Mobile Home Owner News – March 2024
Resident curated mobile home owners news and information for residents of Mobile Home Parks owned by Kort & Scott (KS) companies. The MHPHOA also provides news coverage for Mobile Home Parks not owned by KS companies.
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RE: United States
Mon, Mar 25, 2024 – This table of 145 Investors, Park Owners and/or Park Management Companies is a work in progress as of Monday, March 25, 2024. The number of Sites data may not be accurate and is rounded up to the nearest quarter (25, 50, 75, 00).
The MHPHOA are performing ongoing research in this area to see if we can accurately account for the total number of Sites for each entity listed. Address and Website information are accurate based on recent audits performed for data verification against publicly available records.
RE: California
Fri, Mar 22, 2024 – This table of Mobile Home Parks, RV Parks, and Manufactured Home Communities for Sale in California is a work in progress as of Friday, March 22, 2024. Data is being updated regularly.
This is a partial listing and covers the period 2021-01-01 to 2024-03-22. This is NOT a complete list of mobile home parks for sale in California. Many sales of mobile home parks are usually done via Pocket Listings (aka Off-Market Listings, Exclusive Listings), they are not marketed via public channels.
RE: Chico, California / Pleasant Valley Mobile Estates / Legacy Communities
Wed, Mar 20, 2024 – Residents at Pleasant Valley Mobile Estates (PVME) in Chico might be another step closer toward securing a rent stabilization ordinance.
PVME residents have been urging city officials to move forward with an ordinance, citing repeated 10% rent increases by Legacy Communities, a Florida-based company which owns multiple mobile home parks nationwide.
Residents at Pleasant Valley Mobile Estates have appeared before the council multiples times over the months, providing often emotional public comment. Kathy Vlach, a resident at the park, says depending on what city staff return with, they’re prepared to gather signatures for a ballot initiative.
Vlach notes that a rent stabilization ordinance would help boost accountability among mobile home park owners, like theirs.
‘For predatory mobile home park owners like unfortunately, what we have here, there'd be a petition process so if they want to re-do the pool or build a clubhouse… they’d have to petition the city council and prove why they want it, what’s it gonna cost and what their income is,’ Vlach said. ‘If they make $10 million dollars a year and want to build a $100,000 BBQ pit that we don’t want and they want to raise our rent 30%, then the city council would get to look at all of that data.’
California Congressional Districts – 513,931 MH Lots by District
RE: California / Statistics
Fri, Mar 15, 2024 – According to data obtained from the NMHOA, here is a list of the 52 Congressional Districts in California along with the Counties represented. We’ve highlighted the top 10 California Congressional Districts by MH Lots in green. Click/Tap columns to sort the data. Click/Tap # column to reset.
Fri, Mar 15, 2024 – According to data obtained from the NMHOA, here is a list of the 52 Congressional Districts in California along with the Counties represented. We’ve highlighted the top 10 California Congressional Districts by MH Lots in green. Click/Tap columns to sort the data. Click/Tap # column to reset.
# | Dis | Counties | MH Lots |
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1 | Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Yuba | 33,880 | |
2 | Del Norte, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, San Francisco, Sonoma, Trinity | 17,757 | |
3 | Alpine, El Dorado, Inyo, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Yuba | 16,465 | |
4 | Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo | 19,960 | |
5 | Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Tuolumne | 16,545 | |
6 | Sacramento | 6,154 | |
7 | Sacramento, Solano, Yolo | 7,390 | |
8 | Contra Costa, Solano | 5,250 | |
9 | Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus | 7,873 | |
10 | Alameda, Contra Costa | 3,684 | |
11 | San Francisco | 355 | |
12 | Alameda, San Francisco | 1,485 | |
13 | Fresno, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus | 14,898 | |
14 | Alameda | 5,271 | |
15 | San Francisco, San Mateo | 2,283 | |
16 | San Mateo, Santa Clara | 8,089 | |
17 | Alameda, Santa Clara | 7,638 | |
18 | Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 8,651 | |
19 | Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz | 13,016 | |
20 | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare | 19,668 | |
21 | Fresno, Tulare | 8,683 | |
22 | Kern, Kings, Tulare | 15,465 | |
23 | Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino | 20,346 | |
24 | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 16,796 | |
25 | Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino | 44,570 | |
26 | Los Angeles, Ventura | 9,305 | |
27 | Los Angeles | 11,479 | |
28 | Los Angeles, San Bernardino | 1,032 | |
29 | Los Angeles | 3,859 | |
30 | Los Angeles | 1,032 | |
31 | Los Angeles | 8,986 | |
32 | Los Angeles, Ventura | 4,167 | |
33 | San Bernardino | 11,607 | |
34 | Los Angeles | 903 | |
35 | Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino | 10,428 | |
36 | Los Angeles | 1,760 | |
37 | Los Angeles | 714 | |
38 | Los Angeles, Orange | 4,219 | |
39 | Riverside | 10,892 | |
40 | Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino | 4,579 | |
41 | Riverside | 21,949 | |
42 | Los Angeles | 290 | |
43 | Los Angeles | 3,511 | |
44 | Los Angeles | 9,949 | |
45 | Los Angeles, Orange | 8,066 | |
46 | Orange | 9,613 | |
47 | Orange | 6,175 | |
48 | Riverside, San Diego | 19,773 | |
49 | Orange, San Diego | 8,328 | |
50 | San Diego | 5,679 | |
51 | San Diego | 5,282 | |
52 | San Diego | 8,182 | |
Total Lots: | 513,931 |
RE: Resident Owned Communities / ROC USA®
Mon, Mar 11, 2024 – Manufactured housing is a popular choice in rural America. But residents face uncertainties when parks get sold to investors. Helping residents purchase parks themselves is one solution.
In conventional mobile home parks, residents own the home but rent the lot. In a resident-owned community, residents own and manage the property cooperatively. Residents get a say in setting rent and investing in upkeep and improvements.
There are many advantages to this system, advocates say, but the biggest is stability: Residents must approve lot fees, and generally they stay fairly stable.
ROC USA is a national nonprofit that has helped establish 321 resident-owned mobile home communities, including Madelia Mobile Village Cooperative. The group helps residents navigate the complex legal and financial considerations that go into establishing a resident-owned community.
Nineteen states offer some consideration to residents if a park owner decides to sell. In nine states, residents get a chance to match the highest third-party offer for purchase.
Parks are being snapped up by investors, who can make steep rent increases or choose to redevelop the land, displacing residents. They receive little pushback because residents have few consumer protections. According to Carolyn Carter at the National Consumer Law Center, only eight states have “strong” protections for residents when a community is sold. Eleven others have some protections, but in the majority of states, where most manufactured homes sit, have no protections at all. Carter is the co-author of a report that provides model legislation to give mobile home park residents the chance to purchase their communities.
Video: What is a ROC?
RE: California / Resident Owned Communities (ROC)
Tue, Mar 5, 2024 – The MHPHOA have been continually researching and developing a database of Resident Owned Communities (ROC) aka Resident Owned Parks (ROP) in the State of California. We have 183 communities listed to date. We welcome input from our audience regarding additions and/or corrections to the data currently available. If you would like to contribute information to the database, please contact the MHPHOA.
2024 ROC Statistics
Statistical Research Performed in March 2024
Type | Parks | Spaces | RV1 | RV2 | Total | HOA |
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55 | 114 | 24,570 | 290 | 398 | 25,258 | $296 |
AA | 69 | 8,994 | 112 | 500 | 9,606 | $302 |
183 | 33,564 | 402 | 898 | 34,864 | $301 |
183 ROCs, 34,864 Lots
The MHPHOA have researched and confirmed 183 Resident Owned Communities representing a total of 34,864 lots in the State of California.
33,564 MH Spaces, 1,300 RV Lots
Of those 34,864 lots, 33,564 are mobile home spaces, 402 are RV Lots With Drains (RV1) and 898 are RV Lots Without Drains (RV2).
55+ (Senior) vs. All Ages (Family)
Of the 183 ROCs, 114 are 55+ communities and 69 are all age (family). The average number of mobile home spaces in 55+ communities is 217, the average in all age communities is 132.
HOA Fees, $301 Average
Of the 159 ROCs that we were able to confirm current (2023/2024) homeowners association (HOA) fees, the average HOA fee for 55+ communities is $296 per month. The average HOA fee for all age communities is $302 per month. The overall average is $301 per month.
RE: California Mobile/Manufactured Home Parks
Sun, Mar 3, 2024 – If you are planning on purchasing a home in one of California’s 5,231 mobile/manufactured home and RV parks, here are your basic options in order of Best to Worst Case Scenarios.
- Option 1 – Buy the Home, Buy the Land/Lot (HOA Fee), Resident Owned Community (ROC)
- Option 2 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO), Private
- Option 3 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), RSO, Corporate
- Option 4 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), No RSO, Private
- Option 5 – Buy the Home, Lease the Land/Lot (Space Rent), No RSO, Corporate
Note: Labels: Private = Privately Owned, Corporate = Corporate Owned
RE: Fresno, California / Shady Lakes Mobile Home Park / Harmony Communities / Resident Owned Communities
Fri, Mar 1, 2024 – After years of fighting rising rents, a group of mostly Oaxacan farmworkers in Fresno County have done the seemingly impossible: purchased their mobile home park from its corporate landlord. The group officially closed escrow on the park Thursday.
Previously called Shady Lakes Mobile Home Park, it will now be known as Nuevo Lago Mobile Home Park. The park will be run by a board of directors, made up of residents. Each household will have a small ownership interest in the park, which will be operated as a limited equity housing co-op. They’ll be able to make decisions about how much rent to charge, park finances and operating rules.
Taking control of their park wasn’t easy: It required five years of organizing on the part of residents, pro bono legal help and funding from both a national nonprofit and the state. But, residents at Nuevo Lago say it can be replicated.
RE: California / Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL)
Mon, Jan 29, 2024 – The MHPHOA online version of the 2024 California Mobilehome Residency Law in HTML has been updated to reflect all changes indicated below.
From the Senate Select Committee on Manufactured Home Communities:
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.
Senate Select Committee on Manufactured Home Communities
2024 California MRL
- File Type: PDF
- Pages: 145
- Size: 2.9MB
From the 2024 MRL Introduction:
For the 2024 edition, Assembly Bill 604 (CIV §798.40) clarifies the scope of AB 1061 (Lee, Chapter 625, Statutes of 2021) to explicitly include residents of all mobilehome parks in each of the protections within the statute. These protections include capping each residents’ water service charges to only their proportional share based on monthly usage plus a reasonable administrative fee, eliminating arbitrary and unfair water “service” charges and fees. AB 1280 (CIV §1103.2) revises the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement that must be provided by a property seller to a potential buyer to include more specific disclosures regarding whether the property falls within current local, or state, high and very high fire hazard severity zones.
Senate Select Committee on Manufactured Home Communities