HUD Manufactured Housing Modernization Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 926 To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to consider the appropriate inclusion of residential manufactured homes in certain programs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 30, 2019 Mrs. TORRES of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to consider the appropriate inclusion of residential manu- factured homes in certain programs, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HUD Manufactured 4 Housing Modernization Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 Congress finds the following: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:05 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H926.IH H926 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 926 IH (1) Manufactured housing is the largest source 1 of unsubsidized affordable housing in the country. 2 (2) Nearly 18,000,000 Americans live in manu- 3 factured housing, which opens the door to homeown- 4 ership for families who, in many housing markets, 5 cannot afford to buy a site-built home. 6 (3) A manufactured home qualified under the 7 Energy Star program established by section 324A of 8 the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 9 6294a) can save homeowners an average of 24 to 29 10 percent on total heating and cooling costs, compared 11 to a typical manufactured home. 12 (4) Over 40 percent of manufactured homes are 13 found in land lease communities or ‘‘parks’’, but 14 new ownership structures, such as resident-owned 15 cooperatives or communities owned by nonprofits or 16 public housing authorities, can provide homeowners 17 greater land tenure security and stability that en- 18 hances the value of their homes. 19 (5) These advances position manufactured 20 homes to appreciate in value and open the door to 21 homeownership for millions of families, and have 22 proven to be an effective long-term affordable hous- 23 ing preservation strategy for communities across the 24 United States. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:05 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H926.IH H926 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 926 IH SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF GUIDELINES RELATING TO RESIDEN- 1 TIAL MANUFACTURED HOMES. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any new rule or regulation, or 3 any revision of a rule or regulation, issued by the Sec- 4 retary of Housing and Urban Development shall include, 5 as appropriate, guidelines that assess the impact of the 6 rule or regulation on owners of residential manufactured 7 homes and the production and sale of residential manufac- 8 tured homes. 9 (b) CONSOLIDATED PLAN.—The Secretary shall issue 10 guidelines for jurisdictions relating to the appropriate in- 11 clusion of residential manufactured homes in a Consoli- 12 dated Plan of the jurisdiction. 13 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 14 In this Act: 15 (1) RESIDENTIAL MANUFACTURED HOME.—The 16 term ‘‘residential manufactured home’’ means a 17 manufactured home (as defined in section 603(6) of 18 the Housing and Community Development Act of 19 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5402(6))) which is used as a resi- 20 dence. 21 (2) CONSOLIDATED PLAN.—The term ‘‘Consoli- 22 dated Plan’’ means a comprehensive housing afford- 23 ability strategy and community development plan re- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:05 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H926.IH H926 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 926 IH quired under part 91 of title 24, Code of Federal 1 Regulations. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:05 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H926.IH H926 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS