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SEC Company Response from UNIPROP MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES INCOME FUND (CIK 0000769856) — Aug 11, 2005

UNIPROP MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES INCOME FUND (CIK 0000769856)
Date: Aug. 11, 2005 · CIK: 0000769856 · Accession: 0000898432-05-000646

AI Filing Summary & Sentiment

Date
August 10, 2005
Author
/s/ Nicholas S. Hodge
Form
CORRESP
Company
UNIPROP MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES INCOME FUND (CIK 0000769856)

Letter

August 10, 2005 Nicholas S. Hodge BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY 617.261.3210 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Fax: 617.261.3175 nhodge@klng.com Owen Pinkerton Senior Counsel Division of Corporate Finance United States Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Uniprop Manufactured Housing Communities Income Fund Schedule 14A Filed July 25, 2005 File No. 0-15940

Dear Mr. Pinkerton:

This letter responds to comments received by telephone on August 9, 2005, on the preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A ("preliminary proxy statement") filed by Uniprop Manufactured Housing Communities Income Fund (the "Company") on July 25, 2005. We have set forth below your comments, followed by our response to each comment. For your convenience, we have also enclosed marked pages of the preliminary proxy statement reflecting our revisions.

COMMENT 1: ----------

We understand that you propose to delete the word "non-taxable" in certain portions of the discussion in the preliminary proxy, as discussed in your response letter of August 5, 2005. In light of those deletions, please consider revising the discussion under "Alternatives to the Borrowing." Is it accurate to say that "The 2005 Refinancing should allow for cash distributions to the Limited Partners without the Limited Partners' having any current taxable income from such distribution"? If it is not certain that the distribution from the 2005 Refinancing will be non-taxable, why is it that the General Partner considers the 2005 Refinancing to be a better alternative than the sale of the properties? <PAGE>

Owen Pinkerton August 10, 2005 Page 2

RESPONSE: ---------

In light of your comment, under the heading "Alternatives to the Borrowing" we have deleted the sentence "[t]he 2005 Refinancing should allow for cash distributions to the Limited Partners without the Limited Partners' having any current taxable income from such distribution." We have inserted the following language in its place:

"Cash distributions to a Limited Partner are not taxable to the Limited Partner except to the extent that the amount of cash distributed exceeds the Limited Partner's tax basis in its Units. Because the tax basis of each Limited Partner's Units will include the Limited Partner's share of the 2005 Refinancing, it is anticipated that in most cases the distributions to be made from the 2005 Refinancing will not be currently taxable."

For most Limited Partners, the distribution from the 2005 Refinancing will result in a non-taxable event and therefore, the General Partner continues to consider the 2005 Refinancing a better alternative than the sale of the properties.

COMMENT 2: ----------

Please revise the preliminary proxy to include a summary of tax issues in the front of the proxy.

RESPONSE: ---------

We have included the following paragraph on page 4 of the Preliminary Proxy Statement to serve as a summary of tax issues:

"Cash distributions to a Limited Partner are not taxable to the Limited Partner except to the extent that the amount of cash distributed exceeds the Limited Partner's tax basis in its Units. Because the tax basis of each Limited Partner's Units will include the Limited Partner's share of the 2005 Refinancing, it is anticipated that in most cases the distributions to be made from the 2005 Refinancing will not be currently taxable. Since any decrease in a Limited Partner's share of the 2005 Refinancing liability is treated for federal tax purposes as a distribution of money to the Limited Partner, Limited Partners may recognize taxable income in the future as the 2005 Refinancing is paid down. See `Federal Income Tax Considerations.'"

* * *

At the request of the Staff, the undersigned acknowledges on behalf of the Company that:

o the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; <PAGE>

Owen Pinkerton August 10, 2005 Page 3

o Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments in the filing reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and

o The Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

* * *

Please contact my colleague Mackenzie Crane at (617) 261-3124 with any additional comments or questions. Thank you.

Sincerely,
/s/ Nicholas S. Hodge

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August 10, 2005                                                Nicholas S. Hodge

BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY                                          617.261.3210
VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS                                            Fax: 617.261.3175
                                                               nhodge@klng.com
Owen Pinkerton
Senior Counsel
Division of Corporate Finance
United States Securities and Exchange
   Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:   Uniprop Manufactured Housing Communities Income Fund
      Schedule 14A
      Filed July 25, 2005
      File No. 0-15940

Dear Mr. Pinkerton:

     This letter responds to comments received by telephone on August 9, 2005,
on the preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A ("preliminary proxy
statement") filed by Uniprop Manufactured Housing Communities Income Fund (the
"Company") on July 25, 2005. We have set forth below your comments, followed by
our response to each comment. For your convenience, we have also enclosed marked
pages of the preliminary proxy statement reflecting our revisions.

COMMENT 1:
----------

We understand that you propose to delete the word "non-taxable" in certain
portions of the discussion in the preliminary proxy, as discussed in your
response letter of August 5, 2005. In light of those deletions, please consider
revising the discussion under "Alternatives to the Borrowing." Is it accurate to
say that "The 2005 Refinancing should allow for cash distributions to the
Limited Partners without the Limited Partners' having any current taxable income
from such distribution"? If it is not certain that the distribution from the
2005 Refinancing will be non-taxable, why is it that the General Partner
considers the 2005 Refinancing to be a better alternative than the sale of the
properties?
<PAGE>

Owen Pinkerton
August 10, 2005
Page 2

RESPONSE:
---------

In light of your comment, under the heading "Alternatives to the Borrowing" we
have deleted the sentence "[t]he 2005 Refinancing should allow for cash
distributions to the Limited Partners without the Limited Partners' having any
current taxable income from such distribution." We have inserted the following
language in its place:

"Cash distributions to a Limited Partner are not taxable to the Limited Partner
except to the extent that the amount of cash distributed exceeds the Limited
Partner's tax basis in its Units. Because the tax basis of each Limited
Partner's Units will include the Limited Partner's share of the 2005
Refinancing, it is anticipated that in most cases the distributions to be made
from the 2005 Refinancing will not be currently taxable."

For most Limited Partners, the distribution from the 2005 Refinancing will
result in a non-taxable event and therefore, the General Partner continues to
consider the 2005 Refinancing a better alternative than the sale of the
properties.

COMMENT 2:
----------

Please revise the preliminary proxy to include a summary of tax issues in the
front of the proxy.

RESPONSE:
---------

We have included the following paragraph on page 4 of the Preliminary Proxy
Statement to serve as a summary of tax issues:

"Cash distributions to a Limited Partner are not taxable to the Limited Partner
except to the extent that the amount of cash distributed exceeds the Limited
Partner's tax basis in its Units. Because the tax basis of each Limited
Partner's Units will include the Limited Partner's share of the 2005
Refinancing, it is anticipated that in most cases the distributions to be made
from the 2005 Refinancing will not be currently taxable. Since any decrease in a
Limited Partner's share of the 2005 Refinancing liability is treated for federal
tax purposes as a distribution of money to the Limited Partner, Limited Partners
may recognize taxable income in the future as the 2005 Refinancing is paid down.
See `Federal Income Tax Considerations.'"

                                      * * *

At the request of the Staff, the undersigned acknowledges on behalf of the
Company that:

     o    the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
          disclosure in the filing;
<PAGE>

Owen Pinkerton
August 10, 2005
Page 3

     o    Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments
          in the filing reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the Commission
          from taking any action with respect to the filing; and

     o    The Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of
          effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the
          Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the
          United States.

                                      * * *

     Please contact my colleague Mackenzie Crane at (617) 261-3124 with any
additional comments or questions. Thank you.

Sincerely,

/s/ Nicholas S. Hodge

Nicholas S. Hodge

NSH:mec

cc:   Geoffrey Ossias, Esq.
      Mr. Paul M. Zlotoff
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