S 228: Requires manufactured home park owners to provide a written justification for rent increases in excess of three percent of the current rent; provides that increases in costs to justify such rent increase for ordinary maintenance or repair to meet the warranty of habitability obligations must be shown to be necessary.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 228 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAY, ROLISON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to increases of rent in manufactured home parks The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 233-b of the real property law, as added by section 2 12 of part O of chapter 36 of the laws of 2019, is amended by adding two 3 new subdivisions 9 and 10 to read as follows: 4 9. When a manufactured home park owner notifies the manufactured home- 5 owners in the park of a rent or fee increase and the increase is in 6 excess of three percent above the current rent, the manufactured home 7 park owner shall provide a written justification for the increase that 8 complies with this section and make available to any resident, by 9 request, documentation that show the costs and commencement of work that 10 justify the rent increase pursuant to this section, as applicable. 11 10. In order for an increase in costs to justify a rent increase above 12 three percent pursuant to paragraph (a) or (c) of subdivision two of 13 this section for costs incurred for ordinary maintenance, including 14 preventive maintenance, or repair of the roads, infrastructure, or other 15 community property or services, the community owner must demonstrate 16 that the work performed was necessary to meet the community owner's 17 warranty of habitability obligations under subdivision m of section two 18 hundred thirty-three of this article, and demonstrate that the rent 19 increase imposed was no more than was necessary to cover the actual and 20 reasonable cost of the work performed. 21 § 2 Section 233-b of the real property law, as added by chapter 654 of 22 the laws of 2019, is renumbered section 233-c. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00177-01-5