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

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was stricken in the House, so it did not become law as proposed.

Rent Increase Rules for Manufactured Home Communities

This bill sets rules for when and how rent can be raised in manufactured home communities, including a ban on using school district taxes as a reason to raise rent in the 2025-2026 tax year.

What This Bill Does

• Creates new formulas that community owners must follow if they want to increase rent in a manufactured home community.
• Allows community owners to raise rent if their costs, like taxes, go up more than what is expected based on the county's cost of living index over two years.

Who It Names or Affects

• Community owners who manage manufactured home communities
• Residents of manufactured home communities

Terms To Know

CPI-U

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, which measures the average change in prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only applies to manufactured home communities.
• It does not cover other types of housing or rent increases based on reasons other than school district taxes.
• This amendment was stricken in the House, meaning it did not become law as proposed.

Official Summary Text

Upon enactment on June 30, 2022, Senate Bill 317 (151st General Assembly) established new formulas that a community owner must use if increasing rent in a manufactured home community including, under § 7052B of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, 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 anywhere in this State based on an increase in school district taxes for a manufactured home community, levied in this State for the 2025-2026 tax year.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Wilson-Anton

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 6

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 of the Delaware Code, an increase in school district taxes for a manufactured home community, levied in this State for the 2025-2026 tax year, may not be used as a basis for a rent increase under Chapter 70 of Title 25 of the Delaware Code.”.

SYNOPSIS

Upon enactment on June 30, 2022, Senate Bill 317 (151st General Assembly) established new formulas that a community owner must use if increasing rent in a manufactured home community including, under § 7052B of Title 25 of the Delaware Code, 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 anywhere in this State based on an increase in school district taxes for a manufactured home community, levied in this State for the 2025-2026 tax year.