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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 926 

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to consider 

the appropriate inclusion of residential manufactured homes in certain 

programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 30, 2019 

Mrs. TORRES of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

to consider the appropriate inclusion of residential manufactured homes in certain programs, 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 ‘‘HUD Manufactured 

5 Housing Modernization Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Manufactured housing is the largest source 

2 of unsubsidized affordable housing in the country. 

3 (2) Nearly 18,000,000 Americans live in manu4 factured housing, which opens the door to homeown5 ership for families who, in many housing markets, 

6 cannot afford to buy a site-built home. 

7 (3) A manufactured home qualified under the 

8 Energy Star program established by section 324A of 

9 the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 6294a) can save homeowners an average of 24 to 29 

11 percent on total heating and cooling costs, compared 

12 to a typical manufactured home. 

13 (4) Over 40 percent of manufactured homes are 

14 found in land lease communities or ‘‘parks’’, but 

15 new ownership structures, such as resident-owned 

16 cooperatives or communities owned by nonprofits or 

17 public housing authorities, can provide homeowners 

18 greater land tenure security and stability that en19 hances the value of their homes. 

20 (5) These advances position manufactured 

21 homes to appreciate in value and open the door to 

22 homeownership for millions of families, and have 

23 proven to be an effective long-term affordable hous24 ing preservation strategy for communities across the 

25 United States. 


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1 SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF GUIDELINES RELATING TO RESIDEN2 TIAL MANUFACTURED HOMES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any new rule or regulation, or 

4 any revision of a rule or regulation, issued by the Sec5 retary of Housing and Urban Development shall include, 

6 as appropriate, guidelines that assess the impact of the 

7 rule or regulation on owners of residential manufactured 

8 homes and the production and sale of residential manufac9 tured homes. 

10 (b) CONSOLIDATED PLAN.—The Secretary shall issue 

11 guidelines for jurisdictions relating to the appropriate in12 clusion of residential manufactured homes in a Consoli13 dated Plan of the jurisdiction. 

14 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

15 In this Act: 

16 (1) RESIDENTIAL MANUFACTURED HOME.—The 

17 term ‘‘residential manufactured home’’ means a 

18 manufactured home (as defined in section 603(6) of 

19 the Housing and Community Development Act of 

20 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5402(6))) which is used as a resi21 dence. 

22 (2) CONSOLIDATED PLAN.—The term ‘‘Consoli23 dated Plan’’ means a comprehensive housing afford24 ability strategy and community development plan reVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:05 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H926.IH H926

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1 quired under part 91 of title 24, Code of Federal 

2 Regulations. 

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