Manufactured Housing Tenant’s Bill of Rights Act of 2025

Key Points

• Mobile home park owners who use federal loans (from HUD, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac) would be required to include specific tenant protections in every lease agreement across all communities they own — not just the one being financed.
• Tenants would get renewable one-year leases and advance written notice before rent increases, with at least 60 days' notice for standard hikes and extra time for larger increases above 5%. Owners must justify the increase with written explanations of rising costs.
• Homeowners in mobile home parks would gain the right to sell their manufactured home in place without being forced to move it, post "For Sale" signs, and transfer their lot lease to the new buyer — protections that address a major power imbalance in the industry.
• If a park owner plans to sell or close the community, residents must get 60 days' advance notice including the sale price and terms. The owner must negotiate in good faith with tenants who want to purchase the park themselves during that period.
• Owners who willfully violate these protections face a minimum two-year ban from all federally backed financing plus mandatory payments to harmed tenants, such as six months' rent for wrongful evictions or full repayment of illegal rent hikes plus 25% interest.
• A 16-member commission would be created to propose even stronger consumer protection standards within one year, including four manufactured home community residents as members to ensure tenants have a direct voice.