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Mobile Home Owner News – Jan-Dec 2017 List Summary

Below is a summarized ordered list view by most recent date of Mobile Home Owner News for the 2017 year with duplicates merged and non-relevant topics removed. You can press Ctrl+F on your keyboard to bring up the Find/Search dialog and enter the search term to find on this page.

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Kort & Scott Financial Group (KSFG)

  1. 2017-10-13 – Kort & Scott Purchase Oak Crest Estates
  2. 2017-09-15 – Kort & Scott Purchase the Chelsea Santa Monica
  3. 2017-07-20 – Berkadia Completes Purchase with Kort & Scott Totaling $100MM
  4. 2017-07-10 – Kort & Scott Purchase Wilshire Valencia Apartments for $83.1MM
  5. 2017-04-21 – Kort & Scott Purchase MetroPointe Apartments for $69.5MM
  6. 2017-04-17 – Community of Multi-Millionaires Say NO to Michael H. Scott Mansion in LA
  7. 2017-04-11 – Live in a Kort & Scott MHP? – Sell Your Mobile Home Today!
  8. 2017-03-30 – 1,000+ Mobile Homes Being Tracked in Kort & Scott Mobile Home Parks
  9. 2017-03-26 – Previous WMA President Being Sued by K&S Residents for FTM
  10. 2017-03-18 – Kort & Scott DBAs – Lafayette Apt Associates LP, Lafayette GP LLC
  11. 2017-03-14 – Breach of Business and Professions Code §17200 – Kort & Scott DBAs
  12. 2017-03-10 – Sound the Alarm! City Issues Permits for Michael H. Scott Mansion in LA
  13. 2017-03-05 – The Employees of Kort & Scott dba Sierra Corporate Management
  14. 2017-03-01 – Lawsuits Against Kort & Scott DBAs – A Tale of Two Mobile Home Parks
  15. 2017-02-20 – Credit Warning: Do Not Ignore This Notice
  16. 2017-02-17 – Evictimized – The Victims of Kort & Scott Financial Group
  17. 2017-02-05 – Line Charts: Space Rent Increases in Kort & Scott Mobile Home Parks
  18. 2017-01-26 – Kort & Scott Mobile Home Parks – California Space Rent Comparisons
  19. 2017-01-19 – Interference with Mobile Home Sales – Kort & Scott Mobile Home Parks
  20. 2017-01-11 – Kort & Scott Purchase Briarwood Mobile Home Park in Sacramento
  21. 2017-01-04 – Space Rent Calculator – Kort & Scott Long-Term Lease Agreements

Sierra Corporate Management (SCM)

  1. 2017-11-10 – Get Your Security Deposits Refunded After One Year
  2. 2017-04-07 – SCM Resident Question: Why am I Being Charged a $2.00 HCD Fee?
  3. 2017-04-05 – SCM Long-Term Lease Agreements – Components and Commentary
  4. 2017-03-22 – Park Manager: Company Wanted to Teach Me How to do Illegal Sales
  5. 2017-03-20 – Substandard Mobile Homes – Red-Tagged – Public Nuisance
  6. 2017-03-13 – Sierra Corporate Management Utilities Overbilling
  7. 2017-02-26 – Park Manager Told to Push Sale of Park Owned Mobile Homes
  8. 2017-02-24 – SCM Long-Term Leases – Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Clauses
  9. 2017-02-18 – Sierra Corporate Management Complaints and Reviews
  10. 2017-02-01 – Sierra Corporate Management Lease Incentives – $500 Gift of Value
  11. 2017-01-21 – Avoid the Sierra Corporate Management Dropbox
  12. 2017-01-16 – SCM Lease Incentives – $1,000.00 Paid to You Directly in a Check!

Sierra Corporate Management (SCM) – Park Specific

  1. 2017-08-10 – City OK’s Temporary Ban on Converting Antioch Senior MHP to All Ages
  2. 2017-06-13 – Seniors Fear Antioch Mobile Home Park Will Accept All Ages
  3. 2017-06-12 – Every Home Located on Toxic Plume in El Cajon Should be Tested
  4. 2017-06-05 – Development Committee Continues Mobile Home Park Discussion
  5. 2017-05-06 – Corona Mobile Home Park Residents End Rent Hike Fight
  6. 2017-04-10 – Corona City Council Protects Predatory Mobile Home Park Owners
  7. 2017-04-04 – Corona La Linda MHP – SCM Proposed Long-Term Lease Agreements
  8. 2017-04-02 – Vista Diablo Mobile Estates – Threat of County Inspection by SCM
  9. 2017-03-28 – Sierra Corporate Management Under Investigation for Overbilling Utilities
  10. 2017-03-25 – Corona Mobile Home Parks Might Get Voluntary Rent Control
  11. 2017-03-24 – Knolls Lodge Mobile Home/RV Park
  12. 2017-03-12 – Corona La Linda – 42 City Council Meetings and 21 Months Later
  13. 2017-03-04 – Knolls Lodge Mobile Home Park – No Guest Parking After 5:00 PM
  14. 2017-02-25 – Kort & Scott DBAs Being Sued by Residents of Reseda Mobile Homes
  15. 2017-02-19 – Kort & Scott R&Rs – Only New, Not Used, Mobilehomes Permitted
  16. 2017-02-16 – SCM Caught Overbilling Utilities – Now Issuing Credits
  17. 2017-02-15 – Laco Mobile Home Park – Kort & Scott Replacing Sewer System
  18. 2017-02-13 – Knolls Lodge Mobile Home Park – 27% Turnover Since Jan 2015
  19. 2017-02-12 – Lincoln Center Mobile Home Park – 17% Turnover Since Jan 2016
  20. 2017-02-10 – Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park – 46% Turnover Since Jan 2013
  21. 2017-02-09 – Fountain Valley Estates – 38% Turnover Since Jan 2013
  22. 2017-02-08 – Hollydale Mobile Home Park – 44% Turnover Since Feb 2015
  23. 2017-01-25 – Santa Clarita, CA – Ordinance to Extend Conversion Moratorium Approved
  24. 2017-01-23 – Santa Clarita, CA – Urgency Ordinance to Extend Conversion Moratorium
  25. 2017-01-22 – Vista Diablo Mobile Estates – Rent Subsidy and Senior Park Status Ending
  26. 2017-01-20 – Lincoln Center Mobile Home Park – Evicted 1 Year After Purchase
  27. 2017-01-15 – Veteran Walks Away from $125,000 Mobile Home – Reasons for Vacating
  28. 2017-01-01 – Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park – Converted to All Ages Community

MRL/HCD

  1. 2017-11-12 – Have Fees and Back Taxes Stopped You from Registering Your Mobilehome?
  2. 2017-09-21 – Legal Issues Related to Sales of Manufactured Housing Units
  3. 2017-03-21 – HCD Fails California Mobile Home Owners – Time and Time Again
  4. 2017-03-08 – Mobile Home Parks with 50+ Spaces – Onsite Park Manager Required
  5. 2017-02-27 – MRL §798.19.5 – Park Owner Right of First Refusal to Purchase Home
  6. 2017-02-14 – Information Alert: Attention Mobile Home Park Owners and Staff
  7. 2017-02-06 – 2017 California MRL and FAQs in HTML
  8. 2017-01-29 – Mobile Home Sales – Unlawful Practices – Occupational Licensing
  9. 2017-01-24 – HCD Launches New Broken Website at HCD.CA.gov
  10. 2017-01-10 – HCD Manufactured Home Recovery Fund (MHRF)
  11. 2017-01-09 – California AB 587 – Mobilehomes: Payments: Nonpayment or Late Payments

Miscellaneous

  1. 2017-11-06 – MHPHOA.com – 85,111 Users, 110,732 Sessions, 229,341 Pageviews
  2. 2017-11-05 – Anniversary Date – MHPHOA.com Launch Date: Thu, Nov 5, 2015
    Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder Treason and Plot.
  3. 2017-10-22 – Mobile Home Case to Change California Law
  4. 2017-10-16 – 2017 California Mobile Home Parks Statistics
  5. 2017-10-15 – Cascade Corporate Management and BoaVida Communities
  6. 2017-10-06 – Mobile Home Park Residents Continue to Fight for their Rights
  7. 2017-08-15 – Mobile Home Park Residents Get Advice on the Law
  8. 2017-07-13 – Mobile Home Park Residents Shaken by New Management Demands
  9. 2017-04-12 – Mold in Mobile Homes and Your Health
  10. 2017-04-06 – Resident Owned Communities – Buying Your Mobile Home Park
  11. 2017-03-29 – Blue Carpet Manufactured Homes – 36 Reasons to List Your Home
  12. 2017-03-27 – California Hawaiian Mobile Estates – Residents Settle Case for $9,900,000
  13. 2017-03-27 – Collecting Data for CCM, ELS, FIG
  14. 2017-03-19 – Facts About Investing in MH Communities – The Chilling Memo
  15. 2017-03-16 – Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association (WMA)
  16. 2017-03-15 – Duty to Serve (DTS) – Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
  17. 2017-03-09 – California MHP Attorneys – Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT)
  18. 2017-03-06 – California Hawaiian Mobile Estates – Award Reduced: $111MM to $10MM
  19. 2017-03-03 – MHPHOA.com – 35,135 Users, 47,480 Sessions, 112,435 Pageviews
  20. 2017-02-23 – Hart | King – Racketeering Enterprise, Grand Theft of Mobile Homes
  21. 2017-02-22 – Monarch Home Sales – Commission Gouging at 29% Commission Rates
  22. 2017-01-31 – Mobile Home Sales – Blue Carpet Manufactured Homes
  23. 2017-01-13 – MHPHOA Information Disclaimer

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Kort & Scott Pay $57 Million
Largest Mobile Home Park Settlement Ever

Fri, Nov 22, 2019 – Kabateck LLP attorneys representing hundreds of low-income mobile home residents in Long Beach, California secured a nearly $57 million settlement, which is the largest settlement ever involving a mobile home park.

Lawsuits Against Kort & Scott DBAs

MRL Protection Program

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.

Who Can Submit a Complaint?

Any mobilehome / manufactured homeowner who lives in a mobilehome park.

What Types of Complaints can be Submitted for Consideration?

Any complaints for issues within mobilehome parks related to Mobilehome Residency Law violations (California Civil Code).

Common violations include illegal grounds for eviction, failure to provide proper notice of rent increases, or no written rental agreement between the park and mobilehome owner.

How Does a Mobilehome/Manufactured Homeowner Submit their Complaint?

Complaints must be submitted to HCD. HCD provides help to resolve and coordinate resolution of the most-severe alleged violations of the Mobilehome Residency Law. Visit the Submit a Complaint webpage for details.

Submit a Complaint MRLPP Information