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Utah House advances bill to limit no-cause evictions for mobile-home residents
Summary
After extensive debate, the House passed HB1001, a bill that restores cause-based protections for many mobile-home park residents and clarifies cure periods for repairs and nuisances; the motion and subsequent amendments reflect a split over tenant protections and property rights.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House of Representatives on June 18 passed House Bill 1,001, a mobile-home resident amendment aimed at reversing an unintended change that had allowed some park owners to remove residents without cause at the end of a lease.
Sponsor Floyd W. Francis told the House the bill restores what the legislature intended: extended cure periods for expenditure-related repairs (he described a 60‑day cure period for repairs that require money) while retaining shorter cure windows for nuisances and maintenance issues (seven or 15 days in specified cases). Francis said the clause permitting 60‑day no‑cause termination at the end of some leases was “unintended” and should be removed.
Supporters of the bill described cases in…
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