Mobile Home Task Force

Repealed on Jan. 15, 2024 by 2023, Act 47, Sec. 32(f)(4).

The Task Force shall study the current landscape for mobile homes and mobile home parks in this State, including the following issues: (1) the status of mobile homes and mobile home parks within Vermont’s housing portfolio; (2) the condition and needs for mobile home park infrastructure among parks of various sizes; (3) the current statutory treatment of mobile homes either as personal or real property; (4) modern construction, energy efficiency, and durability of manufactured housing, and the availability, affordability, and suitability of alternative types of manufactured, modular, or other housing; (5) the type and scope of data and information collected concerning mobile home residents, mobile homes, and mobile home parks and opportunities to make the data and information more centralized, accessible, and useful for informing policy decisions; and (6) conversion to cooperative ownership and technical assistance available to prospective and new cooperative owners, including the availability of guidance concerning governance structures, operation, and conflict resolution.

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

2:00 PM

Election of Committee Chair

2:10 PM

Review of Committee Duties: Act 47 (2023)

2:40 AM

Scheduling of Next Meetings

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Friday, September 29, 2023

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

1:00 PM

Idle Chatter

1:05 PM

High Level Review of Mobile Home Related Statute

• Erik FitzPatrick, Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  

1:35 PM

Discussion of Vermont Statute

• Erik FitzPatrick, Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  

1:50 PM

Break

2:00 PM

Review of Current Data Point, Registry and MH Landscape

• Shaun Gilpin, Housing Division Director, Department of Housing and Community Development
  

2:30 PM

Discussion of Data

2:35 PM

Discussion of Next Steps (Priority Issues)

3:00 PM

Adjourn

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Monday, October 16, 2023

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Resolve IT issues and/or Zoom Connectivity

10:02 AM

Christopher D'Elia - Vermont Bankers Association

Are Mobile Homes Real Estate or Personal Property?

11:00 AM

Break

11:10 AM

Peter Schneider - Efficiency Vermont

Modern construction, energy efficiency, of alternative types of manufactured housing

(See Reports & Resources Tab on Task Force Website For Related
Documents)

12:00 PM

Next Steps, Meeting Dates and Report

12:30 PM

Adjourn

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Friday, November 3, 2023

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Jump Right In

10:02 AM

Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) - Shaun Gilpin

- Overview of MHP progress
- Impediments
- Recommendations

10:15 AM

Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) - Pollaidh Major

- Overview of Funding Opportunities
- Funding Program Matrix
- Case Studies

10:30 AM

Champlain Housing Trust - Travis Phillips, Julie Curtin

- Manufactured Housing Down Payment Assistance
- PowerPoint at Task Force Website - Reports & Resources

10:40 AM

Discussion

11:00 AM

Break

11:10 AM

Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) - Sandrine Kibuey

- CVOEO Assistance Programs for MHPs and Residents

11:20 AM

Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) - Jeremiah Ward

- Conversions to Cooperative - Process - Problems - Successes
- Brief Overview of Infrastructure Needs at CDI Assisted Parks
- Input from MHP Residents
- Jess Blanchard-Patenaude - Breezy Acres
- Tim Cook - Williston Woods
- Gary Nowak - Williston Woods

11:50 AM

Discussion

12:00 AM

Next Steps

- Review Charges Document for Report
- Finalize Charge 3 - Real Estate vs Personal Property
- Recommendations

12:30 AM

Adjourn

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

11:00 AM

Introduction of Attorney Jonathan Gray of Legislative Counsel

11:05 AM

Introduction and Review of Agenda Items

11:07 AM

Department of Environmental Conservation - Padraic Monks

DEC Resolving Loans and How They Relate to MHPs

11:30 AM

Secretary of State - Business Service Division - David Hall

MHP Ownership Business Structures and Implications

12:00 PM

Break

12:10 PM

Discussion of Charge 3 - Finalize Document For Report

12:30 PM

Report Outline Document Review and Interview Date/Times

1:00 PM

Cooperative Development Institute - Jeremiah Ward

Questions Remaining From Last Meeting
Maintaining Affordability of MHPs

1:15 PM

Next Steps

1:30 PM

Adjourn

Items that may be inserted if there is time:

- Gayle Pezzo - Creation of the Westbury Village Municipality;
- The Process of Creating A Cooperative
- 11 V.S.A. § 1598 Limited Equity Cooperative - Jonathan Gray

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

1:00 PM

Introduction

Additional Issues

1:10 PM

Vermont State Employees Credit Union - Rachel McLeod - Mortgage Operations Supervisor

- Problems with Real Estate vs Personal Property
- "Mobile" vs "Manufactured" Homes

1:50 PM

Efficiency Vermont - Peter Schneider

Energy Efficiency and Durability of Mobile Homes

2:05 PM

Break

2:15 PM

VTrans - Senior Architectural Historian - Kyle Obenauer

- Mobile Home Parks as Historically Significant
- See Reports & Resources on Task Force Web Site

2:30 PM

Report Introduction - Review

2:45 PM

Top Three Recommendations from Members

3:15 PM

Next Steps

Items that may be inserted if there is time
- 11 V.S.A. § 1598 Limited Equity Cooperatives - Jonathan Gray
- Bill drafting requests submitted by Rep. Curt Taylor and Sen. Wendy Harrison

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Friday, December 15, 2023

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Introduction

10:05 AM

Discussion of Draft Task Force Report

- Draft Report Available on Website under "Reports and Resources"
- Discussion of Draft Task Force Report
- Overall Report Organization
- Executive Summary
- Body of the Report
- Charges and Recommendations
- Conclusion

11:00 AM

Break When Appropriate

12:00 PM

Adjourn

Items that may be inserted if there is time

- 11 V.S.A. § 1598 Limited Equity Cooperative -Jonathan Gray
- Bill Drafting Requests Submitted by Rep. Curt Taylor and Sen.
Wendy Harrison
- Westbury Municipality

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Monday, January 29, 2024

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

12:00 PM

Mobile Home Task Force Report

Vote on final draft

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Adjourn

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