缅因州于7月29日解散了运营近50年的制造房屋委员会，将其四名员工及监管职能转移至新建立的社区事务办公室1。此举旨在加强对该州480个注册移动房屋公园的管理1，应对近年来出州投资者购买社区后居民投诉增加的问题1。
该委员会过去十年共采取118项执法行动，其中64项针对公园所有者1。根据现有法律，公园所有者因违反社区健康安全标准最高可被罚款5000美元，制造商最高可被罚款100万美元1，但只有9%的执法行动涉及听证会决议1。州长政策创新与未来办公室2023年12月的报告指出存在监管缺陷和居民系统性支持不足1。
为补强监管力量，律师总长办公室增聘一名律师专门处理移动房屋公园居民问题1，社区事务办公室也将新增两个职位：培训和认证协调员及技术外展助理1。社区事务办公室主任萨曼莎·霍恩表示："对于一个社区来说，问题看起来像一个问题，但从州政府的角度看，它实际上涉及七个不同的机构。"1虽然此举旨在改善监管协调，但业界担忧委员会解散可能导致行业知识的丧失1。
Maine has dismantled its nearly 50-year-old Manufactured Housing Board, transferring its regulatory functions to a newly established Office of Community Affairs effective July 29, 2024.1 The four-person staff of the dissolved board moved to the new administrative structure under the Office of Community Affairs, which will gain two additional positions: a training and certification coordinator and a technical outreach assistant.1
The reorganization responds to mounting resident complaints following out-of-state investor acquisitions of mobile home communities.1 Over the past decade, the former board took 118 enforcement actions, with 64 targeting park owners, though only 9 percent resulted in hearing resolutions.1 Park owners face fines up to $5,000 for violations of community health and safety standards, while manufacturers can be penalized up to $1 million.1 Maine currently has 480 registered mobile home parks.1
The Office of Community Affairs director, Samantha Horn, highlighted the coordination challenges inherent in mobile home regulation, stating: "For a community, a problem looks like one problem, but from a state government perspective, it actually involves seven different agencies."1 Additionally, the attorney general's office has hired an additional attorney to address issues specific to mobile home park residents.1 These moves follow a December 2023 report from the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future that identified regulatory shortcomings and systemic gaps in resident support.1
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