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House File 481 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 481 BY JUDGE and JAMES A BILL FOR An Act relating to rent increases in manufactured home 1 communities and mobile home parks. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2405YH (3) 91 ll/jh H.F. 481 Section 1. Section 562B.14, subsection 7, Code 2025, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 7. a. Each tenant shall be notified, in writing, of any 3 rent increase at least ninety days before the effective date. 4 Such effective date shall not be sooner than the expiration 5 date of the original rental agreement or any renewal or 6 extension thereof. 7 b. The landlord shall not increase the amount of rent more 8 than once per calendar year unless reasonably necessary for one 9 or more of the following reasons: 10 (1) An increase in insurance premiums paid by the tenant to 11 the landlord under the rental agreement. 12 (2) An increase in infrastructure-related expenses of the 13 manufactured home community or mobile home park paid by the 14 tenant to the landlord under the rental agreement. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 Under current law, a tenant must be notified in writing of 19 any rent increase at least ninety days before the effective 20 date of the rent increase. Additionally, the effective date 21 of the increase shall not be sooner than the expiration date 22 of the original rental agreement or any renewal or extension 23 thereof. This bill provides that a landlord is not allowed 24 to increase a tenant’s rent more than once per calendar year 25 unless reasonably necessary for one or more of the following 26 reasons: an increase in insurance premiums paid by the tenant 27 to the landlord under the rental agreement, or an increase 28 in infrastructure-related expenses of the manufactured home 29 community or mobile home park paid by the tenant to the 30 landlord under the rental agreement. 31 -1- LSB 2405YH (3) 91 ll/jh 1/ 1
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