing exper6 tise or a consortia of such entities; 

7 (F) a community development financial in8 stitution; 

9 (G) an Indian Tribe; 

10 (H) a tribally designated housing entity; or 

11 (I) any other entity approved by the Sec12 retary working with an eligible manufactured 

13 home community. 

14 (4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

15 has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 

16 section 4 of the Native American Housing Assist17 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

18 4103). 

19 (5) LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS; 

20 UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The 

21 terms ‘‘low- and moderate-income persons’’ and 

22 ‘‘unit of general local government’’ have the mean23 ings given those terms in section 102(a) of the 

24 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 

25 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)). 


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1 (6) MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY.—The 

2 term ‘‘manufactured home community’’ means any 

3 community, court, or park equipped to accommodate 

4 manufactured homes for which pad sites, with or 

5 without existing manufactured homes or other al6 lowed homes, or other suitable sites, are used pri7 marily for residential purposes, with any additional 

8 requirements as determined by the Secretary, includ9 ing any manufactured housing community as such 

10 term is used for purposes of the program of the 

11 Federal National Mortgage Association for multi12 family loans for manufactured housing communities 

13 and the program of the Federal Home Loan Mort14 gage Corporation for loans for manufactured hous15 ing communities. 

16 (7) RESILIENCY ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘resil17 iency activities’’ means the reconstruction, repair, or 

18 replacement of manufactured housing and manufac19 tured home communities to protect the health and 

20 safety of manufactured housing residents and to ad21 dress weatherization and energy efficiency needs. 

22 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

23 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

24 (9) TRIBALLY DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTI25 TY.—The term ‘‘tribally designated housing entity’’ 


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1 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 

2 Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De3 termination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 

4 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall carry out 

5 a competitive grant program to award funds to eligible re6 cipients to carry out eligible projects for improvements in 

7 eligible manufactured home communities. 

8 (c) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts from grants under 

10 this section— 

11 (A) shall be used to assist in carrying out 

12 a project for construction, reconstruction, re13 pair, or clearance of housing, facilities and im14 provements in or serving a manufactured home 

15 community that is necessary to protect the 

16 health and safety of the residents of the manu17 factured home community and the long-term 

18 sustainability of the community; and 

19 (B) may be used for infrastructure, plan20 ning, resident and community services (includ21 ing relocation assistance, eviction prevention, 

22 and down payment assistance), resiliency activi23 ties, replacement of outdated homes, and assist24 ance for manufactured housing land and site 

25 acquisition. 


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1 (2) REPLACEMENT.—For purposes of para2 graph (1), with respect to manufactured housing 

3 that was built before 1976, amounts from grants 

4 under this section may be used only for replacement 

5 of that housing. 

6 (d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec7 tion, the Secretary shall prioritize applicants that will 

8 carry out activities that primarily benefit low- or mod9 erately low-income residents and preserve long-term hous10 ing affordability for residents of manufactured home com11 munities. 

12 (e) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive or specify 

13 alternative requirements for any provision of law or regu14 lation that the Secretary administers in connection with 

15 use of amounts made available under this section other 

16 than requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina17 tion, labor standards, and the environment, upon a finding 

18 that the waiver or alternative requirement is not incon19 sistent with the overall purposes of such Act and that the 

20 waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to facilitate 

21 the use of amounts made available under this section. 

22 (f) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall have au24 thority to issue such regulations, notices, or other 

25 guidance, forms, instructions, and publications to 


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1 carry out the programs, projects, or activities au2 thorized under this section to ensure that such pro3 grams, projects, or activities are completed in a 

4 timely and effective manner. 

5 (2) FUND.—The Secretary may establish a sep6 arate fund to award grants under this section to In7 dian Tribes. 

8 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

9 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 

10 as may be necessary to carry out this section. 

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