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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 943
To establish a manufactured housing community improvement grant program,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH11 (legislative day, MARCH10), 2025
Ms. C
ORTEZMASTO(for herself, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr.
H
ICKENLOOPER, and Ms. SMITH) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs
A BILL
To establish a manufactured housing community
improvement grant program, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Preservation and Rein-4
vestment Initiative for Community Enhancement Act’’ or 5
the ‘‘PRICE Act’’. 6
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SEC. 2. MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY IMPROVE-1
MENT GRANT PROGRAM. 2
Title I of the Housing and Community Development 3
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended— 4
(1) in section 105(a) (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)), in 5
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 6
‘‘Activities’’ and inserting ‘‘Unless otherwise author-7
ized under section 123, activities’’; and 8
(2) by adding at the end the following: 9
‘‘SEC. 123. PRESERVATION AND REINVESTMENT FOR COM-10
MUNITY ENHANCEMENT. 11
‘‘(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 12
‘‘(1) C
OMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL IN -13
STITUTION.—The term ‘community development fi-14
nancial institution’ means an institution that has 15
been certified as a community development financial 16
institution (as defined in section 103 of the Riegle 17
Community Development and Regulatory Improve-18
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702)) by the Sec-19
retary of the Treasury. 20
‘‘(2) E
LIGIBLE MANUFACTURED HOUSING COM -21
MUNITY.—The term ‘eligible manufactured housing 22
community’ means a manufactured housing commu-23
nity that— 24
‘‘(A) is affordable to low- and moderate-in-25
come persons, as determined by the Secretary, 26
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but not more than 120 percent of the area me-1
dian income; and 2
‘‘(B)(i) is owned by the residents of the 3
manufactured housing community through a 4
resident-controlled entity such as a resident- 5
owned cooperative; or 6
‘‘(ii) will be maintained as such a commu-7
nity, and remain affordable for low- and mod-8
erate-income persons, to the maximum extent 9
practicable and for the longest period feasible. 10
‘‘(3) E
LIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘eligible 11
recipient’ means— 12
‘‘(A) an eligible manufactured housing 13
community; 14
‘‘(B) a unit of general local government; 15
‘‘(C) a housing authority; 16
‘‘(D) a resident-owned community; 17
‘‘(E) a resident-owned cooperative; 18
‘‘(F) a nonprofit entity with housing exper-19
tise or a consortia of such entities; 20
‘‘(G) a community development financial 21
institution; 22
‘‘(H) an Indian Tribe; 23
‘‘(I) a tribally designated housing entity; 24
‘‘(J) a State; or 25
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‘‘(K) any other entity that is— 1
‘‘(i) an owner-operator of an eligible 2
manufactured housing community; and 3
‘‘(ii) working with an eligible manu-4
factured housing community. 5
‘‘(4) I
NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 6
has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec-7
tion 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance 8
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 9
4103). 10
‘‘(5) M
ANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY .— 11
The term ‘manufactured housing community’ 12
means— 13
‘‘(A) any community, court, park, or other 14
land under unified ownership developed and ac-15
commodating or equipped to accommodate the 16
placement of manufactured homes, where— 17
‘‘(i) spaces within such community are 18
or will be primarily used for residential oc-19
cupancy; 20
‘‘(ii) all homes within the community 21
are used for permanent occupancy; 22
‘‘(iii) a majority of such occupied 23
spaces within the community are occupied 24
by manufactured homes, which may in-25
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clude homes constructed prior to enact-1
ment of the Manufactured Home Construc-2
tion and Safety Standards; or 3
‘‘(B) any community that meets the defini-4
tion of manufactured housing community used 5
for programs similar to the program under this 6
section. 7
‘‘(6) R
ESIDENT HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ACCES-8
SIBILITY ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘resident health, 9
safety, and accessibility activities’ means the recon-10
struction, repair, or replacement of manufactured 11
housing and manufactured housing communities 12
to— 13
‘‘(A) protect the health and safety of resi-14
dents; 15
‘‘(B) address weatherization and reduce 16
utility costs; or 17
‘‘(C) address accessibility needs for resi-18
dents with disabilities. 19
‘‘(7) T
RIBALLY DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTI -20
TY.—The term ‘tribally designated housing entity’ 21
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 22
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De-23
termination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 24
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‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall, by no-1
tice, carry out a competitive grant program to award 2
funds to eligible recipients to carry out eligible projects 3
for development of or improvements in eligible manufac-4
tured housing communities. 5
‘‘(c) E
LIGIBLEPROJECTS.— 6
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Amounts from grants 7
under this section may be used for— 8
‘‘(A) community infrastructure, facilities, 9
utilities, and other land improvements in or 10
serving an eligible manufactured housing com-11
munity; 12
‘‘(B) reconstruction or repair existing 13
housing within an eligible manufactured hous-14
ing community; 15
‘‘(C) replacement of homes within an eligi-16
ble manufactured housing community; 17
‘‘(D) planning; 18
‘‘(E) resident health, safety, and accessi-19
bility activities in homes in an eligible manufac-20
tured housing community; 21
‘‘(F) land and site acquisition and infra-22
structure for expansion or construction of an el-23
igible manufactured housing community; 24
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‘‘(G) resident and community services, in-1
cluding relocation assistance, eviction preven-2
tion, and down payment assistance; and 3
‘‘(H) any other activity that— 4
‘‘(i) is approved by the Secretary con-5
sistent with the requirements under this 6
section; 7
‘‘(ii) improves the overall living condi-8
tions of an eligible manufactured housing 9
community, which may include the addi-10
tion or enhancement of shared spaces such 11
as community centers, recreational areas, 12
or other facilities that support resident 13
well-being and community engagement; 14
and 15
‘‘(iii) is necessary to protect the 16
health and safety of the residents of the el-17
igible manufactured housing community 18
and the long-term affordability and sus-19
tainability of the community. 20
‘‘(2) R
EPLACEMENT.—For purposes of sub-21
paragraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1), grants 22
under this section— 23
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‘‘(A) may not be used for rehabilitation or 1
modernization of units that were built before 2
June 15, 1976; and 3
‘‘(B) may only be used for disposition and 4
replacement of units described in subparagraph 5
(A), provided that any replacement housing 6
complies with the Manufactured Home Con-7
struction and Safety Standards or is another al-8
lowed home, as determined by the Secretary. 9
‘‘(d) P
RIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-10
tion, the Secretary shall prioritize applicants that will 11
carry out activities that primarily benefit low- and mod-12
erate-income residents and preserve long-term housing af-13
fordability for residents of eligible manufactured housing 14
communities. 15
‘‘(e) W
AIVERS.—The Secretary may waive or specify 16
alternative requirements for any provision of law or regu-17
lation that the Secretary administers in connection with 18
use of amounts made available under this section other 19
than requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-20
tion, labor standards, and the environment, upon a finding 21
that the waiver or alternative requirement is not incon-22
sistent with the overall purposes of this section and that 23
the waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to facili-24
tate the use of amounts made available under this section. 25
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‘‘(f) IMPLEMENTATION.— 1
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Any grant made under this 2
section shall be made pursuant to criteria for selec-3
tion of recipients of such grants that the Secretary 4
shall by regulation establish and publish together 5
with any notification of availability of amounts 6
under this section. 7
‘‘(2) S
ET ASIDE OF GRANT AMOUNTS .—The 8
Secretary may set aside amounts provided under 9
this section for grants to Indian Tribes and tribally 10
designated housing entities. 11
‘‘(g) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 12
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 13
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section, which 14
shall be in addition to any other funds appropriated to 15
pursuant to this title.’’. 16
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