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MaineLD 2231132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

An Act to Support Owners of Manufactured Housing, Mobile Homes and Tiny Homes

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Signed by Governor

HOUSINGHOUSING - MANUFACTURED HOUSING

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Residents can challenge larger lot increases

Resident homeowners can seek mediation when a proposed lot-rent or fee increase exceeds the reported Northeast inflation change plus 1 percentage point. Owners representing at least 51% of community households must sign and send the request by certified mail within 90 days of notice. The parties must choose an independent mediator within 15 days of mailing and meet within 30 days; the community owner pays. Owner bad faith blocks the increase for at least 6 months from the request's mailing date. Bad faith includes failing to participate or requiring, requesting, or obtaining a secrecy agreement during mediation.

More notice for mobile home residents

Manufactured housing community owners must give resident homeowners at least 90 days' written notice before raising lot rent or fees. Notices must include owner contact information, the increase's dollar amount and type, and mediation rights and instructions. They must also show the Northeast Consumer Price Index's prior 12-month percentage change, using the notice month, or its successor index. Community owners can raise lot rent only once per calendar year; this frequency limit does not cover fees.

Fewer lot barriers for mobile home parks

For new or expanding mobile home parks, the law caps minimum lot sizes that municipalities can require. With public sewer, the cap is the smaller of 4,000 square feet or the town's smallest residential lot served by public sewer. It is 10,000 square feet for individual on-site wastewater disposal and 5,000 square feet for an approved central on-site system. Larger lots remain required where Maine's Title 38 environmental laws or local ordinances adopted under them require them. The law removes express authority for a one-home-per-20,000-square-feet density limit. Municipalities must allow park development and expansion in environmentally suitable locations and reasonably consider expansions at existing sites, without the former 1990 date restriction.

Permanent home conversion changes loan rules

Owners can permanently convert titled manufactured or tiny homes to residential real property when permanently attached to land, including leased land. Owners must record the original title, home details, lien release or release statement, land description, and a sworn attachment statement. They must then request title cancellation from Maine's Secretary of State, which must provide a written warning and obtain written confirmation of receipt. Conversion takes effect when the cancellation certificate is recorded in the county registry of deeds, and cannot be reversed. If you own the land, separate home security interests end and lenders can secure the home only through a property mortgage. If you do not own the land, the home can remain separate loan security; the law does not change taxation.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 116 • No: 94

Senate vote • 4/8/2026

ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

Yes: 20 • No: 14

House vote • 4/8/2026

ACC MAJ OTP-AM BY CA "A"

Yes: 78 • No: 67

Senate vote • 3/10/2026

ACCEPT REPORT

Yes: 18 • No: 13

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 691

    4/13/2026

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

    4/9/2026Senate

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    4/9/2026House

  4. Reports READOn motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-997) Report ACCEPTED. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 752 Yeas 18 - Nays 13 - Excused 4 - Absent 0 READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (H-997) READ and ADOPTED. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-997) in concurrence.

    4/8/2026Senate

  5. Reports READ.On motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 757(Yeas 78 - Nays 67 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-997) was READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-997). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    4/8/2026House

  6. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 752 Yeas 18 - Nays 13 - Excused 4 - Absent 0 Bill and accompanying papers REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, in concurrence.

    3/10/2026Senate

  7. Representative GERE for the Joint Standing Committee on Housing and Economic Development pursuant to Public Law 2025, chapter 365, section 2 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.Report was READ and ACCEPTED.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    3/10/2026House

Bill Text

  • Amendment C-A (H-997), adopted by House & Senate

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  • Enacted

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  • Introduced

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