To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant program under the Community Development Block Grant program to incentivize State laws that enable residents to purchase manufactured housing communities.

Plain-English Summary

This bill would create a new grant program within the existing Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which is a long-running federal program that provides funding to communities for housing and development projects. Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to offer grants to states that pass laws making it easier for residents of manufactured housing communities — commonly known as mobile home parks — to purchase the land and community where they live.

In simple terms, manufactured housing communities are neighborhoods where residents often own their individual homes but rent the land underneath them from a private owner. When that land owner decides to sell the community, residents can face sudden rent increases or even displacement if a new owner decides to redevelop the property. This bill aims to give residents a better chance to buy their community collectively — often through a cooperative or resident association — by encouraging states to create legal pathways that support this process.

The people most directly affected by this bill would be the roughly 22 million Americans who live in manufactured housing communities, particularly lower- and middle-income residents who rely on this type of housing as an affordable option. States that want to receive the new grant funding would have an incentive to update their laws to give residents advance notice when a community is for sale and a fair opportunity to make a competing purchase offer.

The bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services, where it would need to be reviewed and approved before advancing further in the legislative process.