Promoting Resident Ownership of Manufactured Home Communities Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8047 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8047 To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant program under the Community Development Block Grant program to incentivize State laws that enable residents to purchase manufactured housing communities. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2026 Mr. Frost introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant program under the Community Development Block Grant program to incentivize State laws that enable residents to purchase manufactured housing communities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Resident Ownership of Manufactured Home Communities Act''. SEC. 2. STATE POLICIES ENABLING RESIDENT OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES. Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 123 STATE POLICIES ENABLING RESIDENT OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES. ``(a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall carry out a competitive grant program to award amounts to eligible entities as described in this section. ``(b) Eligibility.-- ``(1) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity shall-- ``(A) be a recipient of assistance under this title; ``(B) be loc