DEMHRA Report for DMHOA April 28th Meeting

Information from April 17, 2025 Meeting and March 27, 2025 minutes

Note: The April 17th meeting was abbreviated due to the holiday weekend. All information normally included may not be in this report.

Chair's Report

    • The new Trust Fund cap of $20,000,000 will become effective July 1st.

    • The Affordable Housing Production Task Force released its final report to the Governor and General Assembly on Monday, April 7, 2025. The report can be found at: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:f93943a6-cee9-4620-bd69-faf002973e1c?viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover.

Executive Director's Report: 

The Manufactured Housing Sub-committee on Affordable Housing’s recommendations were presented to the legislators in February. The top four priorities were:

    • Manufactured housing homeowners or potential manufactured home buyers

    • Land and community owners

    • Developers

    • Overall industry

The legislators accepted these recommendations.

Ms. Rhoads recommended that any changes regarding the Trust Fund cap and changes in Trust Fund assessments should be incorporated into our Policies and Procedures. The change of the Trust Fund cap to $20,000,000 does not agree with the $15,000,000 cap currently in Chapter 70. The change will require a Bill bringing it to the new figure. Senator Walsh is assisting in creating a Bill that would eliminate a set figure in the law, which would allow DEMHRA to have control of changing the cap, which is currently stated in the law.

Legal Counsel Report: 

The following communities are behind:

    • Sylvelinc 1 quarter

    • J&J still 2 quarters

The following communities sent in payments: 

    • Appleby

    • Cloverleaf

    • Dackerg

Mobile Home Village needs to get online access.

Oakway has not responded to request.

Demand letters have been sent as required.

Arbitration: (Update on Status of Open Dockets as of 3/27/25):

None reported at last meeting.

Rent Increase Certification Requests:

None reported at last meeting.

Update on Parks for Sale:

None reported at last meeting.

Update on Parks Going Through Change in Use as of 4/17/25:

    • Timberlane - There are 16 applications remaining.

    • Lazy Pine Retreat - There are 3 remaining.

    • Lakeland - There are 5 remaining.

    • Lake Forest – There are 17 remaining.

    • At our last meeting, the following applications for funds were approved: for Lake Forest Estates: one relocatable SW, one relocatable DW, and one non-relocatable SW for a total of $40,600, for Lakeland: one relocatable SW and one relocatable DW for a total of $28,000. There was also one removal/disposal for Lazy Pine Retreat for $5,000. Total funds dispersed was $73,600.

Financial Matters: (amounts are rounded to nearest dollar)

    • The Trust Fund assessments collected during March totaled $2,344.00, plus interest of $62,191.00. A Trust Fund payment of $12,300.00 was paid out in March for relocation assistance. The Trust Fund as of March 31st is $14,722025.00.

    • The 2025 Legal Fund Year-to-Date is $29,484.00.

    • The February CPI/U was 3.279%, effective March 14th. This would equate to an increase of 5.14% for one-year leases beginning in July and August. The next CPI/U will be out around May 14th.

Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday May 22, 2025 at 1:30. 

Our address is 1979 S. State Street in Dover and is opened to the public.

Please visit our website for additional information at demhra.delaware.gov.