2023 Delaware Code › Title 25 - Property › Chapter 70. Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Home Communities Act › Subchapter II. Landlord-Tenant Relationship › § 7022A. Lot rental assistance program; requirements.

§ 7022A. Lot rental assistance program; requirements.
(a) Community owners and homeowners must comply with the requirements under this section for lot rental assistance programs under § 7022 or § 7022B of this title.
(b) (1) A community owner shall annually provide written notice of the lot rental assistance program to all homeowners in the community.
(2) After 1 year, a community owner may require a homeowner receiving lot rental assistance to reestablish eligibility for lot rental assistance. If a community owner requires a homeowner to reestablish eligibility for lot rental assistance, the community owner shall provide written notice to the homeowner at least 60 days before the first day of the month that full rent will be due if the lot rental assistance credit is terminated. A notice under this paragraph (b)(2) of this section is not a notice of a rent increase under § 7051 of this title, but must comply with § 7015 of this title and include all of the following:
a. The date by which the homeowner must reestablish program eligibility under paragraph (b)(3) of this section.
b. The date that the full amount of rent will be due if the homeowner does not reestablish program eligibility.
c. The amount of rent that will be due without the lot rental assistance credit.
(3) A community owner shall provide a homeowner with at least 45 days, from the date of the notice under paragraph (b)(2) of this section, to reestablish program eligibility by providing necessary documents and information to the community owner.
(4) If the homeowner fails to reestablish eligibility under paragraph (b)(3) of this section, the community owner may terminate the lot rental assistance credit under paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
(5) A community owner may not terminate a lot rental assistance credit without providing notice and the opportunity to reestablish eligibility under this subsection (b) of this section.
(c) If the homeowner does not pay all lot rent due after the lot rental assistance credit, utility fees, or other charges and assessments on or before the due date or during the grace period, the lot rental assistance credit may be immediately terminated upon notice of the delinquency, and the homeowner is not eligible for further lot rental assistance.
(d) A homeowner receiving lot rental assistance credit must notify the community owner immediately of any substantial change in that homeowner's financial situation or in the composition of the household.
(e) If a homeowner intentionally misrepresents the homeowner's financial situation or living arrangements that would have resulted in the denial of lot rental assistance, all lot rental assistance terminates immediately, and the homeowner has an immediate obligation to reimburse all credits received under the lot rental assistance program from the point of the initial misrepresentation. A community owner may treat the amounts due and owing as a rent delinquency.
(f) A community owner shall treat all documents and information submitted for the lot rental assistance program as confidential and may not disclose the documents or information publicly or use them in any manner other than to determine eligibility under the lot rental assistance program. Any intentional public dissemination of confidential information provided under the lot rental assistance program is subject to civil relief which is reasonable and appropriate under Delaware law.
83 Del. Laws, c. 341, § 7;