Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) Introduces “Promoting Residential Ownership (PRO) of Manufactured Home Communities Act” to Empower Residents
Mar 30, 2026
By Kayla Blackwell, NLIHC Senior Housing Policy Analyst and Sarita Kelkar, NLIHC Policy Intern
Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) introduced the “Promoting Residential Ownership of (PRO) Manufactured Home Communities Act” (H.R. 8047) to further the ability of residents who live in manufactured housing to purchase their communities. Mobile homes and manufactured home communities act as a key source of housing for low-income families. Increasingly, outside investors buy these communities and raise prices, destabilizing residents and setting restricting conditions that hinder residents’ ability to improve the quality of their homes. Rep. Frost’s bill aims to empower residents while improving the viability of living in a manufactured home community. NLIHC endorsed the bill.
Manufactured homes are factory-built homes constructed to meet the national, HUD Code standard, demonstrating a history of addressing safety and quality concerns present in older units. Moreover, purchasing a manufactured home has relative affordability, costing about half of what site-built homes cost per square foot. Representative Frost’s “PRO Manufactured Home Communities Act” frames such communities as “one of America’s most accessible and affordable paths of homeownership.” However, this creates a greater imperative to ensure that living in such a community is also sustainable for residents. Although manufactured home communities might appear affordable on paper, residents’ control over costs and quality substantially decreases when ownership lies in the hands of institutional investors who often impose rent and fee increases that put community members in difficult situations and worsen homes’ quality.
Strengthening tenant and legal protections for residents is key to re-envisioning how manufactured home communities can truly help alleviate the housing supply crisis—where stronger tenant protections and fair housing standards could help transform these communities into homes that fulfil the promise of offering long-term stability. The “PRO Manufactured Home Communities Act” is a step closer to doing so by providing a meaningful opportunity for residents to own their communities, a proactive measure that could reduce the risk of eviction and improve living conditions.
NLIHC endorsed the bill, along with ROC USA, National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients), Private Equity Stakeholder Project, MHAction, Americans for Financial Reform, National Manufactured Home Owners Association (NMHOA), and the National Housing Law Project.
Read more about the Act here.
Learn more about how residents are affected by investors’ purchasing of manufactured home communities here.
Learn more about manufactured housing with Chapter 6 of NLIHC’s Advocates’ Guide 2026.