[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3188 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3188
To establish a manufactured housing community improvement grant
program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 4, 2021
Ms. Cortez Masto 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 establish a manufactured housing community improvement grant
program, 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
Improvement Grant Program Act''.
SEC. 2. MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Eligible manufactured home community.--The term
``eligible manufactured home community'' means a community
that--
(A) is affordable to low- and moderate-income
persons (as such term is defined in section 102(a) of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5302(a))); and
(B)(i) is owned by the residents of the
manufactured housing community through a resident-
controlled entity, as defined by the Secretary, in
which at least two-thirds of residents are member-
owners of the land-owning entity; or
(ii) will be maintained as such a community, and
remain affordable for low- and moderate-income
families, to the maximum extent practicable and for the
longest period feasible.
(2) Eligible recipient.--The term ``eligible recipient''
means a partnership of--
(A) a grantee under paragraph (2) or (4) of section
106(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(a)); and
(B) an eligible manufactured home community, a
nonprofit entity, or a consortia of nonprofit entities
working with an eligible manufactured home community.
(3) Manufactured home community.--The term ``manufactured
home community'' means any community, court, or park equipped
to accommodate manufactured homes for which pad sites, with or
without existing manufactured homes or other allowed homes, or
other suitable sites, are used primarily for residential
purposes, with any additional requirements as determined by the
Secretary, including any manufactured housing community as such
term is used for purposes of the program of the Federal
National Mortgage Association for multifamily loans for
manufactured housing communities and the program of the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation for loans for manufactured
housing communities.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development.
(b) Establishment.--The Secretary shall carry out a competitive
grant program to award funds to eligible recipients to carry out
eligible projects for improvements in eligible manufactured home
communities.
(c) Eligible Projects.--Amounts from grants under this section
shall be used to assist in carrying out a project for construction,
reconstruction, repair, or clearance of housing, facilities and
improvements in or serving a manufactured housing community that is
necessary to protect the health and safety of the residents of the
manufactured housing community and the long-term sustainability of the
community.
(d) Waivers.--The Secretary may waive or specify alternative
requirements for any provision of law or regulation that the Secretary
administers in connection with use of amounts made available under this
section other than requirements related to fair housing,
nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment, upon a finding
that the waiver or alternative requirement is not inconsistent with the
overall purposes of such Act and that the waiver or alternative
requirement is necessary to facilitate the use of amounts made
available under this section.
(e) Implementation.--The Secretary shall have authority to issue
such regulations, notices, or other guidance, forms, instructions, and
publications to carry out the programs, projects, or activities
authorized under this section to ensure that such programs, projects,
or activities are completed in a timely and effective manner.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry
out this section.
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