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PRINTER'S NO. 2697
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2098
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, GUZMAN, HILL-EVANS, FREEMAN, SANCHEZ,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ AND BRENNAN, DECEMBER 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
DECEMBER 11, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for
manufactured homes; consolidating the Manufactured Home
Community Rights Act; establishing the Office of Manufactured
Home Ombudsman, the position of Manufactured Home Ombudsman,
the Manufactured Home Hearing Board and the Manufactured Home
Restricted Account; imposing duties on the Department of
Community and Economic Development; and making a repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 68 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
CHAPTER 83
MANUFACTURED HOMES
Subchapter
A. Preliminary Provisions
B. Manufactured Home Community Rights
C. Manufactured Home Ombudsman and Hearing Board
SUBCHAPTER A
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
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Sec.
8301. Scope of chapter.
8302. Definitions.
§ 8301. Scope of chapter.
This chapter relates to manufactured homes.
§ 8302. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Agency." The Office of Attorney General.
"Eviction." The removal of a lessee, occupant or
manufactured home from a community in accordance with an order
of possession by a court of the Commonwealth pursuant to:
(1) the relevant provisions of the act of April 6, 1951
(P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of
1951; or
( 2) a similar order of a court of common pleas.
"First-time lessee." A resident who places or causes to be
placed a manufactured home in a community.
"Manufactured home." As follows:
(1) A transportable, single-family dwelling unit that:
(i) contains plumbing, heating or cooling and
electrical systems intended for permanent occupancy;
(ii) is constructed as a single unit or as two or
more units designed to be joined into one integral unit;
(iii) is built on a permanent chassis; and
(iv) is designed to be used as a dwelling with or
without a permanent foundation when connected to the
required utilities.
(2) T he term includes:
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(i) A manufactured home as defined in section 603(6)
of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and
Safety Standards Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-383, 42
U.S.C. § 5402(6)).
(2) A mobile home as defined in 75 Pa.C.S. § 102
(relating to definitions).
"Manufactured home community" or "community." As follows:
(1) A site, lot, field or tract of land, privately or
publicly owned or operated, upon which three or more
manufactured homes, occupied for dwelling or sleeping
purposes, are or are intended to be located, regardless of
whether or not a charge is made for the accommodation.
(2) The term includes a mobile home park.
"Manufactured home community lessee" or "lessee." A person
who rents a manufactured home community space from a lessor
pursuant to the terms of a lease.
"Manufactured home community lessor" or "lessor." The owner
or operator of a community who rents a manufactured home space
to a lessee pursuant to the terms of a lease and who is
responsible for the performance of the terms of the lease.
"Manufactured home community operator" or "community
operator." A person or entity that conducts the operations of a
community on behalf and as the agent of a community owner.
"Manufactured home community owner" or "community owner." A
person or entity that owns a community.
"Manufactured home occupant." An individual who resides in a
manufactured home.
"Manufactured home resident" or "resident." As follows:
(1) An owner of a manufactured home who leases or rents
space in a community.
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(2) The term does not include a person who rents or
leases a manufactured home.
"Manufactured home space." A plot of ground within a
community designed for the accommodation of one manufactured
home.
"Manufactured home space lease." A written contract between
a lessee and a community owner containing reciprocal rights and
duties, including the payment of rent for the use of ground for
the placement of a manufactured home in a community.
"Manufactured home tenant" or "tenant." A person who leases
a manufactured home from the owner of that manufactured home.
"Receipted first-class mail." As follows:
(1) First-class mail for which a certificate of mailing
has been obtained.
(2) The term does not include certified or registered
mail.
"Rent." Ground rent for a manufactured home space.
"Resident association." An organization open to al