[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3264 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3264
To establish a manufactured housing community improvement grant
program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 9, 2023
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Tester)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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A BILL
To establish a manufactured housing community improvement grant
program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preservation and Reinvestment
Initiative for Community Enhancement Act'' or the ``PRICE Act''.
SEC. 2. MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Community development financial institution.--The term
``community development financial institution'' has the meaning
given the term in section 103 of the Community Development
Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C.
4702).
(2) Eligible manufactured home community.--The term
``eligible manufactured home community'' means a manufactured
home community that--
(A) is affordable to low- and moderate-income
persons; and
(B)(i) is owned by the residents of the
manufactured home community through a resident-
controlled entity such as a resident-owned cooperative,
as defined by the Secretary; or
(ii) will be maintained as such a community, and
remain affordable for low- and moderate-income persons,
to the maximum extent practicable and for the longest
period feasible.
(3) Eligible recipient.--The term ``eligible recipient''
means--
(A) an eligible manufactured home community;
(B) a unit of general local government, including a
housing authority;
(C) a resident-owned community;
(D) a resident-owned cooperative;
(E) a nonprofit entity with housing expertise or a
consortia of such entities;
(F) a community development financial institution;
(G) an Indian Tribe;
(H) a tribally designated housing entity; or
(I) any other entity approved by the Secretary
working with an eligible manufactured home community.
(4) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the
meaning given the term ``Indian tribe'' in section 4 of the
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).
(5) Low- and moderate-income persons; unit of general local
government.--The terms ``low- and moderate-income persons'' and
``unit of general local government'' have the meanings given
those terms in section 102(a) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)).
(6) Manufactured home community.--The term ``manufactured
home community'' means any community, court, or park equipped
to accommodate manufactured homes for which pad sites, with or
without existing manufactured homes or other allowed homes, or
other suitable sites, are used primarily for residential
purposes, with any additional requirements as determined by the
Secretary, including any manufactured housing community as such
term is used for purposes of the program of the Federal
National Mortgage Association for multifamily loans for
manufactured housing communities and the program of the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation for loans for manufactured
housing communities.
(7) Resiliency activities.--The term ``resiliency
activities'' means the reconstruction, repair, or replacement
of manufactured housing and manufactured home communities to
protect the health and safety of manufactured housing residents
and to address weatherization and energy efficiency needs.
(8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development.
(9) Tribally designated housing entity.--The term
``tribally designated housing entity'' has the meaning given
the term in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).
(b) Establishment.--The Secretary shall carry out a competitive
grant program to award funds to eligible recipients to carry out
eligible projects for improvements in eligible manufactured home
communities.
(c) Eligible Projects.--
(1) In general.--Amounts from grants under this section--
(A) shall be used to assist in carrying out a
project for construction, reconstruction, repair, or
clearance of housing, facilities and improvements in or
serving a manufactured home community that is necessary
to protect the health and safety of the residents of
the manufactured home community and the long-term
sustainability of the community; and
(B) may be used for infrastructure, planning,
resident and community services (including relocation
assistance, eviction prevention, and down payment
assistance), resiliency activities, replacement of
outdated homes, and assistance for manufactured housing
land and site acquisition.
(2) Replacement.--For purposes of paragraph (1), with
respect to manufactured housing that was built before 1976,
amounts from grants under this section may be used only for
replacement of that housing.
(d) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary
shall prioritize applicants that will carry out activities that
primarily benefit low- or moderately low-income residents and preserve
long-term housing affordability for residents of manufactured home
communities.
(e) Waivers.--The Secretary may waive or specify alternative
requirements for any provision of law or regulation that the Secretary
administers in connection with use of amounts made available under this
section other than requirements related to fair housing,
nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment, upon a finding
that the waiver or alternative requirement is not inconsistent with the
overall purposes of such Act and that the waiver or alternative
requirement is necessary to facilitate the use of amounts made
available under this section.
(f) Implementation.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall have authority to
issue such regulations, notices, or other guidance, forms,
instructions, and publications to carry out the programs,
projects, or activities authorized under this section to ensure
that such programs, projects, or activities are completed in a
timely and effective manner.
(2) Fund.--The Secretary may establish a separate fund to
award grants under this section to Indian Tribes.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry
out this section.
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