S – MHP Glossary of Terms and Definitions
Mobile Home Park glossary of terms starting with the letter S, abbreviations, acronyms, initialisms, and definitions of each.
S
- SAC
- The Sacramento Area Coalition of Mobilehomeowner Associations, Inc.
- SBMRA
- South Bay Mobilehome Resident’s Alliance
- SCM
- Sierra Corporate Management
- SCMOA
- Sonoma County Mobilehome Owners Association
- Santee Mobilehome Owners Action Committee
- Single-Section Home
- A manufactured home delivered to the home site in one section. The width of section can be 10-18 feet. The length of the single section home can be from 30-80 feet. The average square footage of a single section home is 1,120 square feet.
- SIP
- Structurally Insulated Panel
- Site-Built Home
- Any home that is built on the home site with a permanent foundation which represents the majority of homes today.
- Slumlord
- A slumlord (or slum landlord) is a derogatory term for a landlord, generally an absentee landlord with more than one mobile home park, who attempts to maximize profit by minimizing spending on property maintenance, often in already deteriorating mobile home parks.
- SMHPA
- Sunnyvale Mobile Home Park Alliance
- SMMRA
- San Marcos Mobilehome Residents Association
- SMOAC
- Snuggle Wide
- Term used for a multi-section home that is shorter than most.
- Space Rent
- The Space Rent that a mobile/manufactured homeowner pays to lease the land/lot that their home is installed on.
- SRSO
- Space Rent Stabilization Ordinance. Regulations related to rent controlled mobile home parks that park owners must comply with to avoid fines and other penalties.
- Stick-Built Home
- Same as a site-built home but the term is inaccurate. Factory built homes are also stick-built homes. The sticks (lumber) are simply assembled inside a factory.
- Sublease
- A lease from a lessee to another lessee. The new lessee is a sublessee or subtenant.