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DENVER, CO – The House today advanced legislation on a preliminary vote to strengthen Colorado’s Mobile Home Park Act to make mobile home park sales more fair and transparent.
“Mobile home residents are uniquely vulnerable to displacement, and it is crucial that we strengthen protections for residents to prevent housing instability,” said Rep. Elizabeth Velasco, D-Glenwood Springs. “Mobile homes are one of the most common affordable housing options we have in Colorado, especially on the Western Slope. This legislation builds on our work to protect mobile home residents and create opportunities for them to build generational wealth by bolstering resident protections and improving disclosure and notice requirements. This would help give residents the time and information they need to present a strong bid to purchase the park, keeping Coloradans safely housed and preserving existing affordable housing.”
“Mobile home parks are a great source of unsubsidized affordable housing, and it is crucial that we protect this resource for hardworking Coloradans to bring down housing costs,” said Speaker Pro Tempore Andy Boesenecker, D-Fort Collins. “Colorado Democrats have passed key protections for mobile home residents in recent years, but these residents are still struggling to compete against better-resourced external buyers when presented with the opportunity to purchase the park. This bill ensures that mobile home residents have a fair shot at buying the mobile home park that they live in, which will help maintain affordable housing options for low- and middle-income Coloradans.”
Beginning January 1, 2027, HB26-1224 would strengthen Colorado’s Mobile Home Park Act (MHPA) to ensure that residents have a fair chance to purchase the land underneath their mobile home. The bill would give residents at least 90 days to conduct inspections and protect residents who negotiate in good faith. The bill bans anti-competitive practices that inflate prices above market value to make it harder for residents to purchase the mobile home park.
HB26-1224 would improve transparency by requiring a landlord to disclose documentation to justify the list price of the property, the age and history of major infrastructure on the property, rental information and operating expenses. Upon request, the bill would also require a landlord to disclose any financial ties to potential buyers of the property and any agreements between the landlord and the potential buyer.
To prevent evictions and keep housing costs down, the bill would:
Ensure that residents receive notice when a park owner is temporarily prohibited from raising lot rents;
Require evictions to be based on an official government finding of a violated law, ordinance, or rule, not just an informal claim; and
Limit the amount of the annual MHPA registration fee that can be passed onto homeowners to keep housing costs down.
In 2020, the legislature passed a law to create a pathway for mobile home park residents to join together to purchase the land under their communities. Reps. Velasco and Boesenecker have passed laws to improve water quality in mobile home parks, strengthen tenant protections, improve language accessibility for important park notices and meetings and clarify the conditions of a sale of mobile homes and parks. The legislature also passed a bill this session, also sponsored by Rep. Velasco, to strengthen water quality protections for Coloradans in mobile home parks.