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This bill amends the Manufactured Home Community Rights Act to provide residents of manufactured home communities with a right of first refusal when their community is being sold. The legislation requires community owners to notify residents, local housing authorities, and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency at least 90 days before selling the community, giving residents or a nonprofit organization representing at least 25% of home spaces the opportunity to submit a competing purchase offer. If a notice of intent to purchase is filed, the community owner cannot accept other offers during a 120-day period and must negotiate in good faith with the resident group. The bill establishes specific requirements for notification, offer submission, and good faith negotiations, and provides remedies if the community owner fails to comply, including the potential for injunctive relief and civil penalties up to 30% of the sale price. The legislation also specifies certain exceptions to these requirements, such as sales to family members or transfers through foreclosure or eminent domain. Residents' right to purchase is deemed a property interest, and community owners must include a notification of this right in lease agreements. The law will take effect 60 days after passage, providing a new layer of protection for manufactured home community residents facing potential sale of their community.

Housing and Urban Affairs

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