Delaware Code Title 25 Chapter 70 — Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Home Communities Act

CHAPTER 70. Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Home Communities Act (7 subchapters, 65 sections). Subchapter I. Purpose, Definitions, Enforceability (§§ 7001–7005 and § 7001A, 6 sections): § 7001A stub. Subchapter II. Landlord-Tenant Relationship (§§ 7006–7022C, 21 sections): §§ 7009 and 7022 carry '[For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7]'. Subchapter III. Termination of Rental Agreement; Change in Land Use (§§ 7023–7024, 2 sections). Subchapter IV. Right of First Offer (§§ 7026–7036, 11 sections). Subchapter V. Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund (§§ 7041–7047, 7 sections): § 7041 carries '[For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7]'; § 7042 carries '[Expires July 1, 2029, pursuant to subsection (d) of this section]'. Subchapter VI. Rent Increase Justification (§§ 7050–7056, 10 sections): §§ 7050, 7052, 7053, 7054, 7055, and 7056 carry '[For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 7]'. Subchapter VII. Tenant's Receivership (§§ 7061–7068, 8 sections). Source: Delaware Code Online. Verified 2026-10-21.

Delaware Code Title 25 Chapter 70 — Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Home Communities Act

Provisions (65)

Purposes and policies; enforceability

The Delaware Manufactured Housing Alternative Dispute Resolution Act

Jurisdiction

Definitions

Exemptions

Enforcement

Requisites for rental of a manufactured home lot

Manufactured home standards

Provisions of a rental agreement

Term of rental agreement; renewal of rental agreement

Rent — Prohibited lump sum payments: acceptance of rent

Holdover remedies after rental agreement terminates, expires, or is not renewed

Effect of unsigned rental agreement

Manufactured home transfer; rented lot transfer

Modified Table of Consanguinity

Delivery of written notice

Termination or nonrenewal of rental agreement by landlord; due cause: noncompliance

Security deposits; pet security deposits

Rules

Retaliatory acts prohibited

Fees; services; utility rates

Health or safety violations

Termination of rental agreement by tenant during first month of occupancy; during first 18 months of occupancy

Lot rental assistance program; eligibility

Lot rental assistance program; requirements

Lot rental assistance program; limited eligibility

Recreational vehicle leases

Change of use; conversion

Termination or nonrenewal of rental agreement by landlord; due cause; change in land use

Right of first offer; duty to negotiate in good faith, penalties for noncompliance

Right of first offer; notice required before sale of manufactured home community

Right of first offer; notice not required before sale of manufactured home community

Right of first offer; response required by homeowner association

Right of first offer; offer of an alternative price

Right of first offer; sale to a third party at a lower price

Right of first offer; sale to a third party at a higher price

Right of first offer; contract of sale

Right of first offer; failure to complete sale

Right of first offer; auction

Right of first offer; affidavit of compliance

Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority

Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund

Relocation expenses; payments for nonrelocatable homes

Payment of funds to landlord for removal or disposal of abandoned homes

Payment of funds to tenants

Delaware Manufactured Home Owner Attorney Fund

Landlord disclosure obligations

Purpose

Rent increase; notice

Rent increase; health or safety violations

Rent justification; when §§ 7052A and 7052B of this title do not apply

Rent increase; justified base rent increase calculations

Rent increase; justified additional rent increase for allowed expenses

Rent increase dispute resolution

Appeal

Penalties

Exemption

Petition for receivership

Necessary parties defendant

Defenses

Stay of judgment by defendant

Receivership procedures

Powers and duties of receiver

Discharge of receiver; costs

Attorney General intervention