SF 2691 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Standards for rent and utility payments, fees, and charges provision in manufactured home parks

SF 2691 establishes clear standards for rent, utility charges, and fees in Minnesota manufactured home parks. It requires uniform rent rates (except for lot size/location or special services), prohibits fees based on household size, guests, home size, or occupancy, and mandates itemized billing for utilities. The bill also requires park owners to address safety hazards like dangerous trees within 14 days of resident notice and gives residents 60 days' written notice before rent increases. These changes directly affect manufactured home park residents and owners by increasing transparency and limiting arbitrary charges.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action Apr 22, 2026

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What changed between versions

3rd Engrossment → 4th Engrossment · 6 edits · Apr 22, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from the 3rd to the 4th Engrossment, indicating further legislative review. Substantive changes include stricter rules for rent increases, requiring clear and convincing evidence to prove an increase is reasonable and removing the previous exception for resident-owned cooperatives. New requirements mandate written receipts for cash rent payments and allow for the removal of unsafe trees. Additionally, the statute was amended to allow courts to stay eviction writs for up to 30 days upon a showing of good cause, with exceptions for severe safety threats.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include new requirements for digital payment receipts and tree safety, and the applicability of rent increase protections was narrowed by removing the exemption for resident-owned cooperatives.

REQUIREMENT

Rent increases are now presumed unreasonable if they exceed 3% of the prior year's rent, and the burden of proof for the park owner increased to 'clear and convincing evidence'.

The exemption allowing resident-owned cooperatives to bypass the one-annual-rent-increase limit was removed.

Park owners receiving cash rent must provide a written receipt immediately for in-person payments or within three business days for remote payments.

New authority was added for the trimming or removal of unsafe trees in manufactured home parks.

ENFORCEMENT

Courts can now stay eviction writs for up to 30 days upon a showing of good cause, whereas the previous limit was seven days.

The 30-day stay of eviction writs does not apply if the resident seriously endangered safety or intentionally damaged property.

1st Engrossment → 2nd Engrossment · 8 edits · Mar 18, 2026

MODERATE

This bill update strengthens protections for manufactured home park residents by lowering the rent increase threshold from 2% to 1% per year and expanding exemptions for cooperative-owned parks. It also clarifies the definition of a 'representative acting on behalf of residents' to include family members and simplifies the process for residents to propose buying their own park. Additionally, the bill tightens disclosure requirements for park owners, mandates a minimum 90-day due diligence period for resident buyers, and expands the list of organizations that must receive sale notices.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include resident-owned cooperatives and corporations as entities with presumptively reasonable rent increases, and the definition of who can act as a resident representative was broadened to include the park owner's immediate family and descendants.

REQUIREMENT

The maximum allowable rent increase was reduced from 2% to 1% per year, with a presumption that any increase over 3% is unreasonable unless proven necessary for health and safety.

New requirements mandate that park owners provide specific financial data (income, expenses, utilities, insurance, home counts, and vacancy rates) to resident representatives upon request.

Park owners must now include a website link in sale notices that directs residents to nonprofit organizations that assist with evaluating park purchases.

ELIGIBILITY

Rent increase limits no longer apply to parks owned by resident cooperatives or corporations formed under specific chapters, which are now presumed to have reasonable increases.

DEFINITION

The definition of a 'representative acting on behalf of residents' was updated to allow support signatures from residents living in homes owned by family members, and explicitly allows homeowners to sign petitions supporting a purchase proposal.

TIMELINE

The required due diligence period for resident buyers was increased from an unspecified 'commercially reasonable' time to a minimum of 90 days, and the time for park owners to reject an offer was shortened to five days.

The deadline for nonprofit organizations to receive copies of sale notices was shortened from ten days to three business days.

ENFORCEMENT

Damages for violations of the bill were expanded to explicitly include incidental and consequential damages in addition to actual damages.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 22, 2026

Committee

Senate file first reading, referred to Housing Finance and Policy

lower

Apr 22, 2026

Introduced

Received from Senate

lower

Apr 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Third reading Passed as amended

upper

Apr 21, 2026

Introduced

Special Order: Amended

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Comm report: To pass as amended

upper

Mar 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary and Public Safety

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Commerce and Consumer Protection

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Housing and Homelessness Prevention

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading

upper

1 primary · 23 co-sponsors