Jan 25, 2018
By Louis Hansen | Source | In the often paycheck to paycheck world of mobile home living, many homeowners lack proper title and registrations for their dwellings. Some may owe thousands of dollars in fines and fees. But the state has opened up an amnesty program...
Dec 29, 2017
By Hannah Beausang | Source | After a swift public outcry, the operators of an east Petaluma mobile home park have backed off of a proposal to raise rents by an average of 44.4 percent. A letter outlining the increases was sent to Little Woods Mobile Villa residents...
Dec 9, 2017
Carefree Rancher’s quixotic quest to find out what’s with the doubled cost By Sheila Pell | Source | It’s one of those fuzzy numbers on a utility bill; in this case, a water-sevice fee charged by Carefree Ranch Mobile Home Park in Escondido, where 77...
Nov 30, 2017
By Rebecca Jeffris Williamson | Source | [ED. NOTE: Buddy Rabaya is GSMOL Region 7 Manager.] “It’s about bringing a smile to their face,” said Buddy Rabaya, president of the Santee Mobilehome Owners Action Committee, Inc. Those faces are the faces of seniors that...
Nov 26, 2017
Rental committee could expand Measure V protections By Mark Noack | Source | [ED. NOTE: Judy Pavlick, interviewed in this article, is a member of the GSMOL Legislative Action Team (LAT) Committee.] Barely a year old, Mountain View’s experiment with rent control...
Nov 12, 2017
By J.D. Morris | Source | One month after the most destructive wildfires in California history destroyed more than 5,000 Sonoma County homes, state and federal emergency officials are beginning the complicated task of moving displaced residents into...
