Apply to live here
The residency application.
This is your approval to live at Watkins MHC and rent a lot. It’s separate from any loan for your home, which comes from a lender.
Before you start
- Read the notice below. Minnesota requires every manufactured home park to give it to you with the application.
- Screening criteria are in writing. State law requires the park to give you, in writing, the procedures and criteria used to evaluate a prospective resident. They come with the application, and we’ll send a copy anytime you ask. The same criteria apply to every applicant.
- If you’re denied, you can ask in writing for the reason.
- No entrance fee. Minnesota parks can’t charge one, and a security deposit can’t be more than two months’ rent.
- Buying a home already in the park? The sale is final only once you’re approved as a resident.
Questions about the application? Call or text 1-800-209-1533.
Required by Minnesota law
Important notice for prospective residents
Minnesota Statutes, section 327C.02, subdivision 5, requires every manufactured home park to give this notice, word for word, with its residency application. Read the statute (opens in a new tab).
IMPORTANT NOTICE
State law provides special rules for the owners, residents, and prospective residents of manufactured home parks.
You may keep your home in the park as long as the park is in operation and you meet your financial obligations, obey state and local laws which apply to the park, obey reasonable park rules, do not substantially annoy or endanger the other residents or substantially endanger park personnel and do not substantially damage the park premises. You may not be evicted or have your rent increased or your services cut for complaining to the park owner or to a governmental official.
If you receive an eviction notice and do not leave the park, the park owner may take you to court. If you lose in court, a sheriff may remove you and your home from the park within seven days. Or, the court may require you to leave the park within seven days but give you 60 days to sell the home within the park.
If you receive an eviction notice for a new or amended rule and the court finds the rule to be reasonable and not a substantial modification of your original agreement, the court will not order you to leave but will order you to comply with the rule within ten days. If you do not comply within the time given or if you violate the rule at a later time, you will be subject to eviction.
All park rules and policies must be reasonable. Your rent may not be increased more than twice a year. Changes made in park rules after you become a park resident will not apply to you if they substantially change your original agreement.
The park may not charge you an entrance fee.
The park may require a security deposit, but the deposit must not amount to more than two months rent.
You have a right to sell the home in the park. But the sale is not final until the park owner approves the buyer as a new resident, and you must advise in writing anyone who wants to buy your home that the sale is subject to final approval by the park owner.
The park must provide to you, in writing, the procedures and criteria used to evaluate a prospective resident. If your application is denied, you can request, in writing, the reason why.
You must also disclose in writing certain safety information about your home to anyone who wants to buy it in the park. You must give this information to the buyer before the sale, in writing, on the form that is attached to this notice. You must completely and accurately fill out the form and you and the buyer should each keep a copy.
Your rental agreement and the park rules contain important information about your rights and duties. Read them carefully and keep a copy.
You must be given a copy of the shelter or evacuation plan for the park. This document contains information on where to seek shelter in times of severe weather conditions. You should carefully review the plan and keep a copy.
By February 1 of each year, the park must give you a certificate of rent paid as required by Minnesota Statutes, sections 290.0693, subdivision 4, and 290A.19.
For further information concerning your rights, consult a private attorney. The state law governing the rental of lots in manufactured home parks may also be enforced by the Minnesota Attorney General.