POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
DELAWARE MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION AUTHORITY
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 25 Del. C. §7011
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority (the "Authority") will hold a public hearing to discuss proposed regulations relating to the administration of the Delaware Manufactured Relocation Trust Fund ("Trust Fund") established pursuant to 25 Del. C. §7012. The Authority was established by the Delaware Legislature pursuant to 25 Del. C. §7011. The primary purpose of the Authority is to:
(a) provide financial assistance to manufactured homeowners who are tenants in a manufactured home community where the community owner changes the use of land or converts the manufactured home community to a condominium or cooperative community; and
(b) to provide financial assistance to manufactured home community owners for the removal and/or disposal of non-relocatable or abandoned manufactured homes when there is a change in use or conversion. The Authority has set an initial $3.00 monthly assessment for deposit into the Trust Fund, effective April 1, 2004. Under the statute, one-half of the monthly assessment is the obligation of the Tenant of a rented lot and one-half of the assessment is the obligation of the Landlord. The monthly assessments collected by the Authority are deposited into the Trust Fund, and the Authority is responsible for administering this fund. To carry out its statutory responsibilities, the Authority has been directed to, among other things, establish procedures under which applicants for payment from the Authority may be approved and to set maximum benefits that may be payable to applicants under certain circumstances.
Pursuant to its statutory authority, the Authority is proposing for adoption a comprehensive set of regulations to be used for the administration of the Trust Fund. The proposed regulations published herein will, among other things:
(a) establish criteria for tenant benefits, including the maximum relocation payment available to a tenant for a single section home and a multi-section home and the maximum benefits available to a Tenant whose home has been determined to be non-relocatable;
(b) criteria for Landlord benefits, including the maximum relocation benefits for manufactured homes that have been abandoned or determined to be non-relocatable;
(c) application procedures to be followed by applicants for benefits; and
(d) application review procedures.
Anyone wishing to present their oral comments at this hearing should contact Mr. William A. Denman at (302) 678-3262 by the _____ day of __________. Anyone wishing to submit written comments as a supplement to, or in lieu of oral testimony, should submit such comments by the ____ day of _________, 2004 to:
William A. Denman, Esquire
Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A.
116 W. Water Street
Dover, DE 19904
(302) 678-3262
REGULATIONS USED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DELAWARE MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION TRUST FUND PURSUANT TO 25 Del. C. §7011 THRU §7015
The Authority is granted authority to establish rules and regulations and establish criteria for the disbursement of benefits available to landlords and tenants under the provisions of 25 Del. C. §7011, et. seq. (the "Act"). The regulations set forth below establish criteria for benefits eligibility, pursuant to the statute, application procedures, application review procedures, and payment procedures.
