HB 442 New Mexico House · 2025 Regular Session

MOBILE HOME RENT STABILIZATION

HB 442, titled "Mobile Home Rent Stabilization," would limit rent increases for residents in New Mexico mobile home parks. Starting July 1, 2025, landlords could raise rents only once per year, with a maximum 3% increase for the first year (2025-2026) and 5% annually thereafter. The bill also revises penalties for landlords violating the Mobile Home Park Act, making them liable for twice the monthly rent per violation instead of a flat $500 penalty. This bill was amended and postponed indefinitely on June 3, 2025, and has not become law.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 17, 2025 Last action Jun 3, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill significantly strengthens protections for mobile home park residents in New Mexico by adding rent control limits, clarifying utility responsibilities, and creating a new work group to study housing issues. The changes expand tenant rights, establish clearer rules for landlords, and introduce new oversight mechanisms.

Scope change

The bill expands from general mobile home regulations to include specific rent fairness provisions and creates a new oversight body (Mobile Home Parks Work Group) to study and recommend improvements to the regulatory framework.

REQUIREMENT

New rent control limits added: rent can only increase once per year, with a 3% cap for 2025-2026 and a 5% cap thereafter, unless the new work group recommends otherwise.

Landlords must now maintain exterior utility lines from hookups to main park lines and provide residents with access to utility meter records.

Residents must provide written notice to landlords when they discover utility service interruptions.

DEFINITION

Updated definitions to clarify terms like 'resident,' 'rent,' and 'utility services,' while removing references to manufactured home subdivisions from the park definition.

ENFORCEMENT

New enforcement mechanism allows residents to withhold rent (up to $250/day) for utility service violations lasting more than seven days after providing written notice.

Increased civil penalties for landlord violations from a flat $500 fine to two times the monthly rent amount for most violations.

TIMELINE

Created a new Mobile Home Parks Work Group that will study housing issues and submit reports by December 2025 and September 2026.

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Committee

Mar 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute

lower

Feb 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

DO PASS committee report adopted

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Introduced

Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors