Mobilehome News Around the State
SLO County supervisors reject rent increase for Harmony-managed mobile home parks
by Bulbul Rajagopal | Source| The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors unanimously shot down controversial mobile home park management company Harmony Communities’ attempt to increase rent at two local mobile home parks through a hardship request. “When revenue...
Residents of Bell mobile home parks push back against plan to relocate them, redevelop property
By Rob Hayes | Source | BELL, Calif. (KABC) -- Hundreds of people who live in two Bell mobile home parks may soon be displaced as the city works on plans to close the parks and sell them to be redeveloped into housing, retail and entertainment destinations. The city...
Sonoma mobile home park residents ask city to update mandated park protections
By Emma Molloy | Source | Sonoma leaders, in the coming weeks, will review a plan to update the city statute regulating mobile home park closures, conversions and cessation of use in response to mobile home park residents who say the city’s existing “outdated”...
Fortuna Mobile Home Rent Moratorium Passes
by Dezmond Remington | Source | As expected, Fortuna’s city council passed a moratorium freezing increases on lot rents in mobile home parks in the city at a special meeting last night. “We won,” said [GSMOL Region 2 Manager] Hilary Mosher, a spokesperson for the Save...
Close to Home: Keeping mobile homes affordable
Editorial published in the Press Democrat in response to an anti-rent-stabilization editorial published by a park owner By Anne B. Anderson | Anne B. Anderson is president of the Golden State Manufactured-home Owners League. | Source | The Golden State...
Residents advocate to keep Ventura County mobile home rents affordable
By Makena Huey | Source | Devo Brown began renting land at Camarillo Mobile Estates, a mobile home park for residents 55 and older, about five years ago after he lost his Malibu home in the Woolsey fire. Although his rent has increased 20% during his time at the park,...
As land dispute intensifies, mobile home park residents prepare for standoff against RTC [Regional Transport Commission] next week
By Christopher Neely | Source Railroad runs between two mobilehome parks, Castle Mobile Estates and Blue & Gold Star MHP The tone of Christine Miguel’s voice was stern, rigid and uncompromising as she told Santa Cruz County government officials she planned to...
Senior mobile home park debate continues as county ordinance takes effect
By Crystal Bermudez | Source Residents at Del Cielo Mobile Estates in Orcutt are speaking out about changes at their mobile home park following its purchase by a new owner. The concerns come as Santa Barbara County passed a new ordinance aimed at protecting...
