Concerning relocation assistance for manufactured/mobile home park tenants. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning manufactured/mobile homes. )
Summary
Authorizes manufactured/mobile home park tenants seeking relocation assistance from the Mobile and Manufactured Home Relocation Assistance Program (Relocation Assistance Program) to receive other funding for relocation purposes without reducing their eligibility for relocation assistance funds.
Authorizes qualifying manufactured/mobile home park tenants to use Relocation Assistance Program funds to secure housing that is not a manufactured home.
Requires the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to distribute, for each eligible tenant, up to 40 percent of the total financial assistance as cash assistance to help the tenant secure new housing and the remainder as reimbursement for costs associated with relocation.
Modifies certain manufactured home fees for deposit into the Manufactured/Mobile Home Park Relocation Fund.
Creates the Relocation Coordination Program in Commerce to assist tenants of a mobile home park scheduled for closure or conversion to another use.
Reinstates the real estate excise tax exemption for certain sellers transferring a manufactured/mobile home community.
From the Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill Report (ESSB 5183), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗