{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bonamici.house.gov/media/press-releases/bonamici-cortez-masto-introduce-bicameral-bill-support-affordable-manufactured", "Bonamici, Cortez Masto Introduce Bicameral Bill to Support Affordable Manufactured Housing Communities", "2023-11-09", "2023", "2023-11", "Democrat", "House", "OR", "Suzanne Bonamici", "B001278", "bonamici.house.gov", "bonamici", "https://bonamici.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced bicameral legislation with Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.-01) to help preserve and revitalize manufactured housing communities.\n\n\u201cWe have a severe shortage of housing across the country, and it\u2019s important to maintain and preserve the affordable options we have. Manufactured homes are often more affordable than other housing, but many manufactured housing communities do not have funds to upgrade and repair basic infrastructure such as water and sewer systems, and homeowners typically do not own the land beneath their homes,\u201d said Representative Bonamici. \u201cI\u2019m pleased to work with Senators Cortez Masto and Shaheen to introduce the PRICE Act, which will make the PRICE grant program permanent and protect a crucial source of funding for preserving manufactured housing.\u201d\n\n\u201cManufactured homes are critical for many families, and my legislation would help communities keep lot rents affordable and make vital infrastructure improvements,\u201d said Senator Cortez Masto. \u201cI\u2019ll keep working with my colleagues to address the affordable housing crisis and keep families in their homes.\u201d\n\n\u201cGranite State families shouldn\u2019t have to worry about losing the roof over their heads, but unfortunately, that\u2019s a reality that many face every day,\u201d said Senator Shaheen. \u201cNew Hampshire has more than 140 resident-owned manufactured housing communities (ROCs), and this crucial legislation would provide resources to those manufactured housing communities to make much-needed water and infrastructure upgrades and will keep working class families in affordable homes.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe housing crisis is impacting communities all across the country,\u201d said Senator Smith. \u201cManufactured housing is a key solution to this problem and a vital source of affordable housing all over Minnesota,\u201d said Senator Smith. \u201cWe need to be doing everything we can to preserve and improve housing security and affordability, and that includes supporting manufactured housing. This bill would help preserve these affordable housing options for residents and owners for years to come, particularly in rural and tribal areas.\u201d\n\n\u201cEverywhere I go in Montana, from Billings to Missoula to Polson, I hear about the need to tackle the lack of affordable housing in our state,\u201d said Senator Tester. \u201cAs a third-generation Montanan who is fortunate enough to live on the same plot of land my grandparents homesteaded over 100 years ago, making sure that folks can afford to live in the community they grew up in is personal. Our commonsense legislation will help preserve the supply of affordable housing across our state and revitalize units badly in need of repairs, and I\u2019ll keep fighting until it becomes law.\u201d\n\n\u201cU.S. Sens. Cortez Masto and Shaheen and U.S. Rep. Bonamici have heard the voices of low-income homeowners in \u2018mobile\u2019 home communities,\u201d said Resident Owned Communities (ROC) USA\u00ae President Paul Bradley. \u201cThese are the stories of hardworking families and retirees who simply want to live in resilient and healthy communities, which is something that most Americans take for granted thanks to public investment.\u201d\n\n\u201cNetwork for Oregon Affordable Housing strongly supports the PRICE program and the resources it will bring to states and local communities across the country,\u201d said Bill VanVliet, Executive Director, Network for Oregon Affordable Housing (NOAH). \u201cManufactured housing is America\u2019s largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing. The Price program will help preserve and improve existing manufactured housing communities and help create new affordable housing at a cost far below conventionally built housing.\n\nDemocrats created the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) grant program in 2022 to help preserve and revitalize manufactured housing in eligible communities. 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