Pennsylvania park problems, computed
The three park questions for Pennsylvania, answered from the state code itself: how much lot rent can go up (and what notice you must get), what happens when the park closes, and whether residents get a chance to buy the park when it sells. State law only — local ordinances are outside this dataset's scope, and the page says so wherever that matters.
Pennsylvania has no statewide cap on how much lot rent can go up. No statewide cap on the amount of a lot rent increase was found in the Manufactured Home Community Rights Act (Act of Nov. 24, 1976, P.L. 1176, No. 261; 68 P.S. 398.1 et seq.). A 2023-2024 House bill (HB 805) that would have added a rent-increase review section was a proposal, not enacted law, and is not encoded as a cap. What the Act does set is lease-offer timing (see statute).
Notice the park must give: 60 days before an increase takes effect.
Rule: Manufactured Home Community Rights Act, Section 6(e) (68 P.S. 398.6): after receiving 60 days' notice of the owner's intent to offer a new, renewed or extended lease, the occupant has 30 days to accept it or to notify the owner of intent to vacate within 30 days; no increased rent or fee under the new lease may be collected before the 61st day after the owner's notice, and a lessee who declines the new lease has 60 days from notifying intent to vacate to sell or relocate the home, with no increased rent, fee or lease charge during that period
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Closure / change-of-use notice the state requires: 180 days.
On closure of a community in whole or part, the owner must give written notice to residents and tenants, to the resident association if one exists, to the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, and to the municipality, within 60 days of deciding to close. The notice must include the estimated date residents will be expected to vacate, which shall be no less than 180 days from the date of the notice, and the estimated date the community will close. The owner must also consider, and negotiate in good faith on, a purchase offer from a resident association representing at least 25 percent of the spaces or a nonprofit or housing authority acting at those residents' request (Section 11.2(b)).
Rule: Manufactured Home Community Rights Act, Section 11.2(a) (68 P.S. 398.11.2)
Relocation help exists in Pennsylvania: Owner-paid relocation payment on closure (not a state fund).
An amount equal to the cost of relocation, up to $4,000 for a single-section manufactured home and $6,000 for a multi-section manufactured home — statutory base amounts. Section 11.2(c) requires the Department of Community and Economic Development to adjust these amounts annually to reflect any increase in the Consumer Price Index, so the amount actually payable is the adjusted figure, which is not encoded here (see flags).
Rule: Manufactured Home Community Rights Act, Section 11.2(c) (68 P.S. 398.11.2)
Pennsylvania gives residents notice plus good-faith negotiation when a park is sold. Trigger: No notice that the park is for sale is required. Statutory notices cover only: a decision to close the community (notice within 60 days of the decision) and a signed agreement to sell the community (notice 30 days after signing)
Who must be told: All residents and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (closure notice also to the municipality where the community is located) Who can act: A resident association representing at least 25% of the manufactured home spaces, or a nonprofit corporation (including a community development corporation, housing authority or redevelopment authority) acting at the request of residents of at least 25% of the spaces
make your offer: no fixed day count in the statute — The owner must consider any purchase offer from a qualifying resident association or nonprofit acting for residents, and negotiate in good faith with the entity submitting it.
Weakest good-faith state in the set: no right of first refusal, and no requirement to tell residents the park is for sale at all — the only notices are of a closure decision and of an already-signed sale agreement. A nonprofit may act at the residents' request; the summary does not describe an assignment of rights, so assignable is null.
Rule: 68 Pa. Stat. §§ 398.11.1(a), 398.11.2(b), 398.16.1. Source: National Consumer Law Center, Summary of State Manufactured Home Community Purchase Laws (September 2026).
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Pennsylvania is a just-cause state: under Section 3 of the Manufactured Home Community Rights Act a resident may be evicted only for (1) nonpayment of rent, (2) a second or subsequent violation of community rules within a six-month period, (3) a change in use of the community land or part of it, or (4) termination of the manufactured home community. Eviction requires written notice by certified or registered mail and a court proceeding; for nonpayment, no proceeding may start until the resident has had 20 days to pay after notice given April 1 to August 31, or 30 days after notice given September 1 to March 31.
Rule: Manufactured Home Community Rights Act, Section 3 (68 P.S. 398.3)
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Verified October 2026. State data verified October 2026 — re-checked quarterly.
General information about how the process works in your state — not legal advice. For a contested eviction, a park-sale fight, or a title dispute with a lienholder, a local attorney or legal-aid office is the next step.