Pennsylvania lot rent cap bills stalled in the Senate as community rents kept rising
TRIB Live reported that Pennsylvania bills to cap lot rent increases at manufactured home communities had stalled in the state Senate.
Key facts
- H.B. 1250 would tie lot rent increases to inflation. It passed the Pennsylvania House but had sat in the Senate Urban Affairs & Housing Committee without a vote since June 2025.
- Sen. Judy Schwank's S.B. 745 matched the inflation-indexed cap and added fee disclosure and the right for residents to form associations.
- Senate Bill 746, which would let residents match a purchase offer, passed committee in June 2026 but had not received a vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
- Pennsylvania's Act 261 allows only one rent increase every 12 months but sets no limit on the size of an increase.
- A December 2025 Regional Housing Legal Services report counted at least 66 Pennsylvania communities bought by institutional investors and found an average 49% lot rent increase at those acquired within the last five years.
- All three bills die at the end of the 2026 session if not passed; S.B. 745 has also sat in committee since June 2025.
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Source: Rent hikes at manufactured home communities outpace stalled Pa. legislation — TRIB Live, September 21, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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