Pennsylvania Manufactured Home Community Closure Notice
Pennsylvania Manufactured Home Community Closure Notice
Before sending: Send this notice within 60 days after the decision to close all or part of the community. Give it to residents and tenants, any resident association, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, and the municipality. The estimated date when residents and tenants must vacate must be at least 180 days after the notice date. Deliver or first-class-mail the resident copies and post a copy where community rules are posted; send the agency copy by certified mail to its legal department.
Notice date: [__/__/____]
To residents and tenants of: [COMMUNITY NAME, STREET ADDRESS, MUNICIPALITY, PENNSYLVANIA ZIP]
From community owner or authorized agent: [FULL LEGAL NAME AND CAPACITY]
Owner's notice address and contact: [________________________________]
Closure decision and estimated dates
Date the decision to close was made: [__/__/____]
Part of community affected: ☐ Entire community ☐ Spaces or area [IDENTIFY]
Reason and planned future use, if known: [________________________________]
Estimated date affected residents and tenants will be expected to vacate: [__/__/____]
Estimated date the community or affected part will close: [__/__/____]
I give written notice under § 11.2(a)(1) of the Manufactured Home Community Rights Act that the identified manufactured home community, or the identified part of it, is scheduled to close. The estimated vacate date above is no sooner than 180 days after this notice date. The closure date is an estimate and will be updated if plans change. This notice is not a court order.
Date 180 days after this notice date: [__/__/____]
Resident purchase opportunity and relocation contact
A resident association representing at least 25% of the community's manufactured-home spaces, or a qualifying nonprofit acting at the request of residents of at least 25% of the spaces, may offer to purchase the community. The owner must consider such an offer and negotiate in good faith with the offering entity. Contact to submit an offer: [NAME, ADDRESS, EMAIL OR PHONE]
The Act provides relocation-expense payments to owners of manufactured homes in a closing community, subject to its conditions and annually adjusted limits. If an owner cannot or will not find a reasonably suitable replacement site, the Act provides a payment of at least $2,500 or the home's appraised value, whichever is greater. These payments do not apply when the closing results from condemnation, eminent domain, or other governmental action; residents then have rights and remedies under the laws governing that action. Contact for current payment information and claims: [NAME, ADDRESS, EMAIL OR PHONE]
A tenant who rents a manufactured home in this community may terminate that lease without penalty upon receiving notice of the planned closure.
A resident need not remove the manufactured home from the land when the community closes or pay the cost of removing or disposing of it. If the resident leaves the home, § 11.2(g) also addresses title assignment and the statutory abandonment procedure.
Signature
Community owner or authorized agent: ______________________________
Printed name and capacity: [________________________________]
Signature date: [__/__/____]
Delivery record
Residents and tenants: ☐ Delivered to an adult resident of each space in the community ☐ Sent by first-class mail to the resident or tenant of each space in the community
Resident delivery or mailing date: [__/__/____] Space-by-space list attached: ☐ Yes
Copy posted where community rules are posted: [LOCATION]; [__/__/____]
Resident association, if one exists: [NAME, ADDRESS, DELIVERY METHOD AND DATE; OR NONE]
Municipality: [NAME, ADDRESS, DELIVERY METHOD AND DATE]
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency legal department: Certified-mail date [__/__/____]; tracking number [NUMBER]
Person completing distribution: [NAME] Signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Official source
About this template
- Last updated
- November 6, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 6, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Act 261 of 1976 § 11.2
- Act 261 of 1976 § 11.3
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 6, 2026.
Act 261 of 1976 § 11.2(a)(1), recipients and decision window (checked November 6, 2026): "Provide written notice to the residents and tenants of the community, to the resident association if one exists, to the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency and to the municipality where the manufactured home community is located within 60 days of deciding to close the community."
Act 261 of 1976 § 11.2(a)(1), estimated dates (checked November 6, 2026): "The notice shall include the estimated date residents and tenants will be expected to vacate the community, which shall be no less than 180 days from the date of the notice, and the estimated date the community will be closed."
Act 261 of 1976 § 11.2(b), resident purchase offer (checked November 6, 2026): "A manufactured home community owner shall consider any offer to purchase the community made by a resident association representing at least 25% of the manufactured home spaces or by a nonprofit corporation, including a community development corporation, housing authority or redevelopment authority acting at the request of the residents of at least 25% of the spaces and shall negotiate in good faith with the entity submitting the offer."
Act 261 of 1976 § 11.2(c), relocation expenses (checked November 6, 2026): "A manufactured home community owner shall pay relocation expenses to the owner of any manufactured home in a manufactured home community that is closing in an amount equivalent to the cost of relocation, not to exceed the amount of $4,000 for a single section manufactured home and $6,000 for a multisection manufactured home. The amounts stated in this subsection shall be adjusted annually by the Department of Community and Economic Development to reflect any increase in the Consumer Price Index."
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