What are the procedures to get a MHP 55+ classification?
This document from HUD is one of the best resources I’ve found in the topic.
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You need to read the current rules for the Housing for Older Persons Act but in practice you just declare yourself to be a 55+ community if you already are, or if you are empty and starting a new one. There is no registration form or agency to report to. You are just on the hook for being able to prove it at any time.
The last time I looked at the administrative rules 14 years ago they required you to take a survey of everyone who lives in your park to see how old they are: annually. I have never done that after the first survey because in Oregon, where I live, people don’t get younger as time goes forward. I’m not sure about the rest of the country.
In 50 years of owning 55+ parks we have never been asked to prove our status, but then again, we have never screwed up and managed our parks to where the status would be in question.
Todd