Mobile Home Park Act (SB 633) Summary

• Enacts comprehensive "Mobile Home Park Act" to regulate mobile home parks and establish protections for homeowners, with the North Carolina Human Rights Commission overseeing dispute resolution and enforcement.

• Establishes tenant protections including 90-day notice to vacate (10 days for health/safety issues), prohibition on arbitrary rent increases without 60-day notice, and restrictions on entry requiring 48-hour notice except emergencies.

• Creates homeowner purchase rights: when a park is offered for sale, homeowners have 180 days to form a group and match the purchase offer; public entities can exercise right of first refusal to preserve parks as affordable housing.

• Regulates landlord responsibilities for maintaining utilities, sewer/water lines, and park premises; prohibits retaliatory actions, harassment, and improper fees; allows homeowners to establish associations and hold meetings.

• Requires annual registration of mobile home parks with the Commission; establishes complaint process with administrative hearings, allows statutory penalties up to $20,000-$50,000 for violations, and creates Mobile Home Park Fund for program administration.