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States must certify within a year that they treat both kinds of home alike

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 301, Sec. 301. Written by .

States must certify within a year that they treat both kinds of home alike

The document says “shallWho acts: StatesHow: statuteSec. 301 in the PDF
What the document says

“not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a State shall submit to the Secretary an initial certification that the laws and regulations of the State--”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 301

The section adds a new subsection (i) to section 604 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 requiring each State to certify within a year of enactment that its laws treat any manufactured home in parity with a manufactured home as the State defines it, and subject a home without a permanent chassis to the same State laws as one built on a chassis, covering financing, title, insurance, manufacture, sale, taxes, transportation, installation, and other areas the Secretary determines with the consensus committee. A State whose legislature meets every other year has two years. A State may still certify after the deadline.

What the document actually says

“not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a State shall submit to the Secretary an initial certification that the laws and regulations of the State--”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 301
That sentence, in plain words

A state must send in a paper within one year. The paper says its own laws treat these homes the same way.

What this is about

Certifying means putting a promise in writing. The clock runs from the day this law passed. A state whose lawmakers meet every other year gets two years.

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    Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 301, 140 Stat. 888 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm

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    “States must certify within a year that they treat both kinds of home alike,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 301, Sec. 301. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec301-initial-certification/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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