The Department's Housing Division Rules superceded and replaced these Rules:

• 1993 Rules of the Department of Housing and Community Affairs: Mobile Home Parks,
• 1995 Rules for Mobile Home Park Warranty of Habitability,
• 1995 Mobile Home Park Lot Rent Increase Dispute Resolution Process: Adopted Fund and Median Determination Rules, and
• 1990 Rules of the Department of Housing and Community Affairs for
  Administration of the Housing Investment Tax Credit.

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Amendments to Housing Division Rules

The Department has amended the Housing Division Rules which include changes to the rule for Administration of the Charitable Housing Investment Tax Credit, Mobile Home Park Rrule and Mobile Home Park Warranty of Habitability Rule. The changes are, in part, a response to the recommendations of the 2004-2005 Vermont Advisory Commission on Manufactured and Mobile Homes.

The Department conducted a public hearing on Wednesday September 5, 2007 and accepted written comments through September 12. Please read the following document for a summary of the testimony and written comments that were received. The Department filed its Adopted Rule on December 12, 2007.

The amended Rule is effective January 1, 2008.

Summary of Testimony and Comments, and Department Response

Part I Mobile Home Parks (annotated Final Proposed Rule)

Annotated Part II Mediation and Legal Services

Part III Warranty of Habitability (annotated Final Proposed Rule)

Annotated Part IV Charitable Housing Investment Tax Credit

Rule Making Schedule

Housing Division Rules Table of Contents

Part I: Mobile Home Parks

1. Authority
2. Definitions
3. Registration
4. Lease requirements
5. Charges and fees
6. Lot rent increase
7. Mobile home park owner obligations
8. Minor defect
9. Mobile home park resident obligations
10. Mobile home park owner access
11. Sale of mobile home on site
12. Eviction of mobile home park resident
13. Mobile home park sale
14. Penalties; enforcement

Part II: Mediation and Legal Services Payments & Consumer Price Index
for Lot Rent Disputes

1. Purpose and authority
2. Definitions
3. Use of funds for professional mediation and legal fees
4. Establishing the change in the consumer price index
5. Retaining lot rent increase information

Part III: Mobile Home Park Warranty of Habitability

1. Purpose and authority
2. Definitions
3. Applicability
4. Responsibility of Mobile Home Park Owner(s)
5. Responsibility of Mobile Home Park Resident(s)
6. Electrical service
7. Water supply
8. Sewage disposal
9. Sanitation
10. Insects and rodents
11. Common areas
12. Roads

Part IV: Administration of the Housing Investment Tax Credit Program

1. Purpose and authority
2. Definitions
3. Application for status as an eligible housing charity
4. Distribution of tax credit certificates among eligible housing charities
5. Revocation of eligibility
6. Commissioner's responsibilities

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	Amended Rules: Effective January 1, 2008
	Table of Contents
	Part I: Mobile Home Parks IMPORTANT: Legislation enacted recently significantly amended the Mobile Home Park Act. The Department expects to update the Rules in the future. Until the Rules can be amended, refer to the amended statute wherever the Rules and statute are inconsistent. more
	Part II: Mediation and Legal Services Payments & Consumer Price Index for Lot Rent Disputes
	Part III: Mobile Home Park Warranty of Habitability
	Part IV: Administration of the Housing Investment Tax Credit Program

For more information, contact Arthur Hamlin at (802)-828-3211