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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3332 

To provide assistance for the acquisition and preservation of manufactured 

housing communities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 19, 2021 

Mrs. AXNE (for herself, Mr. KHANNA, and Ms. BONAMICI) 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 2021’’. 

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 (j), 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; 

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 and other required costs for 

2 lots for manufactured homes in such commu3 nity either through resident control over in4 creases or, if owned by a party other than the 

5 residents, as the Secretary considers appro6 priate to ensure continued affordability and 

7 maintenance of the property, but not in any 

8 case annually to exceed the percentage that is 

9 equal to the percentage increase for the imme10 diately preceding year in the Consumer Price 

11 Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) plus 

12 7 percent, and such rents will comply with any 

13 applicable State laws; 

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

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

16 years; and 

17 (E) has not been the primary beneficiary 

18 of a grant under this section during the pre19 ceding 5 years; and 

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

21 provisions of the agreement have not been met, the 

22 grant shall be repaid. 

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

24 section may not exceed the lesser of— 

25 (1) $2,000,000; 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) REPORTS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit 

22 a report annually regarding the grant program 

23 under this section to Committee on Financial Serv24 ices of the House of Representatives and the Com25 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 


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1 the Senate, and shall make each such report publicly 

2 available on the website of the Department of Hous3 ing and Urban Development. The first such report 

4 shall be made for the first fiscal year in which any 

5 grants are made under this section and a report 

6 shall be made for each fiscal year in which a grantee 

7 is subject to the requirements under subparagraph 

8 (d)(1)(A). 

9 (2) CONTENTS.—Each such report shall in10 clude, for the fiscal year covered by the report— 

11 (A) a description of the grants made under 

12 the program, including identification of what 

13 type of eligible entity under subsection (b) each 

14 grantee is; 

15 (B) for each manufactured home commu16 nity for which a grant under this section is 

17 made, identification of— 

18 (i) the number of manufactured home 

19 units in the community at the time of the 

20 grant; 

21 (ii) the lot rents in the community at 

22 such time; and 

23 (iii) if a manufactured home commu24 nity was purchased using grant amounts, 

25 the purchase price of the community; 


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1 (C) summary information identifying the 

2 total applications received for grants under this 

3 section and total grant funding sought, 

4 disaggregated by the types of eligible entities 

5 under subsection (b) of the applicants; and 

6 (D) an analysis of the effectiveness of the 

7 program, including identification of changes to 

8 the number of units and lot rents in commu9 nities for which a grant was made, any signifi10 cant upgrades made to the communities, demo11 graphic changes in communities, and, if any 

12 community is sold during the period covered 

13 under subsection (d), the sale price of the com14 munity. 

15 (i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

16 following definitions shall apply: 

17 (1) MANUFACTURED HOME.—The term ‘‘manu18 factured home’’ means a structure, transportable in 

19 one or more sections, that— 

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

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

22 length, or when erected on site is 320 square 

23 feet or more; 

24 (B) is built on a permanent chassis and 

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1 out a permanent foundation when connected to 

2 required utilities) and includes plumbing, heat3 ing, air conditioning, and electrical systems; 

4 and 

5 (C) in the case of a structure manufac6 tured after June 15, 1976, is certified as meet7 ing the Manufactured Home Construction and 

8 Safety Standards issued under the National 

9 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety 

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

11 seq.) by the Department of Housing and Urban 

12 Development and displays a label of such cer13 tification on the exterior of each transportable 

14 section. 

15 Such term shall not include any self-propelled rec16 reational vehicle. 

17 (2) MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY.— 

18 The term ‘‘manufactured housing community’’ 

19 means a community comprised primarily of manu20 factured homes used primarily for residential pur21 poses. 

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

23 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

24 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

25 authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section 


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1 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, 

2 of which not more than 5 percent may be used for admin3 istration and oversight. 

4 (k) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue any 

5 regulations necessary to carry out this section. 

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