HUD HCV Guidebook § 8

The family owns the manufactured home but is renting the space on which the home resides. This is a special
housing type under the HCV program.

At the PHA’s discretion, a PHA may provide HAP on behalf of an eligible family for the space rent when the
family owns a manufactured home but leases the space on which the manufactured home resides. Through
the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA), the definition of space rent, for
manufactured home space rental assistance, was amended to include the monthly payments made by the
family to amortize the loan for the purchase of the home. The rent of the manufactured home space is the
total of:

    •   the rent charged for the manufactured home space;
    •   owner maintenance and management charges for the space the owner must provide under the lease;
    •   monthly payments made by the family to amortize the cost of purchasing the manufactured home,
        including any required insurance and property taxes; and
    •   the applicable PHA utility allowances for tenant-paid utilities.

The rent to the owner does not include the cost of utilities and trash collection, but if these are provided by the
owner, the owner may charge the family a separate fee. Otherwise, the tenant receives a utility allowance for
any tenant-paid utilities.

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49 24 CFR § 982.507