House approves 6% annual cap on site rents for most manufactured-home parks

Representative Marsh presented House Bill 30 54, arguing the measure would provide relief to manufactured-home homeowners who own their units but rent the land beneath them.

Marsh said Oregon has roughly 62,000 manufactured homes and more than 1,000 parks and that residents often are on fixed incomes with limited options when site rents rise. "House Bill 30 54 as amended is a thoughtful, nuanced approach that will provide some relief to the manufactured home residents who have so few options when the rent goes up," Representative Marsh said.

The bill, as amended in the dash-2, does five main things: it caps annual rent increases for residents who own their homes on sites in parks and marinas with more than 30 spaces at 6% (small parks of 30 or fewer spaces are exempt); it allows larger-park owners to propose a one-time…