On February 12, 2020, Iowa lawmakers introduced bills in both the Iowa House and Senate (HF 2351 and SF 2238) that would negatively impact landlords of manufactured housing communities. The content of the two bills is the same - proposing numerous highly prejudicial changes for landlords under Iowa law.

Many of the proposed amendments would dramatically change the law for manufactured housing communities. Further, while the bill would only amend Iowa Code Chapter 562B (Iowa’s Manufactured Housing Community Law), many landlords fear that similar amendments may be proposed in the future for all landlords in Iowa under Iowa Code Chapter 562A (Iowa’s Uniform Residential Landlord-Tenant Law).