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Summary – House Memorial 35 (HM 35): Mobile Home Park Regulatory Framework

Overview

  • Bill: HM 35 (House Memorial 35)
  • Title: Mobile Home Park Regulatory Framework
  • Type: Memorial (non-binding)
  • Introduced: February 21, 2025
  • Status: Action postponed indefinitely as of June 3, 2025
  • Primary focus: Create a formal workgroup to study and recommend a regulatory framework for mobile home park tenancies and rent stabilization.

Purpose and Intent

  • To establish a collaborative workgroup charged with developing a regulatory framework governing tenancy relations in mobile home parks and exploring rent stabilization measures for mobile home residents.
  • The aim is to produce concrete conclusions and recommendations for legislative consideration, enhancing protections and clarity for both tenants and park owners.

Key Provisions and Requirements

  • Workgroup participants (as specified in the substitute): Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD), New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (MFA), Public Regulation Commission (PRC), Governor’s Office of Housing, the chair of the Opportunity Enterprise and Housing Development Review Board, and the New Mexico Attorney General (NMAG); plus representation from:
    • A landlord of a mobile home
    • A resident of a mobile home
  • Responsibilities: Develop a regulation framework addressing mobile home park tenancies and rent stabilization. RLD is to provide staff and administrative support for the workgroup.
  • Reporting deadlines:
    • First report with conclusions and recommendations: December 1, 2025
    • Second report (based on the second report’s findings): September 1, 2026
  • Scope: Focused on evaluating regulatory approaches; does not enact immediate statutory changes but guides future legislative action.

Agencies Involved and Roles

  • Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD): Lead administrative support and staff for the workgroup.
  • New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (MFA)
  • Public Regulation Commission (PRC)
  • Governor’s Office of Housing
  • Chair of the Opportunity Enterprise and Housing Development Review Board
  • New Mexico Attorney General (NMAG)
  • Mobile home park landlord and mobile home resident: Stakeholder representatives

Fiscal and Administrative Implications

  • The analysis anticipates a temporary increase in workload for the involved agencies, with work conducted in FY26.
  • The work is nonrecurring; funding would come from agency operating budgets and could affect general funds, state funds, or interagency transfers depending on agency budgeting.
  • No direct new program authority is created by a memorial itself; costs are for study and coordination.

Relationship to Other Legislation

  • HM35 relates to House Bill 426 (notice requirements for sale of mobile home parks).
  • The memorial conflicts with the House Judiciary Committee substitute of House Bill 442, which would establish a mobile home parks workgroup with similar membership and rent stabilization provisions under a different framework.
  • The memorial is superseded in policy by the committee substitute (HGEIC substitute) but remains a memorial with nonbinding recommendations.

Potential Impacts and Considerations

  • Could raise awareness of mobile home park tenancy issues and spur future regulatory or legislative actions.
  • May encourage local government participation, given the high share of manufactured housing (approximately 17% of occupied housing stock in NM).
  • Stakeholders (renters, park owners, and local governments) may seek timely guidance on tenancy practices and protection mechanisms.

Status History

  • 2025-02-21: Introduced and referred to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee.
  • 2025-03-10: Committee replaced with substitute; DO PASS recommendation (HGEIC).
  • 2025-06-03: Action postponed indefinitely (current status).

This summary provides a clear, nonpartisan overview of HM 35’s purpose, process, and potential impact based on the available fiscal note, committee report, and legislative actions.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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