This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Housing and Economic Development pursuant to Resolve 2025, chapter 365. The committee has not taken a position on the substance of this bill. By reporting this bill out, the committee is not suggesting and does not intend to suggest that it agrees or disagrees with any aspect of this bill. The committee is reporting the bill out for the sole purpose of having a bill printed that can be referred to the committee for an appropriate public hearing and subsequent processing in the normal course. The bill does the following:
1. It authorizes the Manufactured Housing Board to petition the Office of the Attorney General to investigate a violation of, and enforce the provisions of, in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 10, chapter 953;
2. It amends the provisions in Title 10, chapter 953, that require the owner of a manufactured housing community proposing to raise the lot rent or fees in the community to participate in mediation with the owners of the community impacted by a proposed lot rent or fee increase under certain circumstances. It requires the community owner to notify the homeowners of the community of the percent change in the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region during the 12-month period prior to the proposed lot rent or fee increase. It clarifies that only the homeowners impacted by the proposed increase may request the community owner participate in mediation and that a request is permitted only if the proposed lot rent or fee increase is a percentage increase higher than the Consumer Price Index percent increase provided in the notice.
3. It clarifies that for purposes of Title 9-A, Article 9, "real estate" includes manufactured housing or tiny homes regardless of whether title to the real property to which the housing or home is affixed is owned by the owner of the housing or home.
4. It clarifies for purposes of the Maine Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2009, that the term "dwelling" includes manufactured housing or tiny homes regardless of whether title to the real property to which the housing or home is affixed is owned by the owner of the housing or home.
5. It allows the owner of manufactured housing or a tiny home to request the Secretary of State to cancel the certificate of title for the manufactured housing or tiny home as long as the owner files certain documents in the registry of deeds in the county where the manufactured housing or tiny home is located. Completion of the actions by the owner and
43 the Secretary of State renders the manufactured housing or tiny home real estate for
44 purposes of obtaining financing.
6. It changes the minimum lot size required for a lot in a manufactured housing community.
7. It requires a purchaser of a manufactured housing community to hire a professional to inspect the infrastructure of the community prior to the purchase.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2231, HP 1506: 9-A.9, 9-A.13, 10.9093, 29-A.651, 29-A.669, 30-A.4358