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What's New? 2008 Registry List of Vermont Mobile Home Parks (.pdf) 2008 Detail (Rent history, services) (.pdf) Are cement
slabs required for mobile homes in Vermont? Request a copy of the Department's Mobile Home Park Report to the Vermont Legislature Mobile Home Park Legislation Act
176 of 2008 made changes to the park sale and closure process.
Most importantly by no longer allowing a park to be under both
sale and closure notices at the same time. This law also refined
the process for selling or subletting a mobile home in a park,
clarified who is a leaseholder and requires park owners to provide
a copy of the current lease to a leaseholder upon request. Also
starting July 1, 2008 before a park can be closed the owner
must give the mobile home owners a sale notice and opportunity
to buy the park, unless the park owner does not sell the land
for five years. click
for bill summary Mobile Home Real Estate Financing Act
176 also included provisions allowing mobile homes
on leased lots (i.e. in parks) to be financed and classified
as real property. It does not automatically convert all mobile
homes into real property. This is a first step toward engaging
secondary market lenders in making affordable mobile home mortgage
loans in parks. click
for bill summary Act 156 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS was also enacted in 2008 and exempts certain public water systems from permitting requirements. This change will help keep the numerous mobile home parks that have so called consecutive water supplies more affordable. The Housing and Economic Recovery
Act of 2008 included FHA (Title I) Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization
more
Manufactured or "mobile homes" are built to pre-emptive federal standards of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These standards are referred to as the "HUD code". Vermont like over a dozen other states does not regulate installation and set up or construction problems with mobile homes. We refer consumers needing assistance to HUD's Manufactured Housing Office. If you have a question or a problem with a new mobile home, retailer or dealership please contact HUD's Manufactured Housing Office or the Vermont Attorney General's Consumer Assistance Program. What is the difference between 'modular'and 'manufactured' housing? Beginning October 20, 2008 HUD's
Model Manufactured Housing Installation Standards Rule became
effective. This rule only applies to the initial set up of new
mobile homes. The mobile home dealer / retailer or distributor
is responsible for ensuring proper set up. more
HUD's dispute resolution program became effective on February 8, 2008. The purpose of this program is to resolve questions between manufacturers, dealers and installers of responsibility for defects in new manufactured homes reported within one year of installation on a voluntary basis outside of the regulatory environment. Information is provided with any new manufactured home. Department
of Health The State Rental Housing Health
Code was updated in 2006. The revised code include provisions
important to people who rent a private lot for their mobile home
and people who own private lots that are not located in
a mobile home park. The State Rental Housing Health Code is enforced
by the Town Health Officer. more
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The Department contracts with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) Mobile Home Project to provide support services to residents faced with the possible sale of their mobile home park, notice the park will be closed, rent increases more than 1% above the housing component of the consumer price index, and other significant park-wide issues. The Mobile Home Project also publishes the "Guide To Your Rights as a Mobile Home Park Resident" and a newsletter. Mobile Home Lots Available! Lots are available in Vermont's nonprofit owned and cooperative parks click here. To find other vacant lots in Vermont check out the Mobile Home Park Matrix. (pdf) The Vermont Community Loan Fund
offers small 0% loans to individuals to cover closing costs
and downpayments when purchasing mobile homes in nonprofit parks.
Loans are arranged through the nonprofit park owner. more
Vermont's statutes and rules provide significant protections to mobile home park residents. MHP residents are entitled through their lease and Vermont law to premises that are safe, clean and fit for human habitation, including: adequate and reliable utility services; safe electrical service; potable water and sewage disposal to a location on each lot from which the mobile home may be connected; and safe and fit roads, common areas and facilities. Residents are also entitled to: A written lease; proper notice sixty days in advance of any rent increase, and mediation of certain increases; peaceful enjoyment of their home and the park; privacy (park owner's compliance with law on his or her access to the lot); the right to sell or sublet the mobile home; not to be evicted except for cause; i.e. nonpayment of rent or lease violations; and proper notice of the owner's intent to sell or close the mobile home park. Click Here for Useful Documents From the CVOEO Mobile Home Project How to reduce energy costs for your mobile home: HUD's energy saving guide for manufactured housing Information
for Vermont Notice: Because we are transitioning
to a new system the annual registration surveys may not show
the correct physical addresses of some parks, and parks that
have more than one owner will not show all the owners names
and addresses. more
The Department ensures compliance with the law and provides forms for giving notice to residents of intent to sell a mobile home park, raise the rent, or close a mobile home park.* Click on the name of a form to download the form, or call to have a copy mailed. The mobile home park law requires written leases. Park owner's are required to provide a copy of the current lease to a leaseholder who asks for it. A lease protects both the park owner and the leaseholder. Specific requirements for mobile home lot leases are contained in the Housing Division Rules. Are
there Underground Heating Oil Storage Tanks (UST's) in your
park that need removal? "No interest" loans are
available from ANR's Waste Management Division. more
*18-months' notice by certified mail is required for any park closure. Contact the Department for forms and instructions. Notice
of Intent to Sell a Mobile Home Park forms and instructions
Online
Fill-able 2010
Notice of Lot Rent Increase Required for any increase
that includes a capital improvements surcharge Model Mobile Home Lot Lease (.doc) Vermont
Uniform Mobile Home Bill of Sale |
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