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Senate approves nine-month notice, rent-freeze protections for mobile-home residents
Summary
The Utah Senate passed a compromise mobile-homeowners rights bill that extends closure notice to nine months, requires buyer/tenant notice for land-use changes, freezes rent during the notice period and restricts rezoning during that time; senators debated landlord collection rights and implementation details before final passage.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 19 approved a compromise bill intended to ease displacement when mobile-home parks change ownership or are redeveloped.
Senator Dan Maine, sponsor of the Senate substitute for House Bill 48, said the measure reflects consensus reached among park owners, homeowners and manufacturers. "This is a compromise bill between the homeowner and manufacturer, home park owners and the mobile homeowners and their communities," he told colleagues on the floor.
The substitute requires property owners to provide nine months’ notice before a park closure (up from the prior 90-day standard), notifies potential buyers that a lot is subject to an imminent…
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