[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5547 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5547
To provide assistance for the acquisition and preservation of
manufactured housing communities, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 7, 2020
Mrs. Axne (for herself and Mr. Khanna) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
To provide assistance for the acquisition and preservation of
manufactured housing communities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Manufactured Housing Community
Preservation Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING PRESERVATION.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall establish a grant program under this section and, to the extent
amounts are made available pursuant to subsection (i), make grants
under such program to eligible entities under subsection (b) for
acquiring and preserving manufactured housing communities.
(b) Eligible Entities.--A grant under this section may be made only
to entities that meet such requirements as the Secretary shall
establish to ensure that any entity receiving a grant has the capacity
to acquire and preserve housing affordability in such communities,
including--
(1) a nonprofit organization, including land trusts;
(2) a public housing agency or other State or local
government agency;
(3) an Indian tribe (as such term is defined in section 4
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) or an agency of an
Indian tribe; or
(4) a resident organization in which homeowners are members
and have open and equal access to membership; or
(5) such other entities as the Secretary determines will
maintain housing affordability in manufactured housing
communities.
(c) Use of Grant Amounts.--Amounts from a grant under this section
may be used only for--
(1) the acquisition and preservation of manufactured
housing communities;
(2) such acquisition and preservation, together with costs
for making improvements to common areas and community property
for acquired manufactured housing communities; or
(3) the demolition, removal, and replacement of dilapidated
homes from a manufactured housing community.
(d) Preservation; Affordability; Ownership.--A grant under this
section may be made only if the Secretary determines that the grantee
will enter into such binding agreements as the Secretary considers
sufficient to ensure that--
(1) the manufactured housing community acquired using such
grant amounts--
(A) will be maintained as a manufactured housing
community for a period that begins upon the making of
such grant and has a duration not shorter than 20
years;
(B) will be managed in a manner that benefits the
residents and maintains their quality of life for a
period not shorter than 20 years;
(C) will, for a period not shorter than 20 years,
be subject to limitations on annual increases in rents
for lots for manufactured homes in such community
either through resident control over increases or, if
owned by a party other than the residents, as the
Secretary considers appropriate to ensure continued
affordability and maintenance of the property, but not
in any case annually to exceed the percentage that is
equal to the percentage increase for the immediately
preceding year in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers (CPI-U) plus 7 percent, and such rents
will comply with any applicable State laws;
(D) will be owned by an entity described in
subsection (b) for a period not shorter than 20 years;
and
(E) has not been the primary beneficiary of a grant
under this section during the preceding 5 years; and
(2) if in the determination of the Secretary the provisions
of the agreement have not been met, the grant shall be repaid.
(e) Amount.--The amount of any grant under this section may not
exceed the lesser of--
(1) $1,000,000; or
(2) the amount that is equal to $20,000 multiplied by the
number of manufactured home lots in the manufactured housing
community for which the grant is made.
(f) Matching Funds.--The Secretary shall require a grantee of grant
under this section to provide non-Federal matching funds for use only
for the same purposes for which the grant is used in an amount equal or
exceeding the amount of the grant provided to the grantee. Such non-
Federal matching funds may be provided by State, tribal, local, or
private resources and may be a grant or loan, in cash or in-kind.
(g) Applications; Selection.--
(1) Applications.--The Secretary shall provide for eligible
entities under subsection (b) to apply for grants under this
section, and shall require such applications to contain such
assurances as the Secretary may require regarding the
availability of matching funds sufficient to comply with
subsection (f) and any organizational documents regarding the
manufactured housing community for which the grant is made, as
may be required by the State in which such community is
located. The Secretary shall accept applications on a rolling
basis and approve or deny each application within 20 business
days of receipt in order to facilitate market-based
transactions by an applicant.
(2) Selection.--The Secretary shall establish criteria for
selection of applicants to receive grants under this section,
which criteria shall--
(A) give priority to grantees who would use such
grant amounts to carry out activities under subsection
(c) within areas having a high concentration of low-,
very low-, or extremely low-income families (as such
terms are defined in section 3(b) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b));
(B) give priority to grants for the benefit of
communities that have not received a grant under this
section during the preceding 10 years; and
(C) ensure that not more than 40 percent of grant
funds for any fiscal year are awarded to entities
identified in subsection (b)(5).
(h) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
(1) Manufactured home.--The term ``manufactured home''
means a structure, transportable in one or more sections,
that--
(A) in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more
in width and 40 body feet or more in length, or when
erected on site is 320 square feet or more;
(B) is built on a permanent chassis and designed to
be used as a dwelling (with or without a permanent
foundation when connected to required utilities) and
includes plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and
electrical systems; and
(C) in the case of a structure manufactured after
June 15, 1976, is certified as meeting the Manufactured
Home Construction and Safety Standards issued under the
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development and
displays a label of such certification on the exterior
of each transportable section.
Such term shall not include any self-propelled recreational
vehicle.
(2) Manufactured housing community.--The term
``manufactured housing community'' means a community comprised
primarily of manufactured homes used primarily for residential
purposes.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development.
(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for grants under this section $100,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
(j) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue any regulations
necessary to carry out this section.
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