# Maine LD 2231: An Act to Support Owners of Manufactured Housing, Mobile Homes and Tiny Homes Maine LD 2231, An Act to Support Owners of Manufactured Housing, Mobile Homes and Tiny Homes, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 691); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2231-132 - As of: 2026-10-18 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 2231 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Support Owners of Manufactured Housing, Mobile Homes and Tiny Homes - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-03-10 - Last action: 2026-04-13, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 691 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: HOUSING, HOUSING - MANUFACTURED HOUSING - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (116 yes, 94 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Residents can challenge larger lot increases: benefit, medium. 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 mu… - More notice for mobile home residents: benefit, low. 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 Consu… - Fewer lot barriers for mobile home parks: benefit, low. 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 a… - Permanent home conversion changes loan rules: mixed, low. 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 mu… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-08 | Senate | ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT | pass | 20 | 14 | | | 2026-04-08 | House | ACC MAJ OTP-AM BY CA "A" | pass | 78 | 67 | | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | ACCEPT REPORT | pass | 18 | 13 | | ## Actions (7) - 2026-04-13: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 691 - 2026-04-09: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-04-09: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2026-04-08: 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. (Senate) - 2026-04-08: 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. (House) - 2026-03-10: 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. (Senate) - 2026-03-10: 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. (House) ## Bill text - Amendment C-A (H-997), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1506&item=2&snum=132) - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1506&item=4&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1506&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed) - LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed) - LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed) ## Sources - [Amendment C-A (H-997), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1506&item=2&snum=132) - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1506&item=4&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1506&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132) - [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132) - [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132) - [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132) - [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2231-132 (as of 2026-10-18).