(a)A homeowner in a manufactured home community who is eligible for Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income benefits or who is 62 years of age or older is eligible for lot rental assistance from the manufactured home community owner if the homeowner meets all of the following criteria:
(1)The homeowner must have owned the manufactured home or resided in the home in the manufactured home community for the 5 consecutive years before requesting lot rental assistance under this section.
(2)The homeowner must reside full time and exclusively in the manufactured home in the manufactured home community, and the manufactured home must be the homeowner’s only residence.
(3)The total income of the homeowner and all occupants is equal to or less than 40% of the county median
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(a) A homeowner in a manufactured home community who is eligible for Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income benefits or who is 62 years of age or older is eligible for lot rental assistance from the manufactured home community owner if the homeowner meets all of the following criteria:
(1) The homeowner must have owned the manufactured home or resided in the home in the manufactured home community for the 5 consecutive years before requesting lot rental assistance under this section.
(2) The homeowner must reside full time and exclusively in the manufactured home in the manufactured home community, and the manufactured home must be the homeowner’s only residence.
(3) The total income of the homeowner and all occupants is equal to or less than 40% of the county median income, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(4) a. The total liquid assets of the homeowner and all occupants do not exceed $50,000.
b. For purposes of this section, liquid assets include bank accounts, stocks, and bonds.
(5) The homeowner and occupants must provide to the community owner all documentation necessary to determine eligibility for lot rental assistance, such as bank records, eligibility letters, tax returns, and brokerage statements.
(6) The homeowner, occupants, and the manufactured home must be in substantial compliance with all manufactured home community rules, regulations, and standards. If the manufactured home community owner determines that these criteria are not met, the community owner must notify the homeowner in writing of the nature of the noncompliance and allow the homeowner 30 days to correct the noncompliance, after which the community owner must reevaluate the homeowner’s eligibility for the lot rental assistance program.
(b) The homeowner and occupants may not be recipients of any other rental assistance funding.
(c) A rental assistance credit received by a homeowner under this section is not transferable upon the sale of the manufactured home or the transfer of the rental agreement to a third-party purchaser. If a rental agreement is transferred under § 7013 of this title, thereafter the transferee must pay the full amount of rent due under the lease.
(d) Lot rental assistance for a qualified homeowner is a credit which is computed as the difference between the current lot rent and 30% of the income as calculated under subsection (a) of this section so that the lot rent for an eligible homeowner after application of a lot rental assistance credit does not exceed 30% of the homeowner’s income under paragraph (a)(3) of this section.
(e)-(j) [Repealed.]
(k) Nothing in this section prohibits the owner of a manufactured home community from offering a lot rental assistance program that provides benefits greater than the benefits under this section, or that extends eligibility for participation in the program.
(l) This section applies to a manufactured home community if the community has more than 25 manufactured home lots. However, an owner of a manufactured home community with 25 or fewer manufactured home lots may voluntarily offer a lot rental assistance program to the homeowners in the community.
(m) For the purpose of benefiting persons aged 62 and older, this section establishes a narrow exception to the prohibition against housing discrimination on the basis of “age” under § 5116 of this title and the Delaware Fair Housing Act, Chapter 46 of Title 6.