Senate Approves Substitute Rent Justification Bill

DOVER — A bill to limit manufactured housing park owners’ ability to raise lot rents was modified by the Senate.

In a vote of 17-1, senators approved a substitute bill for Senate Bill 33, which would require landowners to prove any increase in lot rent higher than the three-year average increase in the consumer price index was made to compensate for the cost of operating, maintaining and improving the community.

The original bill would have given Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority the power to deny rent increases to park owners.
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