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Committee advances bill to limit lot-rent hikes in manufactured-home communities, 15-11
Summary
The Housing & Community Development Committee voted 15-11 to report House Bill 1250, which would tie lot-rent increases to the consumer price index, allow owners to seek higher increases with financial justification, extend notification deadlines and protect residents’ right to hold group meetings.
The Housing & Community Development Committee voted 15-11 to report House Bill 1250, legislation the bill’s prime sponsor said would cap routine lot‑rent increases for manufactured‑home communities and add new protections for residents.
House Bill 1250 would tie annual lot‑rent increases to the consumer price index (CPI), allow community owners to seek increases above 4 percent by submitting a financial summary to residents for review, extend certain notification deadlines, and explicitly protect residents’ ability to hold group meetings without interference, according to the committee staff description.
Representative Jim Hambridge, the bill’s prime sponsor, told the committee that manufactured‑home communities provide affordable homeownership for more than 55,500 Pennsylvanians and that the current ownership…
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