96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0501

 

Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Keith Farnham

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
765 ILCS 745/8.7 new

    Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Provides that, if a mobile home park has an occupancy rate of less than 85%, (i) the purchaser of an existing mobile home that is located on a lot in that park may not be charged a rental amount for that lot for the first year of the lease that exceeds the rental amount charged to the prior lessee by more than 6% and (ii) rental amounts for the lease of any mobile home or mobile home lot may not be increased by more than 5% annually. Provides that in any mobile home park, increases in rent must be clearly explained in writing; the explanation must indicate (i) how much the rent has increased as a percentage of the base rent, (ii) the increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index during the previous 12-month period, and (iii) the dollar amount of the increase per month and annually. Exempts mobile home parks in operation for 5 years or less, regardless of ownership, from these rent limitations.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act
5 is amended by adding Section 8.7 as follows:
 
6     (765 ILCS 745/8.7 new)
7     Sec. 8.7. Rent limitations.
8     (a) If a mobile home park has an occupancy rate of less
9 than 85%:
10         (1) The purchaser of an existing mobile home that is
11     located on a lot in that park may not be charged a rental
12     amount for that lot for the first year of the lease that
13     exceeds the rental amount charged to the prior lessee by
14     more than 6%.
15         (2) Rental amounts for the lease of any mobile home or
16     mobile home lot may not be increased by more than 5%
17     annually.
18     (b) In any mobile home park, increases in rent must be
19 clearly explained in writing. The explanation must indicate (i)
20 how much the rent has increased as a percentage of the base
21 rent, (ii) the increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index
22 during the previous 12-month period, and (iii) the dollar
23 amount of the increase per month and annually. In this Section,

 

 

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1 "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for All
2 Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States
3 Department of Labor.
4     (c) For purposes of this Section, mobile homes leased to
5 others by the park owner are excluded from the occupancy rate
6 calculations.
7     (d) Mobile home parks in operation for 5 years or less,
8 regardless of ownership, are exempt from the provisions of this
9 Section.