Mobile Home Owner News – May 2026
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Get Your Security Deposits Refunded After One Year
RE: California / MRL Civil Code §798.39(b)
Fri, May 1, 2026 – From the 2026 California Mobilehome Residency Law Frequently Asked Questions: Rents, Fees and Taxes, 6. Security Deposit
Resident Question:
Can the park charge first and last months’ rent plus a 2-month security deposit?MRL Answer:
Normally, when a mobilehome owner is accepted for residency in a mobilehome park and signs a rental agreement, charging first month’s rent and a 2-month security deposit are permitted. (Civil Code §798.39) After one full year of satisfactory residency (meaning all rent and fees have been paid during that time), the resident is entitled to request a refund of the 2-month security deposit, or may request a refund at the time he or she vacates the park and sells the home. (Civil Code §798.39(b))
2026 California MRL FAQs
Submit your request for a security deposit refund in writing to park management today. The MRL specifically states that park management must refund your deposit after one full year of satisfactory residency if requested in writing.
Do not wait until you vacate the park and/or sell your mobile home.
RE: California / Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL) / GSMOL
Fri, Jan 2, 2026 – The MHPHOA HTML and the GSMOL PDF versions of the 2026 California Mobilehome Residency Law have been updated to reflect all changes for the 2026 year.
Division 2, Part 2, Chap. 2.5 of the Civil Code. The Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL) is the “landlord-tenant law” for mobilehome parks, which, like landlord-tenant law and other Civil Code provisions, are enforced in a court of law. The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) does not have authority to enforce violations of the MRL.
2026 California Mobilehome Residency Law
File Type: PDF, Pages: 187, Size: 2.8 MB
From the 2026 MRL Introduction:
Note: Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program (MRLPP). Beginning July 1, 2021, any mobilehome or manufactured homeowner living in a mobilehome park under a rental agreement may submit a complaint for an alleged violation of the Mobilehome Residency Law. Any mobilehome or manufactured homeowner residing in a permitted mobilehome park is eligible to submit a complaint. Complaints must be submitted to HCD. HCD provides assistance to help resolve and coordinate resolution of the most severe alleged violations of the Mobilehome Residency Law. For questions regarding the MRLPP please call 1-800-952-8356, email MRLComplaint@HCD.CA.gov or visit https://www.HCD.CA.gov/.
For the 2026 edition, there are three (3) Assembly Bills and one (1) Senate Bill relating to mobilehomes that have been signed into law by the Governor to become effective Thursday, January 1, 2026.
RE: California / Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL)
Thu, Jan 1, 2026 – There are three (3) Assembly Bills and one (1) Senate Bill relating to mobilehomes that have been signed into law by the Governor to become effective January 1, 2026. The MHPHOA have updated our online California MRL in HTML to reflect these updates.