§ 10 §9093-B — Manufactured housing community increase in lot rent and fees

Maine § 10 §9093-B

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
• Part 11: HOUSING
• Ch. 953: REGULATION OF MOBILE HOME PARKS; LANDLORD AND TENANT

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1.
Lot rent and fees; notice requirement.
An owner of a manufactured housing community shall provide notice of an increase in lot rent or fees no less than 90 days before the effective date of the increase to the owner of a manufactured home in the community.
2.
Notice contents.
The notice under subsection 1 must include:
3.
Request for mediation.
If the dollar amount of the proposed lot rent increase is above the allowed lot rent increase or the dollar amount of the proposed fee increase is above the allowed fee increase for the type of fee increased, owners of manufactured homes in the housing community may request the proposed lot rent or fee increase be subject to mediation, if:
4.
Mediation.
Within 15 days of the date of the notice under subsection 3, paragraph B, the parties shall mutually select an independent 3rd-party mediator to facilitate the discussion of the proposed lot rent or fee increase. Within 30 days of the date the request for mediation was mailed under subsection 3, the parties shall meet with the mediator for the purpose of attempting to resolve the dispute. The owner of the manufactured housing community shall pay all costs for the mediator and the mediation. If the owner of the manufactured housing community acts in bad faith with respect to the request for mediation or the mediation process, the lot rent or fee increase may not take effect for at least 6 months from the date the request for mediation is mailed under subsection 3. Failure of the owner of the manufactured housing community, or the owner's authorized representative, to participate in mediation, is an example of bad faith.
For purposes of this section, "manufactured housing community" has the same meaning as in section 9081, subsection 2, except that in this section "manufactured housing community" includes a mobile home park.

Legislative History

PL 2025, c. 399, §2 (NEW).