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 official status shows this amendment was 'Stricken in House,' so it is unclear if it will be reintroduced or passed later.

Amendment to Limit Rent Increases Based on School Taxes

This amendment would stop owners of manufactured home communities from raising rent based on increased school district taxes for the 2025-2026 tax year.

What This Bill Does

• Prohibits community owners in Delaware from using an increase in school district taxes as a reason to raise rent for the 2025-2026 tax year.

Who It Names or Affects

• Owners of manufactured home communities in Delaware
• Residents living in manufactured home communities

Terms To Know

Manufactured Home Community

A place where people live in homes that were built in a factory and placed on land owned by someone else.

School District Taxes

Taxes levied for schools, which this amendment says cannot be used to raise rent during the 2025-2026 tax year.

Limits and Unknowns

• This rule only applies to school district taxes for the 2025-2026 tax year.
• The amendment was stricken in the House on August 12, 2025, meaning it did not pass at that time.

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.