Lot rentsPennsylvaniaOrganizations: Brown Communities, Sun Communities, Oikos Property GroupBy RISE Community editors
Pennsylvania lot rent cap bills wait on Senate as Lancaster County residents push back
Lancaster County manufactured home residents face rising lot rents while Pennsylvania bills capping annual increases at 4% await Senate action before Nov. 30.
Key facts
- Kevin Good bought his home at Tamarack Mobile Home Park for about $100,000 in 2024. His lot rent has risen from $375 to $615 under owner Brown Communities, which plans to raise it to $715 by 2028.
- Bills in the Pennsylvania House and Senate would cap annual lot rent increases at 4%. The House passed its bill in June 2025.
- Both rent bills sit in the Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee and will die if the Senate does not act by the end of the session on Nov. 30.
- A separate Senate bill in the Appropriations Committee would give resident associations the first chance to buy their community when it is offered for sale.
- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project found private equity firms made 23% of park purchases in 2020 and 2021, compared with 13% from 2017 to 2019.
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Source: Lancaster County residents feel trapped in manufactured homes as rent control bills sit in Pa. Senate — LancasterOnline, October 5, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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