Bill > H3250

This bill authorizes the city of Brockton to establish a rent board to regulate rents, minimum standards, and evictions for manufactured housing communities and mobile home park communities, which are places where manufactured homes or mobile homes are located and rented. The rent board will consist of three members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council, and its purpose is to address hardships and inequities for both owners and tenants. The board will have the power to make rules, sue and be sued, compel attendance and production of documents, and issue binding orders, with violations punishable by a fine of up to $1,000. The bill also outlines how the rent board should determine fair rents by ensuring owners receive a fair net operating income based on the property's fair market value and prevailing loan rates, and it specifies that court review of the board's proceedings will be conducted according to existing state law, with the housing court having jurisdiction to enforce the act and its regulations.