How to submit a notice of opportunity to compete to purchase or a notice of closure?
Effective July 23, 2023, manufactured/mobile home community owners are required to give written Notice of Opportunity to Compete to Purchase their manufactured/mobile home communities or the properties on which they sit. Community owners must provide these notices to community tenants, qualified tenant organizations, the Department of Commerce (Commerce), and the Washington State Housing Finance Commission. Commerce is required to provide these notices to eligible organizations.
- Submit a Notice of Opportunity to Compete to Purchase
- Download a Notice template (PDF) to send to Commerce via email at omh@commerce.wa.gov
- Request a Notice template be sent to you by contacting the program at 800-964-0852 or OMH@Commerce.wa.gov
- Para descargar una plantilla de Aviso de oportunidad para competir para comprar, haga clic aquí
All Notice submissions are subject to public disclosure pursuant to RCW 42.56.
Commerce will not post community owners or representatives’ addresses on its webpage or attached documents; however, we will post names and email addresses associated with each community.
The Opportunity to Compete to Purchase map visually displays the location of Commerce approved Notices of Opportunity to Compete to Purchase submitted by community owners or their representatives. Each blue map point represents an approved Notice and includes the following information: community name, date notice given to residents, Commerce notice approved date, community address, community owner/representative name, and community owner/representative email address. Please contact program staff at 800-964-0852 or OMH@Commerce.wa.gov for map navigation assistance.
Sale status of communities for which the program receives Notices may change. Please contact the community owner or representative directly for information about community status.
The Closure Notice to Tenants Template (Notice) must be used by landlords closing or converting their manufactured/mobile home community. Please see Chapter 38, Laws of 2023 (E2SSB 5198) – Manufactured/Mobile Home Communities – closure or conversion, and RCW 59.20.080 for exemptions to the two year Notice requirement. Read more about Notice requirements according to RCW 59.21.030.
The Notice is also available in the following languages:
- MODELO DE NOTIFICACIÓN DE CIERRE PARA LOS ARRENDATARIOS (Spanish) (PDF)
- ШАБЛОН УВЕДОМЛЕНИЯ О ЗАКРЫТИИ ДЛЯ АРЕНДАТОРОВ (Russian) (PDF)
- MẪU THÔNG BÁO ĐÓNG CỬA DÀNH CHO NGƯỜI THUÊ (Vietnamese) (PDF)
- ШАБЛОН СПОВІЩЕННЯ ОРЕНДАРІВ ПРО ЗАКРИТТЯ (Ukrainian) (PDF)
- نموذج إشعار إغلاق للمستأجرين
- 임차인 수신 폐쇄 통보 템플레이트 (Korean) (PDF)
- OGEYSIINTA XIRITAANKA EE JADWALKA KIREYSTAYAASHA (Somali) (PDF)
- 致承租人的关闭通知模板 (Chinese-Simplified) (PDF)
- 致租戶的結業通知模板 (Chinese-Traditional) (PDF)
- ਕਿਰਾਏਦਾਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਟੈਂਪਲੇਟ ਨੂੰ ਬੰਦ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਨੋਟਿਸ (Punjabi) (PDF)
The Notice is available upon request in printed form by contacting our office at 800-964-0852 or OMH@Commerce.wa.gov. Document translations are provided by a Washington State Department of Enterprise Systems’ approved vendor.
The closure notice required by RCW 59.20.080 before community closure or conversion must be given to the Director’s designee and all tenants in writing.
- Please send closure notices to the Director’s Designee, Department of Commerce at omh@commerce.wa.gov.
- Contact program staff for additional information, including a physical mailing address if preferred.