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HA4TOHB242 • 2025

Upon enactment on June 30, 2022, Senate Bill 317 (151st) established new formulas that a community owner may use to increase rent in a manufactured home community including, under § 7052B of Title 25, that a community owner may increase rent if allowed expenses, including taxes, increase more than the county’s 24-month CPI-U.

Upon enactment on June 30, 2022, Senate Bill 317 (151st) established new formulas that a community owner may use to increase rent in a manufactured home community including, under § 7052B of Title 25, that a community owner may increase rent if allowed expenses, including taxes, increase more than the county’s 24-month CPI-U.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Wilson-Anton
Last action
2025-08-12
Official status
Stricken 8/12/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official status shows the bill was stricken in the House, meaning it did not pass and has no effective date listed.

Amendment to Limit Rent Increases Based on School Taxes

This amendment stops owners of manufactured home communities from raising rent based on increases in school district taxes for the 2025-2026 tax year.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits using increases in school district taxes as a reason to raise rent for the 2025-2026 tax year.
  • Applies this rule even if other laws allow rent hikes based on rising expenses like taxes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Owners of manufactured home communities
  • Residents living in manufactured homes who pay lot or space rent

Terms To Know

Manufactured home community
A place where people park their factory-built homes and pay for the land they sit on.
CPI-U
Consumer Price Index, a measure of how much prices change over time in an area.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill was removed from the House on August 12, 2025, so it may not become law.
  • This rule only applies to school district taxes for one specific tax year: 2025-2026.

Bill History

  1. 2025-08-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Placed With Bill

  2. 2025-08-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Stricken in House

Official Summary Text

Upon enactment on June 30, 2022, Senate Bill 317 (151st) established new formulas that a community owner may use to increase rent in a manufactured home community including, under § 7052B of Title 25, that a community owner may increase rent if allowed expenses, including taxes, increase more than the county’s 24-month CPI-U. This Amendment prohibits a community owner from increasing rent in a manufactured home community based on an increase in school district taxes for the 2025-2026 tax year.

Current Bill Text

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Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Wilson-Anton

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 4

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 242

AMEND House Bill No. 242 after line 19 by inserting the following:

“Section 2. Notwithstanding § 7052A or § 7052B of Title 25, an increase in school district taxes for the 2025-2026 tax year for a manufactured community may not be used as a basis for rent increases under Chapter 70 of Title 25.”.

SYNOPSIS

Upon enactment on June 30, 2022, Senate Bill 317 (151st) established new formulas that a community owner may use to increase rent in a manufactured home community including, under § 7052B of Title 25, that a community owner may increase rent if allowed expenses, including taxes, increase more than the county’s 24-month CPI-U. This Amendment prohibits a community owner from increasing rent in a manufactured home community based on an increase in school district taxes for the 2025-2026 tax year.