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Senate committee forwards rent‑increase transparency and timing changes for manufactured home parks
Summary
Senate File 1205 would require manufactured home park owners to limit rent increases to once per 12 months, include a reason for increases in the required 60‑day notice, and require the owner to prove a rent increase is reasonable if challenged. The committee moved the bill to Judiciary without recommendation after extended debate.
Senator Roger Putnam summarized Senate File 1205 as a three‑part measure to add transparency and timing constraints to rent increases in manufactured home parks. Under the bill as presented, park owners could raise lot rent only once every 12 months (current law allows twice), notices must state the reason for the increase, and the owner would bear the burden of proving a rent increase is reasonable if challenged.
Putnam framed the change as a modest consumer‑protection reform to restore an explicit reasonableness standard for manufactured home parks. “It's…
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