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Maine Dissolves Manufactured Housing Board, Shifts Oversight to Community Affairs Office
The shift moves oversight of 480 registered mobile home parks into an administrative office after a state report found gaps and circular referrals.
- Maine dissolved The Maine Manufactured Housing Board on July 29, transferring its regulatory functions to The Office of Community Affairs to improve oversight of 480 mobile home parks statewide.
- A report from the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future published last December found a "systemic lack of support" and "gaps and deficiencies" in state oversight, leaving residents confused about where to seek help.
- Enforcement proved historically weak: only nine percent of 118 enforcement actions resulted in board decisions over the past decade. Tenant organizer Marieke Giasson described the maximum fines as "couch money," reflecting inadequate penalties for violations.
- Julie Ann Smith, executive director of the Maine Manufactured Housing Association, expressed concern that losing board members with industry expertise would harm regulatory effectiveness and leave the state without specialized knowledge of park management.
- Lawmakers instructed The Office of Community Affairs to consult mobile home park residents and former board members before submitting transition recommendations to the Legislature by January 1.
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