Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 59.22 · 9 active provisions
(1) The legislature finds:(a) That manufactured housing and mobile home parks provide a source of low-cost housing to the low income, elderly, poor and infirmed, without which they could not afford private housing; but rising costs of mobile home park development and operation, as well as turnover in ownership, has res…
The following definitions shall apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(1) "Affordable" means that, where feasible, low-income residents should not pay more than thirty percent of their monthly income for housing costs.(2) "Conversion costs" includes the cost of acquiring the mobile…
(1) The department may make loans to resident organizations for the purpose of financing mobile home park conversion costs. The department may only make loans to resident organizations of mobile home parks where a significant portion of the residents are low-income or infirm.(2) The department may make loans to low-inc…
(1) Any loans granted under RCW 59.22.032 shall be for a term of no more than thirty years.(2) The department shall establish the rate of interest to be paid on loans.(3) The department shall obtain security for loans made under this chapter. The security may be in the form of a note, deed of trust, assignment of lease…
Before providing financing under this chapter, the department shall require:(1) Verification that at least two-thirds of the households residing in the mobile home park support the plan for acquisition and conversion of the park;(2) Verification that either no park residents will be involuntarily displaced as a result…
The department shall consider the following factors in determining the eligibility for, and the amount, of loans made under this chapter:(1) The reasonableness of the conversion costs relating to repairs, rehabilitation, construction, or other costs;(2) The number of available and affordable mobile home park spaces in…
The department may provide technical assistance to resident organizations who wish to convert the mobile home park in which they reside to resident ownership. Technical assistance does not include details connected with the sale or conversion of a mobile home park which would require the department to act in a represen…
In order to provide general assistance to resident organizations, qualified tenant organizations, and tenants, the department shall establish an office of mobile/manufactured home relocation assistance. This office shall:(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, provide, either…
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person…