Mobilehome News Around the State
SLO County Board of Supervisors again stops Nipomo mobile home park from hiking rent
by Bulbul Rajagopal | Source Controversial mobile home park management company Harmony Communities’ second attempt to raise the rent at a Nipomo mobile home park was knocked down by the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors at its May 5 meeting. Following rent...
‘They’re Bleeding Us Dry’: Rent Hikes, Evictions in California Mobile Home Parks
This story is part of How We Get By, a KQED series exploring how people are coping with rising costs in the Bay Area and California. Read this story HERE. When Clara Faria read her rent statement, her heart stopped. Her monthly payment would more than triple, rising...
Camarillo weighs mobile home rent ordinance. Here’s what’s at stake
By Makena Huey | Source | The Camarillo City Council will consider adopting the city’s first permanent rent stabilization ordinance for the city's three mobile home parks April 22. The proposed ordinance aims to maintain affordable housing for residents while allowing...
After Many Revisions, Fortuna City Council Passes Rent Guidelines for Mobile Homes
By Dezmond Remington | Source | After almost a year of advocacy and tinkering, Fortuna’s city council decided last night to adopt a rent stabilization ordinance for the 283 mobile homes within its city limits. Last summer, residents of the Royal Crest mobile home...
City of Fortuna Passes Rent Stabilization Ordinance Meant to Protect Seniors From Predatory Mobile Home Park Owners
By Liam Gwynn | Source | Since June of last year, a group of Fortuna seniors have been advocating for a rent stabilization ordinance for mobile home parks in the city. This was due to steep rent increases at the Royal Crest Mobile home park that residents say put...
Goleta Extends Senior Housing Protections, Is Sued in Federal Court
Goleta Says Ordinance Will Help Preserve Senior Housing While Park Owners Allege It Is Discriminatory Against Families By Christina McDermott | Source Goleta city councilmembers voted to maintain the senior-status of University Mobile Home Park on Tuesday, extending...
Goleta Extends Ordinance to Keep Mobile Home Park for Seniors Only
by Pricila Flores, Noozhawk Staff Writer | Source The Goleta City Council has extended the urgency ordinance to keep University Mobile Home Park a seniors-only community amid a federal lawsuit that park management served the city. The extension was approved last...
Goleta Protects Mobile Home Park’s Senior-Only Status with Urgency Ordinance
By Pricila Flores | Source | Anne Anderson, president of the Golden State Manufactured-home Owners League, says mobilehome park residents can’t just pick up and move if faced with management with whom they don’t agree. Pricila Flores / Noozhawk photo During a packed...
