HB 1129 & SB 5198 Concerning the Sale or Lease of Manufactured/Mobile Home Communities...

Posted By: Daniel Bannon 2023 Legislative Session,

HB 1129 & SB 5198 

Concerning the sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities and the property on which they sit. 

HB 1129 Summary

  • Requires a landlord to provide written notice of opportunity to purchase when selling or leasing a manufactured/mobile home community (community).
  • Allows eligible organizations a fixed period of time to provide written notice of intent to consider purchasing or leasing a community and to make an offer, during which time the landlord may not make a final unconditional acceptance of another offer.
  • Requires, with limited exceptions, that a landlord provide three years' notice of a community's closure or conversion.

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Sponsors: Representatives Gregerson, Duerr, Reed, Peterson, Bateman, Ramel, Leavitt, Doglio, Macri, Simmons, Reeves, Chopp, Lekanoff, Wylie, Santos, Ormsby, Kloba, and Tharinger


SB 5198 Summary

  • Requires landlords to provide three years notice for closure or conversion of a manufactured/mobile home community (MHC), with limited exceptions.
  • Requires landlords to provide a written notice of opportunity to purchase when selling or leasing an MHC.
  • Provides that if a landlord receives notice of intent to consider purchasing or leasing an MHC from a qualified tenant organization or other eligible organization, the landlord may not make a final unconditional acceptance of an offer to purchase or lease the MHC from a person or entity other than a qualified tenant organization or eligible organization for 12 months. 

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Sponsors: Senators Frame, Kuderer, Hasegawa, Hunt, Keiser, Lovelett, Nobles, Valdez, and C. Wilson


Bill History

House Bill

Senate Bill


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