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Governor proposes targeted UGB tool for manufactured home parks and 55+ housing
Summary
The governor's office presented LC 94, a SB 1537‑style tool that would let any city add sites for 55+ communities or manufactured home parks; draft language caps eligibility at 120% AMI and applies complete‑community planning and density rules for 55+ developments.
Matthew Schaubold, the governor's housing and homelessness initiative director, briefed the committee on a legislative concept (LC 94) that would adapt the SB 1537 expedited UGB tool to enable site additions for manufactured home parks and housing for people 55 and older.
Schaubold said LC 94 draws on the 1537 policy framework but would be available to all cities for these two targeted housing types. "LC 94 uses the framework that that you were just discussing in 1537," he said, adding that the governor wants a dedicated tool because both manufactured home communities and 55+ housing are statewide needs.
The draft includes complete‑community planning requirements (open space, neighborhood commercial, multimodal access) and sets an affordability cap at 120% of area median income as the upper bound for eligible units. Schaubold offered high‑level unit estimates tied to allowed acreage and densities: manufactured home parks could yield roughly 100–125 units in practical terms, while 55+ projects range widely (300 to over 1,000 units) depending on city population and density allowances.
Schaubold said the governor is still considering stakeholder feedback on market‑rate integration and zoning/timeframe limits. Committee members asked whether the tool would share SB 1537's sunset; Schaubold said it would be linked to the main tool's sunset date.
Next steps: the governor's office will continue stakeholder engagement and provide a formal LC for committee consideration during the short legislative session.
