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Bill would bar mobile-home-park landlords from restricting tenants’ access to broadband and video services; FCC guidance complicates debate
Summary
A House committee heard Feb. 7 on House Bill 2225, which would bar mobile-home-park landlords from restricting tenants’ access to cable, broadband, telecommunications or video services; proponents said the change would speed broadband deployment, opponents cited FCC guidance that landlords can limit which providers enter an MTE.
A House committee hearing Feb. 7 examined House Bill 2225, which would amend the Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to say explicitly that the statute’s prohibition on landlord-imposed restrictions on tenants’ choice of services includes cable television, communications, broadband and telecommunications services. The bill would take effect July 1, 2025, if enacted.
Proponents, including Ethan Kaplan of IdeaTek, said the change is a narrow clarification to prevent mobile-home-park landlords from blocking broadband providers from extending service to individual tenants. “If IdeaTek or AT&T or Cox wants to give a mobile home tenant … access, the issue is whether the property owner will allow them to actually get the line to their house,” Kaplan said. He told the committee IdeaTek has encountered…
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