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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 417 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1475
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Tackey Chan
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to manufactured housing.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tackey Chan2nd Norfolk1/9/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 417 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1475
By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1475) of Tackey
Chan relative to manufactured housing. Housing.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1302 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to manufactured housing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Subsection (2) of Section 32L of Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as
2appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended in lines 6 and 8 by striking out the
3words “or change in rent”.
4 SECTION 2. Subsection (2) of Section 32L of said Chapter 140 is hereby further
5amended by inserting the following words after the existing text:- “Any change in rent that does
6not apply uniformly to all manufactured home tenants of a similar class shall create a rebuttable
7presumption that such change in rent is unfair. With respect to any change in rent, differences in
8the year of entry into an occupancy agreement or tenancy shall render otherwise similar classes
9dissimilar under this subsection. Subsection (2) shall apply retroactively.”