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Manufactured-housing measure draws split testimony over narrow senior relief and rent stabilization trade-offs
Summary
Supporters urged House Bill 1365 to extend a property-tax-style benefit or rent relief to seniors in manufactured-home communities; opponents and tenant advocates said the draft is a limited band-aid that would help few homeowners and distract from broader rent-stabilization solutions.
House Bill 1365 prompted competing testimony over whether a targeted benefit for seniors living in manufactured-housing communities would protect vulnerable homeowners or simply provide a small subsidy that fails to address rising lot rents.
Brad Tower of Commonwealth Real Estate Services described the policy rationale by reference to RCW 84.36.383, the state property-tax exemption for some senior citizens and people with disabilities. Tower said the statute freezes property valuation for qualifying owners and suggested an administrative mechanism could extend similar support to seniors who own their manufactured home but not the underlying land.
Proponents included Kevin Vandeweg, who…
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