New Funding Opportunity
There are new funding opportunities through the Vermont State Housing Authority for mobile home parks and current and prospective mobile home owners. Check out our MHIR page to learn more about the Manufactured Home Improvement and Repair Program (MHIR) or check out the MHIP page to learn more about the Rapid Response Mobile Home Infill Program (MHIP).
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The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) provides the forms and notices park owners need to sell their mobile home park, raise the lot rent, and register their park(s). DHCD also has the authority to enforce mobile home park laws. Our staff can answer questions and help facilitate compliance with the law and rules that govern mobile home parks. DHCD cannot provide legal advice.
This page includes information on:
Annual Park Registration
All mobile home park owners are required to register their mobile home park(s) on September 1 and pay a fee of $12 per occupied leased lot. Parks must be registered by December 31 to use the online portal. After December 31 contact DHCD for instructions.
Vermont Mobile Home Park Registration Service (unavailable until July 1, 2025)
For results of the annual registration and park lists, visit Facts and Park Registry.
Lot Rent Increases
Updated forms for lot rent increases notices were mailed to all park owners on October 2, 2024. The mediation threshold for lot rent increases for 2025 is 5.4 percent. Using the wrong form will cause the increase to be invalid and unenforceable and may result in a delay and refunding any increased rent.
2025 Lot Rent CPI Memo (pdf)
Use the forms below for any lot rent increases. The department can review any notices to ensure they are complete and accurate before you send them. Staff may be teleworking so please do not send notices via fax. The Commissioner's copy can be emailed to: arthur.hamlin@vermont.gov.
Fillable rent increase form: File will open in a new window. If necessary, click View, Enable Editing to begin filling out the form. Tab to enter. Be sure to tab through the entire form, and "Save As" to your computer when finished. Print and give one copy to each leaseholder and one to the Commissioner.
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2025 Mobile Home Park Fillable Lot Rent Increase Form (.docx)
Printable rent increase form: Print and fill out completely. Give one copy to each leaseholder and one to the Commissioner.
2025 Mobile Home Park Lot Rent Increase Form (pdf)
Owner's Affidavit for Capital Improvements Surcharge (pdf) - Required for any lot rent increase that includes a surcharge for capital improvements to recoup the cost of replacement or repair of any major infrastructure system costing more than $2,500.
Park Sales
Vermont law requires 45 days’ notice to each mobile home owner and the Commissioner of DHCD before selling a mobile home park, with limited exemptions for sales or transfers among family members, through foreclosure, to a trust solely benefiting a park owner’s family members, among partners who are owners, incidental to financing, among owners as joint tenants or tenants in common, pursuant to eminent domain, or pursuant to a municipal tax sale. The law also requires a sale notice before closing a mobile home park unless certain conditions are met.
The DHCD's Notice of Intent to Sell form is required. Failure to use the current form may result in invalid notice and require a re-notification. The Notice of Intent to Sell must be sent by Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested. If refused or not deliverable the notice must be re-sent by First Class mail to the mobile home owner's last known mailing address. The department is happy to review any notices to ensure they are complete and accurate before you send them.
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Notice of Intent to Sell a Mobile Home Park and Instructions (.docx) If necessary, click View, Edit Document to complete this form. "Save As" when finished. (If form is not working, please email to have another version emailed to you.)
Notice of Intent to Sell a Mobile Home Park and instructions (pdf)
Park closure - Vermont law requires 18 months' notice by certified mail to each affected resident or leaseholder and the Commissioner before closing a mobile home park. Notice of Intent to Sell is required before issuing a closure unless the landowner files a notice in the land records stating that the property will not be sold for a period of five years from the closure notice. Contact us for the required forms and instructions. Failure to use the current forms may result in invalid notice and require a re-notification.
Leases -Vermont law requires written leases in mobile home parks. The minimum requirements for lot leases are outlined in the Housing Division Rules. Additionally, park owners are required to provide a copy of the current lease to any leaseholder upon request.
As of June 17, 2024, park owners are required to provide a Mandatory Mobile Home Lot Lease Disclosure form to prospective leasees if any lot(s) in the park are in a flood hazard area.
Model Vermont Mobile Home Park Lot Lease (pdf) - Meets basic statutory requirements.
Rent to Own
Under Vermont law, to transfer ownership under a rent-to-own or lease-purchase agreement, both an executed Retail Installment Sales Contract that complies with 9 VSA Chapter 59 and a Mobile Home Uniform Bill of Sale are required. The Mobile Home Uniform Bill of Sale must be completed, executed, endorsed, and filed with the Town Clerk to transfer ownership to the buyer. If ownership is not transferred, the rent-to-own is considered a rental agreement, and the "buyer" is a tenant with all of the rights and protections of Vermont landlord-tenant law.
Rules - The Housing Division Rules govern many aspects of owning and operating mobile home parks in Vermont, including the Rules for Mobile Home Park Warranty of Habitability.
HUD Programs
Manufactured Housing Installation Program
- Applies to the initial set up of new manufactured homes
- Ensures that trainers of installers are registered with HUD
- Licenses installers
HUD Office of Manufactured Housing Programs
- Construction and Safety Program
- Dispute Resolution Program
- Installation Program
- Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee
Other Resources
Above Ground Storage Tanks (AST). Aboveground Storage Tanks | Department of Environmental Conservation (vermont.gov)
Are there Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) in your park that need removal?
Information on loans for removing, installing, and upgrading USTs is available from the Agency of Natural Resources Waste Management Division.
Are you looking for grant or loan funds to help with your project? The Department of Environmental Conservation may be able to fund your project through its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Clean Water Revolving Fund, or Petroleum Clean Up Fund. Summary of DEC Grant and Loan Programs
What are the rules about discrimination?
"Mobile Home Parks and Vermont's Fair Housing and Public Accommodations Act" (pdf)