H.R. 515: Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Act of 2017
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H.R. 515: Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-13 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Act of 2017
Plain summary
Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program to provide grants and loans to assist low-income owners of manufactured homes constructed before December 31, 1994, in decommissioning their dated homes and replacing them with Energy Star-qualified manufactured or modular homes. Grants or loans may be made only to a low-income owner of a dated manufactured home who has used that home as a primary residence on a year-round basis for at least the preceding 24 months. Each household may only receive one grant or loan under the program. The bill sets forth requirements with respect to: (1) ownership of the land on which the new manufactured or modular home is to be sited, and (2) the decommissioning of a dated home.
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Energy Efficient Manufactured Home Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr515.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr515 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115