HF 481 (LSB 2405YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 481

BY  JUDGE and JAMES

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to rent increases in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 562B.14, subsection 7, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  a.  Each tenant shall be notified, in writing, of any rent increase at least ninety days before the effective date. Such effective date shall not be sooner than the expiration date of the original rental agreement or any renewal or extension thereof.
   b.  The landlord shall not increase the amount of rent more than once per calendar year unless reasonably necessary for one or more of the following reasons:
   (1)  An increase in insurance premiums paid by the tenant to the landlord under the rental agreement.
   (2)  An increase in infrastructure-related expenses of the manufactured home community or mobile home park paid by the tenant to the landlord under the rental agreement.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, a tenant must be notified in writing of any rent increase at least ninety days before the effective date of the rent increase. Additionally, the effective date of the increase shall not be sooner than the expiration date of the original rental agreement or any renewal or extension thereof. This bill provides that a landlord is not allowed to increase a tenant’s rent more than once per calendar year unless reasonably necessary for one or more of the following reasons: an increase in insurance premiums paid by the tenant to the landlord under the rental agreement, or an increase in infrastructure-related expenses of the manufactured home community or mobile home park paid by the tenant to the landlord under the rental agreement.