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House passes bill extending notice and protections for mobile-home residents
Summary
The Utah House passed amendments to First Substitute House Bill 48 to require extended notice and other protections when mobile home parks close, including a nine-month notice for lease terminations tied to land-use changes or condemnation (with some government exceptions) and restrictions on rent increases during the notice period.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House on the 16th day of the 2008 general session passed First Substitute House Bill 48, a compromise measure that adds new notice and procedural protections for residents of manufactured-home parks.
Representative Reesen, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the measure responds to long-standing concerns about park closures and the difficulty many residents face paying the costs to move. He said the bill requires a nine-month notice from a park owner when a lease termination results from a change in land use or condemnation (excluding certain government condemnation for road projects), requires park owners to notify residents at least seven days before any…
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