Manufactured Housing (MH)

Manufactured Home Park Acquisitions Pilot (MHPAP) The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has launched the Manufactured Home Park Acquisition Pilot (MHAP) Program, supporting efforts by manufacturing home park residents and nonprofit organizations (501(c)(3)) to acquire manufactured home communities in Virginia. By facilitating resident or nonprofit ownership, the program aims to preserve affordable housing options and prevent the involuntary displacement of current residents. Through the duration of the loan term, MHPAP promotes the long-term affordability of existing manufactured home units. Key objectives of the program include: Preserving affordable housing opportunities across the Commonwealth, Encouraging resident ownership and cooperative community management, and Leveraging local and state resources to support sustainable community development Manufactured Home Park Acquisitions Pilot (MHPAP) Guidelines Notice of Intent to Sell and Notice of Purchase Offer Per § 55.1-1308.2 of the Code of Virginia (Virginia Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act), DHCD is required to keep a Notice of Offer to Sell or List until a park owner sends a written notice to DHCD that the park has been sold to a third party, is no longer offered for sale or the transaction does not go to settlement. See sample “Notice of the Park Sale to a Third Party” form below. Additionally, a park owner is required to give this Notice of Offer to Sell or List at least 90 days prior to accepting an offer. DHCD is also required to keep a Notice of Receipt of Offer to Purchase until the park owner sends a written notice to DHCD that the park has been sold to a third party, is no longer offered for sale, or the transaction does not go to settlement. See sample “Notice of the Park Sale to a Third Party” form below. The park owner of a manufactured home park must provide written notice to each tenant of a lot in the park if the park owner is in receipt of an offer from a third party to purchase the park, and accepts such offer. Prior to accepting the offer, the owner of the manufactured home park must consider other offers to purchase the manufactured home park from a tenant group representing at least 25% of the tenants with a valid lease. At the same time, the park owner sends the Notice of Receipt of Offer to Purchase to each of the park tenants, a copy of such notice also is sent by the park owner to DHCD to post on the department’s website. Any notices required to be submitted to DHCD per 55.1-1308.2 Code of Virginia are listed below: 2026 NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL AND NOTICE OF PURCHASE OFFER Notice of Purchase Offer - Perry Trailer Park - Mount Jackson, VA Notice of Intent to Sell - Counts Trailer Park - Castlewood, VA Notice of Purchase Offer - Sunset Cove MHP - Clarksville, VA Notice of Purchase Offer - Anne's Mobile Home Park - Stafford, VA Notice of Intent to Sell - Crest Woods - Hurt, VA Notice of Purchase Offer - Tallwood - Gretna, VA Notice of Purchase Offer - Sherwood Mobile Home Park - Galax, VA Notice of Intent to Sell - Cedar Brook Mobile Home Park - Woodlawn, VA Notice of Intent to Sell - Shady Lane Village - Galax, VA Notice of Purchase Offer - Hollins Estates MHP - Blacksburg, VA Notice of Purchase Offer - Southview Village MHP - Roanoke, VA Notice of Purchase Offer - Meadowbrook MHP - Blacksburg, VA Notice of Purchase Offer - Yellow Mountain MHP - Roanoke, VA Notice of Intent to Sell - Unnamed Park - Bassett, VA Notice of Intent to Sell - Elmwood Mobile Home Park - Hampton, VA Notice of Intent to Sell - Residence Park - Natural Bridge, VA Notice of Purchase Offer – Mountain Rest Estates – Rustburg, VA Notice of Purchase Offer – Taylor Mobile Home Park – Stafford, VA Notice of Purchase Offer – Multiple Notice of Purchase Offer - Amissville Trailer Park - Amissville, VA Notice of Purchase Offer - High Acres Village - Covington, VA