House concurs with Senate changes to H757, directing report on grants for limited-equity cooperatives

The Vermont House concurred with the Senate proposal of amendment for House Bill 757, legislation to modernize state law governing manufactured (mobile) homes and limited equity cooperatives. Member from Colchester, presenting the change, summarized the Senate’s two-phase approach and the new reporting requirement.

Under the Senate amendments the House accepted, the existing House provision allowing limited-equity cooperatives to access grants for infrastructure improvements will remain in effect for a year while the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with relevant agencies, must prepare a report by Nov. 15, 2026 identifying state grants and loans available to mobile-home parks and analyzing regulatory barriers that affect limited-equity cooperatives. The Senate also delayed an intended sales and use tax exemption for mobile homes from Jan. 1, 2027 to Jan. 1, 2028.

Committees recommended concurrence after review and a straw poll; the House concurred by voice vote. The bill now proceeds with the Senate amendments as adopted by the House.