New Jersey launches an affordable housing registry to help preserve manufactured home parks by connecting residents and nonprofits during park sales.
MORRISTOWN, NJ – New Jersey has launched a new registry of nonprofit organizations that are committed to preserving affordable housing when manufactured home park land is put up for sale, according to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
The registry is required under the Manufactured Home Park Protection Act, signed into law on January 20, 2026, and is intended to help residents of manufactured home communities respond when the land beneath their homes is offered for sale or proposed for another use.
The issue is different from a traditional home sale because many manufactured home residents own their homes but do not own the land under them. DCA said that can give landowners significant power over housing security when a private residential leasehold community, also known as a mobile or manufactured home park, is sold.
Under the law, when a landowner offers a manufactured home park for sale, or receives and intends to consider a bona fide purchase offer, the landowner must notify DCA, the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, the municipality’s clerk and chief executive, the board of directors of the homeowners association, each resident homeowner, and the nonprofits listed in the state registry. The notice must include the price, terms and conditions of the offer, and a contact person for more information.
The registry matters because nonprofits on the list have formally requested to receive those notices. DCA said those groups may support resident homeowners or, if residents assign their right to purchase, step in directly to help preserve the community as affordable housing.
For Morris County readers, the policy is most relevant to residents living in manufactured home communities, municipal officials who may receive notices under the law, and housing advocates tracking affordable housing preservation.
The registry does not mean every manufactured home park sale will be stopped, but it creates a formal notification process and a pathway for nonprofit involvement before a sale or land-use change moves forward.