An owner of a mobile home shall be a homeowner for purposes of sections 38a-72, 38a-73, 38a-285, 38a-305 to 38a-318, inclusive, 38a-328, 38a-663 to 38a-696, inclusive, 38a-827 and 38a-894 to 38a-898, inclusive, and homeowners policies as regulated under said sections shall be offered on the same terms to such an owner as to other homeowners, when such owner of a mobile home owns and occupies a mobile dwelling equipped for year-round living that is permanently attached to a permanent foundation on property owned or leased by such owner of a mobile home, is connected to utilities, is assessed as real property on the tax list of the town in which it is located and is in conformance with applicable state and local laws and ordinances.