An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1145
Committee: Housing and Economic Development
Sponsors: NANGLE
Amends: 10 MRSA §9094-A, 10 MRSA §9094-B

Legislative Document
No. 1145
S.P. 477
In Senate, March 18, 2025
An Act to Protect Residents Living in Mobile Home Parks
Reference to the Committee on Housing and Economic Development suggested and 
ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland.
Cosponsored by Senators: BALDACCI of Penobscot, RENY of Lincoln, TIPPING of 
Penobscot, Representative: SATO of Gorham.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  10 MRSA §9094-A, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 2023, c. 378, 
§1, is amended to read:
1.  Notice required.    The owner of a mobile home park shall give written notice of 
the intent to sell the mobile home park to each owner of a mobile home in the mobile home 
park and to the Maine State Housing Authority.  The owner of the mobile home park may 
not make a final unconditional acceptance of an offer for the sale of the mobile home park 
earlier than the 60th 90th day after the date the notice was mailed as required by this 
subsection owner receives an offer to purchase the mobile home park that the owner intends 
to accept.  The notice must include:
A.  A statement that a group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' 
association of the mobile home park has a right of first refusal to purchase the mobile 
home park and may make an offer to purchase the mobile home park within 60 90 days 
of the mailing date of the notice owner receives an offer to purchase the mobile home 
park that the owner intends to accept; and
B.  Either:
(1)  The price, terms and conditions for which the owner of the mobile home park 
intends to sell the mobile home park; or
(2)  The price, terms and conditions of any acceptable offer the owner of the mobile 
home park has received for the mobile home park, including a signed copy of the 
written offer that contains a description of the property.  The owner may redact the 
name, address, contact information or other identifying information of the party 
making the offer.
The notice must be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each mobile home 
owner at the mobile home owner's home address and to the Maine State Housing Authority.
Sec. 2.  10 MRSA §9094-A, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 378, §4, is 
amended to read:
3-A.  Group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association 
purchase right of first refusal.  The owner of a mobile home park shall consider any offer 
received, before the 60th 90th day after the date the notice was mailed as required by 
subsection 1 owner receives an offer to purchase the mobile home park that the owner 
intends to accept, from a group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' 
association, as long as the mobile home owners of at least 51% of the mobile homes in the 
mobile home park that are occupied by the mobile home owner or a family member of the 
mobile home owner sign a petition or otherwise indicate in writing that they support making 
the offer.  The owner of the mobile home park shall negotiate in good faith with the group 
of mobile home owners or the mobile home owners' association concerning a purchase 
pursuant to an offer made under this subsection.  For the purposes of this subsection, 
negotiating in good faith does not require the owner of a mobile home park to accept an 
offer to purchase made by a group of mobile home owners or the mobile home owners' 
association. An offer made by the group of mobile home owners or the mobile home 
owners' association must include a purchase and sale agreement.  If the owner of the mobile 
home park accepts the offer of the group of mobile home owners or the mobile home 
owners' association, the group of mobile home owners or the mobile home owners' 
association must The owner of a mobile home park is not obligated to complete the sale if 
the group of mobile home owners or the mobile home owners' association is unable to 
obtain appropriate financing before the 90th day after the execution date of the purchase 
and sale agreement.
Sec. 3.  10 MRSA §9094-B is enacted to read:
§9094-B.  Restrictions on mobile home park change of use; notice; tenant relocation
If the mobile home park owner intends to change the use of the mobile home park in a 
manner that would terminate the tenancy of an owner of a mobile home within the mobile 
home park, the mobile home park owner shall comply with the provisions of this section.
1.  Notice. The mobile home park owner shall give written notice to each owner of a 
mobile home in the mobile home park and to the Maine State Housing Authority, by 
certified mail, return receipt requested, of the mobile home park owner's intent to change 
the use of the mobile home park at least 90 days prior to the change in use.
2. Tenant relocation.  The mobile home park owner shall facilitate the relocation of 
the mobile homes in the mobile home park within a 25-mile radius at the mobile home park 
owner's expense.
The mobile home park owner may not change the use of the mobile home park in a manner 
that will terminate the tenancy of an owner of a mobile home in the park until all tenants 
have been relocated.
SUMMARY
This bill gives a group of mobile home owners or a mobile home owners' association 
the right of first refusal to purchase a mobile home park that the owner of the mobile home 
park intends to sell.  It requires an owner who intends to make a change in use of the mobile 
home park to provide notice to owners of mobile homes in the park.  It also requires the 
mobile home park owner, at the mobile home park owner's expense, to facilitate the 
relocation of the mobile homes in the park within a 25-mile radius.