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House
File
481
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
481
BY
JUDGE
and
JAMES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
rent
increases
in
manufactured
home
1
communities
and
mobile
home
parks.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
562B.14,
subsection
7,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
7.
a.
Each
tenant
shall
be
notified,
in
writing,
of
any
3
rent
increase
at
least
ninety
days
before
the
effective
date.
4
Such
effective
date
shall
not
be
sooner
than
the
expiration
5
date
of
the
original
rental
agreement
or
any
renewal
or
6
extension
thereof.
7
b.
The
landlord
shall
not
increase
the
amount
of
rent
more
8
than
once
per
calendar
year
unless
reasonably
necessary
for
one
9
or
more
of
the
following
reasons:
10
(1)
An
increase
in
insurance
premiums
paid
by
the
tenant
to
11
the
landlord
under
the
rental
agreement.
12
(2)
An
increase
in
infrastructure-related
expenses
of
the
13
manufactured
home
community
or
mobile
home
park
paid
by
the
14
tenant
to
the
landlord
under
the
rental
agreement.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
Under
current
law,
a
tenant
must
be
notified
in
writing
of
19
any
rent
increase
at
least
ninety
days
before
the
effective
20
date
of
the
rent
increase.
Additionally,
the
effective
date
21
of
the
increase
shall
not
be
sooner
than
the
expiration
date
22
of
the
original
rental
agreement
or
any
renewal
or
extension
23
thereof.
This
bill
provides
that
a
landlord
is
not
allowed
24
to
increase
a
tenant’s
rent
more
than
once
per
calendar
year
25
unless
reasonably
necessary
for
one
or
more
of
the
following
26
reasons:
an
increase
in
insurance
premiums
paid
by
the
tenant
27
to
the
landlord
under
the
rental
agreement,
or
an
increase
28
in
infrastructure-related
expenses
of
the
manufactured
home
29
community
or
mobile
home
park
paid
by
the
tenant
to
the
30
landlord
under
the
rental
agreement.
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