# 119-hr-4969: Keep Mobile Homes Affordable Act

119-hr-4969, Keep Mobile Homes Affordable Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4969
- Congress: 119
- Title: Keep Mobile Homes Affordable Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-08-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-24

## Summary

**This bill would direct HUD to investigate and police pad-site pricing and investor influence in manufactured home communities.** It would require HUD to produce a report within 270 days with a long-term strategy using race, gender, and socioeconomic data and to monitor concentrated purchases in local markets. - Residents: Seniors and other residents of manufactured home communities would get an official analysis of how pad-site price manipulation and investor behavior affect housing costs and access to utilities. - Institutional investors and large buyers: HUD would monitor purchases and must investigate any single purchaser that bought more than 2,500 manufactured homes or pad sites in a market area since Jan 1, 2015 for price gouging, rent increases above the area's median rent rise, or failure to provide utilities. - Policymakers and HUD: HUD must publish investigation reports to Congress and online and develop a long-term strategy to address manipulation. The bill exempts the data collection for the investigation from the Paperwork Reduction Act.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- HUD checks pad-site rent and big buyers: benefit, medium. This bill would require HUD to investigate if pad-site rents in manufactured home parks are being manipulated or gouged. HUD would monitor each housing market area and check any buyer who, since January 1, 2015, bought more than 2,500 homes or pad sites in one market. Those probes would look for pr…
- Which parks and homes are covered: benefit, low. The bill would define which homes and parks fall under these rules. A "manufactured home" would use the federal definition and include older or nonconforming units. A "manufactured home community" would mean a park, court, or community that rents pad sites, or pad sites and homes, for people to liv…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-4969 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4969)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4969 (as of 2026-10-24).