1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to housing; modifying the manufactured home park redevelopment 
1.3 	program; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 
1.4 	462A.2035.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 462A.2035, is amended to read:
1.7 	462A.2035 MANUFACTURED HOME PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The agency shall establish a manufactured home park 
1.9 	redevelopment program for the purpose of making manufactured home park redevelopment 
1.10 	grants or loans to cities, counties, or community action programs, nonprofit organizations, 
1.11 	and cooperatives created under chapter 308A or 308B.
1.12 		Subd. 1a.Individual assistance grants. Cities, counties, and community action programs
1.13 	Eligible recipients may use individual assistance grants and loans under this program to:
1.14 	(1) provide current residents of manufactured home parks with buy-out assistance not 
1.15 	to exceed $4,000 per home with preference given to older manufactured homes; and
1.16 	(2) provide down-payment assistance for the purchase of new and preowned manufactured 
1.17 	homes that comply with the current version of the State Building Code in effect at the time 
1.18 	of the sale, not to exceed $10,000 per home; and.
1.19 	(3) make improvements in manufactured home parks as requested by the grant recipient.
1.20 		Subd. 1b.Park infrastructure grants. Eligible recipients may use park infrastructure 
1.21 	grants under this program for:
1.22 	(1) improvements in manufactured home parks; and
2.1 	(2) infrastructure, including storm shelters and community facilities.
2.2 		Subd. 2.Eligibility requirements. For individual assistance grants under subdivision 
2.3 	1a, households assisted under this section must have an annual household income at or 
2.4 	below 80 percent of the area median household income. Cities, counties, or community 
2.5 	action programs receiving funds under the program must give preference to households at 
2.6 	or below 50 percent of the area median household income. Participation in the program is 
2.7 	voluntary and no park resident shall be required to participate.
2.8 		Subd. 3.Statewide program. The agency shall attempt to make grants and loans in 
2.9 	approximately equal amounts to applicants outside and within the metropolitan area.

2.10 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.11 	$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.12 	of housing finance for park infrastructure grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.13 	462A.2035, subdivision 1b.