Joe Kelly of the Iowa Manufactured Housing Association (IMHA) tells MHProNews that one of the last bills of the session that Gov. Terry Branstad signed, HF 2459, which makes last minuteadjustments to state government funding, included revised language to prevent cities from filing liens against manufactured home communities where residents have their own meters and do not pay their water bills and other utilities.
On three occasions over the last 18 years IMHA has revised language to protect manufactured home community owners from the unpaid bills of residents.
In addition, IMHA worked with the ACLU Iowa, and the Iowa Coalition against Domestic Violence (ICADV) on HF 493 to prevent local jurisdictions from using 911 emergency calls as the basis for determining if a property is a nuisance property. ##
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Article submitted by Matthew J Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.
