[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3332 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3332
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
May 19, 2021
Mrs. Axne (for herself, Mr. Khanna, and Ms. Bonamici) 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 2021''.
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 (j), 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;
(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
and other required costs 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) $2,000,000; 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) Reports.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall submit a report
annually regarding the grant program under this section to
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate, and shall make each such report publicly available on
the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The first such report shall be made for the first fiscal year
in which any grants are made under this section and a report
shall be made for each fiscal year in which a grantee is
subject to the requirements under subparagraph (d)(1)(A).
(2) Contents.--Each such report shall include, for the
fiscal year covered by the report--
(A) a description of the grants made under the
program, including identification of what type of
eligible entity under subsection (b) each grantee is;
(B) for each manufactured home community for which
a grant under this section is made, identification of--
(i) the number of manufactured home units
in the community at the time of the grant;
(ii) the lot rents in the community at such
time; and
(iii) if a manufactured home community was
purchased using grant amounts, the purchase
price of the community;
(C) summary information identifying the total
applications received for grants under this section and
total grant funding sought, disaggregated by the types
of eligible entities under subsection (b) of the
applicants; and
(D) an analysis of the effectiveness of the
program, including identification of changes to the
number of units and lot rents in communities for which
a grant was made, any significant upgrades made to the
communities, demographic changes in communities, and,
if any community is sold during the period covered
under subsection (d), the sale price of the community.
(i) 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.
(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for grants under this section $100,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2022 through 2026, of which not more than 5 percent may be
used for administration and oversight.
(k) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue any regulations
necessary to carry out this section.
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