[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1804 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1804

  To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue 
    guidelines relating to the appropriate inclusion of residential 
   manufactured homes in Consolidated Plans, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2019

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Ms. Smith, 
  Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; which was 
read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue 
    guidelines relating to the appropriate inclusion of residential 
   manufactured homes in Consolidated Plans, 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 ``HUD Manufactured Housing 
Modernization Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Manufactured housing is a significant source of 
        unsubsidized affordable housing in the United States.
            (2) Nearly 22,000,000 people in the United States live in 
        manufactured housing, which opens the door to homeownership for 
        families who, in many housing markets, cannot afford to buy a 
        site-built home.
            (3) Manufactured housing is the only form of housing 
        regulated by a Federal building code, which includes standards 
        for health, safety, energy efficiency, and durability, and is 
        found on land owned by the homeowner and land leased by the 
        homeowner in communities owned and operated by private 
        entities, nonprofit organizations, or resident-owned 
        communities.
            (4) Manufactured homes can open the door to homeownership 
        for millions of families; they can appreciate in value and be 
        an effective long-term affordable housing solution for some 
        families and communities across the United States.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Consolidated plan.--The term ``Consolidated Plan'' 
        means a comprehensive housing affordability strategy and 
        community development plan required under part 91 of title 24, 
        Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.
            (2) Residential manufactured home.--The term ``residential 
        manufactured home'' means a manufactured home, as defined in 
        section 603 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
        1974 (42 U.S.C. 5402), that is used as a dwelling.

SEC. 4. ISSUANCE OF GUIDELINES RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL MANUFACTURED 
              HOMES.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue 
guidelines for jurisdictions relating to the appropriate inclusion of 
residential manufactured homes in a Consolidated Plan of the 
jurisdiction.
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