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Manufactured‑housing amendment would ease grant access for limited‑equity co‑ops and prompt DHCD report
Summary
The committee reviewed an amendment to the manufactured‑housing bill that would treat limited‑equity mobile‑home cooperatives as if they were nonprofit corporations for the purpose of state grant programs, and asked the Department of Housing and Community Development for a report on barriers to funding access.
Members turned to the manufactured‑housing bill (filed as 7‑57 in the session) and an amendment intended to address a recurring problem: limited‑equity mobile‑home cooperatives that serve low‑ and moderate‑income residents are organized under a cooperative corporate form and in some cases have been registered incorrectly as nonprofits, which can block access to certain state grants or programs.
Cameron Wood summarized the amendment: rather than changing…
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