Pennsylvania lawmakers, residents, and affordable housing advocates are pressing the Pennsylvania Senate to act on legislation regarding manufactured home community protections. The push comes as manufactured home communities are increasingly being purchased by private equity firms, hedge funds, and multi-state corporations, according to pasenate.com.

Under current arrangements, manufactured homeowners own their homes but do not own the land beneath them. Relocating a manufactured home is often costly and difficult, according to pasenate.com. Many residents in these communities are seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities who live on fixed incomes, according to the same source.

As private equity firms and corporations raise rates significantly, homeowners have limited options when rates increase sharply. Consequently, homeowners are increasingly at risk of losing their homes due to cost, according to pasenate.com. Manufactured homeowners chanted 'Pass the bills' in Harrisburg to demonstrate their support for the measures.

Legislation to protect manufactured home communities has been introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, according to pasenate.com. However, the legislation protecting manufactured home communities has stalled in the Pennsylvania Senate for one year, according to triblive.