California MHP News

Sun, Dec 14, 2025 – Tenants of a mobile home park in San Rafael have sued their landlord over allegations of illegal evictions, retaliatory rent hikes and violations of the city’s rent control laws.

Under the name San Rafael Homeowners United, the tenant group seeks injunctive relief and damages in Marin County Superior Court. The plaintiffs are represented by Legal Aid of Marin and California Rural Legal Assistance Inc.

The plaintiffs seek to prevent Harmony Communities Inc.—a Stockton company that has been involved in rent fights and legal disputes across California—from unlawfully converting the mobile home park at 742 Francisco Blvd. West into a transient recreational vehicle site. RV parks are not subject to the city’s rent control law.

Fri, Dec 12, 2025 – The San Jose Housing and Community Development Commission is recommending not to raise rents for residents living in the city’s 58 mobile home parks.

A majority of commissioners on Thursday didn’t support a proposed 10% increase to space rents once a mobile home is sold. The city Housing Department proposed the increase as a way to provide more revenue for capital improvements as it updates its decades-old mobile home rent policy. Commissioners voted 9-4 to accept only changes to the policy that conform with Assembly Bill 2782, which ended long-term leases from being exempt from excessive rent hikes.

Under the existing policy, property owners are allowed a 3% to 7% rent increase on each parcel every year. Anything more than that requires city approval, and owners can’t increase rent to market rate prices except when a property is abandoned, a resident is evicted or when a sale falls through.

Wed, Dec 10, 2025 – Hundreds of Bell residents protested against the plan to close two mobile home parks during the city council meeting on Wednesday.

The city of Bell owns both of the mobile home parks, which house about 300 families. The plan aimed to redevelop the land into new affordable housing, seniors homes, retail, restaurants and entertainment spaces.

Residents expressed their concern that they'll lose their homes and possibly be priced out of their neighborhoods.

In a statement, the city said it has not sold the parks and has given residents ‘the opportunity to meet with relocation specialists to review household and financial needs and with licensed appraisers to establish the fair market value of their homes.’

Tue, Dec 9, 2025 – In California, mobile homes make up to 6% of the state’s housing stock. With as many as 300,000 homes in 5,000 mobile home parks in the state, they play a critical role in providing affordable housing. But state laws and efforts by for-profit developers to buy up mobile home communities are putting this kind of housing at risk. We talk to experts about the challenges mobile home owners face.

Guests:

• Bruce Stanton, General Counsel, Golden State Manufactured Home Owners League
• Mary Currie, Resident, Marin Valley Mobile Country Club
• Randy Keller, Advocacy Manager, Manufactured Home Parks Acquisition, California Center for Cooperative Development
• Mariah Thompson, Senior Litigator, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.

Mon, Dec 1, 2025 – If you are planning on purchasing a home in one of California’s 5,230 mobile/manufactured home and RV parks, here are your basic options in order of Best to Worst Case Scenarios.

1. Option 1 – Buy the Home, Buy the Land/Lot (HOA Fee), Resident Owned Community (ROC)
2. Option 2 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO), Private
3. Option 3 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), RSO, Corporate
4. Option 4 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), No RSO, Private
5. Option 5 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), No RSO, Corporate

Note: Labels: Private = Privately Owned, Corporate = Corporate Owned