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2021 SESSION
HB 2175 Homeowners and tenants of manufactured home parks; housing protections, foreclosures, liens, etc.
Introduced by: Luke E. Torian | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Housing Bill of Rights; housing protections; foreclosures; manufactured housing. Provides for various protections for homeowners and tenants of manufactured home parks, including (i) restricting the circumstances under which a court may order a person's primary residence to be sold to enforce a judgment lien; (ii) requiring localities to incorporate into their comprehensive plans strategies to promote manufactured housing as a source of affordable housing; (iii) requiring the Director of Housing and Community Development to develop a statement of tenant rights and responsibilities explaining in plain language the rights and responsibilities of tenants under the Virginia Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; (iv) prohibiting a trustee from selling a property in a foreclosure sale without receiving an affidavit signed by the party that provided the notice confirming the notice was sent to the owner, with a copy of such notice attached to the affidavit; (v) increasing the notice period for a foreclosure sale from 14 to 60 days and requiring such notice to provide the grantor with information regarding housing counseling; and (vi) requiring the landlord of a manufactured home park to provide tenants who own their manufactured home information about housing assistance and legal aid organizations. The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to convene a stakeholder group to assist in the development of the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities. The provisions of the bill related to the specifics of the notice that is required before a trustee can sell a property in a foreclosure sale has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2021.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102390D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103247D-H1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102390D
- 01/12/21 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/27/21 House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/28/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103247D-H1
- 02/03/21 House: Read first time
- 02/04/21 House: Read second time
- 02/04/21 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/04/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103247D-H1
- 02/04/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2175H1
- 02/05/21 House: Read third time and passed House (60-Y 40-N)
- 02/05/21 House: VOTE: Passage (60-Y 40-N)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)