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Committee extends 8% late‑fee cap to manufactured home park residents
Summary
Senate File 1207 would clarify that the existing statutory cap on rent late fees — 8% of overdue rent — explicitly applies to residents of manufactured home communities. The committee voted to send the bill to the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee by voice vote.
Senator Roger Putnam introduced Senate File 1207 to clarify that the statewide 8% cap on late fees for overdue rent applies to manufactured home park residents. Putnam framed the bill as a narrow statutory correction meant to align treatment of manufactured home residents with other renters; ‘‘the simple change will make clear that manufactured housing residents have the same protections against excessive late fees as all other residents and all other kinds of homes across the state,’’ Putnam said.
Several witnesses offered testimony.…
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