I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6321 
To establish a manufactured housing community improvement grant program, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 9, 2023 
Ms. BONAMICI (for herself and Ms. SALINAS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To establish a manufactured housing community 
improvement grant program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preservation and Rein-
vestment Initiative for Community Enhancement Act’’ or 
the ‘‘PRICE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY IMPROVE-
MENT GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTION.—The term ‘‘community development fi-
nancial institution’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 103 of the Community Development 
Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 
U.S.C. 4702). 
(2) ELIGIBLE MANUFACTURED HOME COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘‘eligible manufactured home com-
munity’’ means a manufactured home community 
that— 
(A) is affordable to low- and moderate-in-
come persons; and 
(B)(i) is owned by the residents of the 
manufactured home community through a resi-
dent-controlled entity such as a resident-owned 
cooperative, as defined by the Secretary; or 
(ii) will be maintained as such a commu-
nity, and remain affordable for low- and mod-
erate-income persons, to the maximum extent 
practicable and for the longest period feasible. 
(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 
recipient’’ means— 
(A) an eligible manufactured home commu-
nity; 
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(B) a unit of general local government, in-
cluding a housing authority; 
(C) a resident-owned community; 
(D) a resident-owned cooperative; 
(E) a nonprofit entity with housing exper-
tise or a consortia of such entities; 
(F) a community development financial in-
stitution; 
(G) an Indian Tribe or tribally designated 
housing entity; or 
(H) any other entity approved by the Sec-
retary working with an eligible manufactured 
home community. 
(4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 
section 4 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4103). 
(5) LOW- AND
MODERATE-INCOME
PERSONS; 
UNIT
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—The 
terms ‘‘low- and moderate-income persons’’ and 
‘‘unit of general local government’’ have the mean-
ings given those terms in section 102(a) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5302(a)). 
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(6) MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘‘manufactured home community’’ means any 
community, court, or park equipped to accommodate 
manufactured homes for which pad sites, with or 
without existing manufactured homes or other al-
lowed homes, or other suitable sites, are used pri-
marily for residential purposes, with any additional 
requirements as determined by the Secretary, includ-
ing any manufactured housing community as such 
term is used for purposes of the program of the 
Federal National Mortgage Association for multi-
family loans for manufactured housing communities 
and the program of the Federal Home Loan Mort-
gage Corporation for loans for manufactured hous-
ing communities. 
(7) RESILIENCY ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘resil-
iency activities’’ means the reconstruction, repair, or 
replacement of manufactured housing and manufac-
tured home communities to protect the health and 
safety of manufactured housing residents and to ad-
dress weatherization and energy efficiency needs. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall carry out 
a competitive grant program to award funds to eligible re-
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cipients to carry out eligible projects for improvements in 
eligible manufactured home communities. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts from grants under 
this section— 
(A) shall be used to assist in carrying out 
a project for construction, reconstruction, re-
pair, or clearance of housing, facilities and im-
provements in or serving a manufactured home 
community that is necessary to protect the 
health and safety of the residents of the manu-
factured home community and the long-term 
sustainability of the community; and 
(B) may be used for infrastructure, plan-
ning, resident and community services (includ-
ing relocation assistance, eviction prevention, 
and down payment assistance), resiliency activi-
ties, replacement of outdated homes, and assist-
ance for manufactured housing land and site 
acquisition. 
(2) REPLACEMENT.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), with respect to manufactured housing 
that was built before 1976, amounts from grants 
under this section may be used only for replacement 
of that housing. 
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(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall prioritize applicants that will 
carry out activities that primarily benefit low- or mod-
erately low-income residents and preserve long-term hous-
ing affordability for residents of manufactured home com-
munities. 
(e) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive or specify 
alternative requirements for any provision of law or regu-
lation that the Secretary administers in connection with 
use of amounts made available under this section other 
than requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment, upon a finding 
that the waiver or alternative requirement is not incon-
sistent with the overall purposes of such Act and that the 
waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to facilitate 
the use of amounts made available under this section. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall have au-
thority to issue such regulations, notices, or other 
guidance, forms, instructions, and publications to 
carry out the programs, projects, or activities au-
thorized under this section to ensure that such pro-
grams, projects, or activities are completed in a 
timely and effective manner. 
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(2) FUND.—The Secretary may establish a sep-
arate fund to award grants under this section to In-
dian Tribes. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
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