SB 5079 — Extending the closure notice period for manufactured/mobile home communities.

S-0827.1S-0190.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5079 State of Washington 67th Legislature 2021 Regular Session By Senate Housing & Local Government (originally sponsored by Senators Das, Kuderer, Hasegawa, Hunt, Keiser, Lovelett, Robinson, Rolfes, Stanford, and Wilson, C.)C. READ FIRST TIME 02/05/21.

Prefiled 01/06/21.

Read first time 01/11/21.

Referred to Committee on Housing & Local Government.

1 SSBSB 5079 (3) Manufactured/mobile home tenants have a reasonable expectation of long-term security when they move their home into a community or park.

2 SSBSB 5079 (f) A forwarding address of the tenant or the name and address of a person who would likely know the whereabouts of the tenant in the event of an emergency or an abandonment of the mobile home, manufactured home, or park model;

3 SSBSB 5079 (l) A written description, picture, plan, or map of the location of the tenant's responsibility for utility hook-ups, consistent with RCW 59.20.130(6);

4 SSBSB 5079 Labor Review and Handbook of Labor Statistics" as established annually by the department of commerce;

5 SSBSB 5079 tenant shall verify in writing to the landlord payment of all taxes, rent, and reasonable expenses due on the mobile home, manufactured home, or park model and mobile home lot.

6 SSBSB 5079 (1) A landlord shall not terminate or fail to renew a tenancy of a tenant or the occupancy of an occupant, of whatever duration except for one or more of the following reasons:

7 SSBSB 5079 effective date of such change.

or (ii) The mobile home park or manufactured housing community is sold to an organization comprised of park or community tenants, to a nonprofit organization, to a local government, or to a housing authority for the purpose of preserving the park or communitycommunity; ((;

or (iii) The landlord ((compensates)) establishes a simple, straightforward, and timely process for compensating the tenants for the loss of their homes and actually compensates the tenants for the loss of their homes at the greater of their assessed((assessed)) market value, as determined by((by the county assessor as of the date the closure notice is issued,issued)) prior to a change of use or sale of the property, or $5,000, at any point during the closure notice period and prior to a change of use or sale of the property.

At such time as the compensation is paid, the tenant shall be given written notice of at least ninety((ninety)) 180 days in which to vacate, and the tenant shall continue to pay rent for as much time as he or she remains in the mobile home park or manufactured housing community));community.

Nothing in this subsection (1)(e)(iii) prevents a tenant from relocating his or her home out of the mobile home park or manufactured housing community pursuant to chapter 59.21 RCW.

In the event that a home remains in the mobile home park or manufactured housing community after a tenant vacates, the landlord shall be responsible for its demolition or disposal;

If criminal activity is alleged to be a basis of termination,p. the park owner may proceed directly to an unlawful detainer action;

8 SB 5079 termination, the park owner may proceed directly to an unlawful detainer action;

(h) If the landlord serves a tenant three ((twenty-day)) 20-day notices, each of which was valid under (a) of this subsection at the time of service, within a ((twelve-month)) 12-month period to comply p.or vacate for failure to comply with the material terms of the rental agreement or an enforceable park rule, other than failure to pay rent by the due date.

8 SSB 5079 or vacate for failure to comply with the material terms of the rental agreement or an enforceable park rule, other than failure to pay rent by the due date.

The notice must describe the harm caused by the tenant, describe what the tenantp. must do to comply and to discontinue the harm, and state that failure to comply will result in termination of the tenancy and that the tenant shall vacate the premises within ((fifteen)) 15 days;

9 SB 5079 tenant must do to comply and to discontinue the harm, and state that failure to comply will result in termination of the tenancy and that the tenant shall vacate the premises within ((fifteen)) 15 days;

The parties may agree in writing to p.mediation by an independent third party or through industry mediation procedures.

9 SSB 5079 mediation by an independent third party or through industry mediation procedures.

(2)p. The closure notice required under RCW 59.20.080 must be in substantially the following form:

10 SB 5079 (2) The closure notice required under RCW 59.20.080 must be in substantially the following form:

p.PARK OR COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT OR OWNERSHIP INFORMATION:

10 SSB 5079 PARK OR COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT OR OWNERSHIP INFORMATION:

(a)p. A copy of the closure notice must be provided with all rental agreements signed after the original park closure notice date as required under RCW 59.20.060;

11 SB 5079 (a) A copy of the closure notice must be provided with all rental agreements signed after the original park closure notice date as required under RCW 59.20.060;

and p.(c) Notice must be recorded in the office of the county auditor for the county where the mobile home park is located.

11 SSB 5079 (c) Notice must be recorded in the office of the county auditor for the county where the mobile home park is located.

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