,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #difi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #ab1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,vasquez 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,ruiz7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
direct the ,secretary of ,housing and   
,urban ,development to investigate and  
report on the prices for pad sites in   
manufactured home communities1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,keep ,mobile  
,homes ,affordable ,act4  #b4 ,,hud     
investigation and report on prices for  
pad sites in manufactured home          
communities  7a7 ,investigation ,the    
,secretary of ,housing and ,urban       
,development 7hereafter referred to as  
the ,secretary7 shall conduct an        
investigation to determine if the prices
 for pad sites in manufactured home     
communities are--  7#a7 being           
manipulated by any form of market       
manipulation2 or  7#b7 artificially     

increased through price gouging         
practices4  7b7 ,report  7#a7 ,in       
general ,not later than #bgj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary shall submit to the      
,congress and make available on a public
 website of the ,department of ,housing 
and ,urban ,development a report on the 
investigation conducted under subsection
 7a74  7#b7 ,contents ,the report shall 
include--  7,a7 a long-term strategy for
 the ,department of ,housing and ,urban 
,development and the ,congress to       
address manipulation of prices for pad  
sites in manufactured home communities1 
and in preparing the strategy the       
,secretary shall utilize data on race1  
gender1 and socioeconomic status2 and   
7,b7 a description and analysis of how  
institutional investors in manufactured 
home communities impact seniors and     
underserved communities4  7c7 ,exemption
 from ,paperwork ,reduction ,act        
,chapter #ce of title #dd1 ,united      
,states ,code1 shall not apply to the   

collection of information under         
subsection 7a74  #c4 ,investigations of 
excessive manufactured home purchases   
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary shall   
monitor purchases of manufactured homes 
and pad sites for manufactured homes in 
each housing market area in the ,united 
,states1 as determined by the           
,secretary1 to determine whether any    
single purchaser of such homes or pad   
sites1 including any purchaser that is  
an institutional investor1 is purchasing
 an excessive amount of such homes or   
pad sites made available for sale in any
 such market area4 ,if the ,secretary   
determines that1 beginning on ,january  
#a1 #bjae1 any single purchaser has     
purchased more than #b1ejj manufactured 
homes or pad sites for manufactured     
homes made available for sale in any    
market area1 the ,secretary shall       
conduct an investigation to determine if
 such purchaser has engaged in--  7#a7  
price gouging2  7#b7 rental increases   
that are significantly above the area's 

median rent price increase2 or  7#c7    
failure to provide utilities4  7b7      
,report ,not later than #a year after   
the conclusion of an investigation      
conducted pursuant to subsection 7a71   
the ,secretary shall submit to the      
,congress and make available on a public
 website of the ,department of ,housing 
and ,urban ,development a report of such
 investigation4  #d4 ,definitions ,in   
this ,act3 7#a7 ,manufactured home ,the 
term manufactured home--  7,a7 has the  
meaning given the term in section #fjc  
of the ,national ,manufactured ,housing 
,construction ,safety and ,standards    
,act of #aigf 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #edjb72 and
  7,b7 includes any structure described 
in such section #fjc without regard to--
  7i7 whether the structure complies    
with any standards under such ,act2 and 
7ii7 the date of the manufacture of the 
structure4  7#b7 ,manufactured home     
community ,the term manufactured home   
community means any community1 court1 or
 park equipped to accommodate           

manufactured homes for which pad sites  
or pad sites and the manufactured homes1
 or both1 are leased to residents to be 
used primarily for residential purposes4