Washington, DC
Now is a critical time for the future of PRICE funding in Congress. ROC USA and 28 other national, state, and local affordable housing organizations wrote to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development urging them to provide $225 million for the PRICE program in FY27 — and to reject any proposed rescission of previously appropriated PRICE funds.
Read the letter below:
August 19, 2026
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
Chair, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Representative Steve Womack
Chair, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Representative Jim Clyburn
Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Dear Chair Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member Gillibrand, Chair Womack, and Ranking Member Clyburn,
As a coalition of 29 national, state, and local affordable housing organizations, we write to express our support for the HUD PRICE (Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement) program supporting manufactured housing communities. We urge your committees to provide an appropriation of $225 million for PRICE in FY27. In addition, we oppose any rescission of funds previously appropriated for PRICE.
The PRICE program is our nation’s first federally authorized program dedicated specifically to expanding and preserving housing in manufactured housing communities. Last month, the PRICE program was authorized by large bipartisan margins for the next 7 years in Section 304 of Congress’s landmark 21st Century ROAD to Housing legislation. Both the current and previous Administration and lawmakers across the aisle have recognized that manufactured housing is a critical part of solving our housing supply crisis. We encourage appropriators to seize this opportunity to provide support for America’s lowest-income homeowners.
The first PRICE competition in 2024 was highly oversubscribed, with applicants requesting $14 for every $1 available — demonstrating high demand and need for these funds. We thank the 19 Representatives who called for $225 million in FY27 PRICE funding earlier this year, as well as the 18 Senators who called for $50 million in FY27 funding. While we recommend the larger number given the nationwide need for PRICE funds, an appropriation of $50 million or larger would still represent a meaningful downpayment and signal Congress’s commitment to America’s lowest-income homeowners.
We also oppose proposals by the Administration to rescind the $20 million in previously appropriated PRICE funds. HUD announced its intention to make $10 million of these funds competitively available months ago, so this critical support can flow quickly to communities nationwide if Congress and the Office of Management and Budget permit this to happen. Congress should work with the Administration and OMB to permit HUD to make all PRICE funds available to communities as soon as possible.
Manufactured housing communities are home to approximately 1 in 40 Americans and represent the nation’s largest source of naturally occurring affordable homeownership opportunities. Yet homeowners in manufactured housing communities are routinely excluded from the public investments and resources available to neighboring site-built neighborhoods. Without reinvestment in their communities, many are at risk of losing their homes to community closure or redevelopment.
PRICE was designed to help manufactured housing communities preserve affordability, address critical infrastructure needs, create new homeownership opportunities, and remain viable long-term. By providing funding for PRICE, appropriators can help ensure manufactured housing communities remain affordable, high-quality places to live.
PRICE has the potential to generate significant economic activity through infrastructure upgrades, home rehabilitation, new home placements, and construction activity across urban, suburban, tribal, and, most significantly, rural America, given manufactured housing’s prevalence in rural areas. The PRICE program is also a highly efficient use of federal funds, requiring grantees to bring leverage and using far less subsidy per unit of affordable housing generated through other programs.
Thank you for your critical work leading appropriations for our nation’s housing programs at a time when they are so badly needed. We hope you will prioritize investments in the PRICE program for years to come.
Sincerely,
ROC USA
California Center for Cooperative Development
CASA of Oregon
Center for Civil Justice
Community Solutions
CoNorth
Cooperative Development Institute
Cooperative Development Institute Water Infrastructure Support Program
Elevation Community Land Trust
Enterprise Community Partners
Housing Assistance Council
LEAP Housing
Manufactured Home Owners Association of New Jersey
Minnesota Housing Partnership
National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders
National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients)
National Council of State Housing Agencies
National Housing Conference
National Manufactured Home Owners Association (NMHOA)
Neighborworks Montana
New Hampshire Community Loan Fund
New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty
Next Step Network
North Carolina Justice Center
Northwest Cooperative Development Center
Opportunity Finance Network
Thistle Community Housing
UnidosUS
CC: Members of U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Chair and Ranking Member of U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
Members of U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Chair and Ranking Member of U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations
