Freeman introduced this bill after the Barbosa Trailer Park, located in Bethlehem Township, was sold to a developer without giving tenants enough time to find alternative housing.
"Currently, there are no adequate protections for tenants when a manufactured housing community is sold," Freeman said. "As in the case of the Barbosa Trailer Park, residents should have received more advance notification of the sale and a guarantee of compensation for the cost of moving or losing their homes. This bill would provide those protections for all such sales, while addressing the concerns of both community owners and tenants."
The bill would require manufactured home community owners, when closing the community, to provide at least 60 days notice to tenants, the Pa. Housing Finance agency and the home municipality. Tenants get six months to find another home, as well as some relocation money.
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Freeman claims his bill is a consensus among advocates for residents and the industry itself.
The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.
12 comments:
going for the ghetto vote
Anon 648... Going for the ghetto vote??? Why would he be going for any vote, he's running unopposed again.... I know i said ''again'' Ron Shegda did run against him the past 3 times, but thats just like running unopposed, no?
And that piece of land at Barbosas is still sitting there with a big pile of dirt in the center.
How many years ago were the tenants told to leave?
Help me out.......Can anyone tell me what "Decent cost saving" piece of legislation has been introduced in Harrisburg by any of our local Legislators? I can't think of any but would like to think positive of our legislators. Thank you.
Barbosa's park was a dump, good riddance.
I use to deliver to those people when I was young and in the valley. A huge number of those residents were not young. Sure they may have been a few "stereotypes" from COPS. But a large number of manufactured home communities are LOADED with older residents. It is cheap, so some people are really poor late in life.
Weren't the Barbosa tenants also given $5,000 per home to move by the developer? That wasn't required by any law.
rid the valley of trailer trash, welfare moms and daycare in high schools. No pols have the balls to run on that platform
"Weren't the Barbosa tenants also given $5,000 per home to move by the developer? That wasn't required by any law."
Don't remember the exact figure, but they were compensated.
Great legislation that is needed to protect the valley's poorer residents. No one should be forced from their homes with in a moments notice.
Glad to see the late Rep. Freeman still writing Bills that will never become Law.
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