Residents describe steep lot‑rent spikes and maintenance failures as committee debates manufactured‑home protections; bill laid over

The Minnesota House Housing Finance and Policy Committee heard more than two hours of testimony March 2025 on House File 23‑81, a residents’ rights package aimed at limiting annual manufactured‑home lot‑rent increases, strengthening notice and purchase opportunities for resident‑owned cooperatives, and clarifying owner responsibilities. Representative Jamie Norris moved the bill for possible inclusion in the housing omnibus; legislators laid the measure over for further work.

Advocates said the bill responds to rapid rent increases and property‑management failures that are pushing long‑term homeowners out of their communities. "Without this housing option, my business and the opportunity it gave me likely wouldn't exist," said Sammy Silver, a Cimarron Manufactured Home Community resident and vice president of his park's residents association. Silver told the committee his lot rent rose roughly 45% in four years and described ongoing maintenance and water‑quality problems.

Natividad Seefeld, president of Park Plaza Cooperative in Fridley, described a cooperative conversion the residents completed and detailed infrastructure investments completed without…