PRINTER'S NO. 1026
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
861
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, COSTA, SAVAL, PENNYCUICK, MUTH, KEARNEY,
KANE, BREWSTER AND CAPPELLETTI, JULY 27, 2023
REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, JULY 27, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 24, 1976 (P.L.1176, No.261),
entitled "An act providing for the rights and duties of
manufactured home owners or operators and manufactured home
lessees," further providing for damages.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13 of the act of November 24, 1976
(P.L.1176, No.261), known as the Manufactured Home Community
Rights Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 13. Damages.--* * *
(g) When the manufactured home community owner or operator
and a manufactured home lessee execute a renewed or extended
lease for a manufactured home space on or after the effective
date of this subsection, which increases rent or payables to the
lessor, the manufactured home community owner or operator may
not collect increased rent or fee-payable rent from the
manufactured home lessee if any of the following apply:
(1) The manufactured home community owner or operator fails
to disclose the amount of the increased rent or fee-payable rent
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in the disclosure as provided in section 6.
(2) The manufactured home community owner or operator is not
in compliance with the act of November 17, 1982 (P.L.676,
No.192), known as the Manufactured Housing Construction and
Safety Standards Authorization Act.
(3) The amount of the increased rent or fee-payable rent
exceeds any percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for
the immediately preceding calendar year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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