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MHRC Looking Out for Residents’ Best Interests!

 Over the past year the Mobile Home Resident Coalition (MHRC) volunteers have been working long hours to protect park residents statewide. Our efforts have not gone unnoticed. Several legislative staff and housing advocates have remarked about how incredible MHRC is – we have such dedicated volunteers with no legislative training, who have been extremely productive as we:

• study affordability issues
• research legislators and the numbers of MH voters in their districts
• educate legislators about MH resident needs
• write potential legislation
• offer resources such as lease assistance for a city-owned MHP, a food program for low-income residents, info on rental assistance,
• connect with state and national housing advocates to help us all reach our goals​

See the MHRC Mobilehome Affordability Act WishList below!

 View our WishList in Spanish

When we looked at various possible bills affecting renters, we decided to compile our own “WishList” of items we’d like to see in a bill to help mobile home residents statewide. We’ve offered this list to various legislators and housing advocacy groups and are working diligently to make this a reality! For a bill to become law takes education, research, negotiation, and compromise. We've compiled our WishList for you to ponder and welcome you to read it, consider it carefully and then…
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We’d love to hear from our readers: 

• What do you think about these ideas?
• What ones are the most important to you?
• What new/additional ideas do you have?

Please consider the points above and give us your input HERE!

MHRC Mobilehome Affordability Act WishList

1. Include all cities in a statewide Rent Stabilization Ordinance. Don't allow cities not to participate. If this were granted, there is no purpose to a statewide RSO. Cities that want to protect MH owners have already done so.
2. Place a reasonable rent increase percentage cap or one based on the Consumer Price alone. We propose 50% of local CPI or 3% – whichever is lower. Also allowing only one increase per twelve months equaling a total of 3% annual increase. This would protect MH renters in rural areas where rent prices are typically not as high as in urban areas. It would allow MH residents to plan their budgets while allowing park owners to make a predictable profit.
3. Include a lookback period to prevent park owners from jackknifing rents after the bill is signed but before its implementation date. This prevents park owners from skyrocketing rents before the implementation date, causing the threshold on rents to be significantly higher. This lookback language has been common in RSOs in most communities.
4. Allow cities with existing but worse RSOs to participate in the more beneficial rent increase percentage. The Western Center on Law & Poverty recommends allowing presumptive language to enable those RSO communities with worse rates to fall under the statewide RSO.
5. Implement an annual cap on pass-throughs/capital improvements. When RSOs have been put in place, park owners have tried to maximize their profits by passing through many additional costs to MH residents. Increasingly, park owners are passing along to park residents the Prop 13 amount they lost when purchasing the park. Residents already pay taxes on our homes; we don’t need to pay the park owners’ property taxes which he/she knew would be an increased expense when the park was purchased. Park residents had no interest in the purchase and therefore should not pay the park owners property taxes, etc. We have been advised that this will need to be addressed elsewhere.
6. Place a reasonable limit on vacancy control so new buyers pay a defined amount or percentage above the existing residents’ rent increases. Reasonable and known new buyer rates allow MH owners to sell their homes and not face foreclosure.
7. Allow residents who have signed multi-year lease agreements to obtain an RSO. We have been advised that this is covered by AB 2782. Few legal organizations are willing to review MH leases on a pro-bono basis so residents are forced to either hire an attorney or take their chance that the least will not harm them. 
8. Allow cities to provide a better rent stabilization amount in future years. If a local jurisdiction wants to attract residents to its affordable housing in the future, what better way than to lower its RSO to an even better rate?
9. Allow enforcement by the Attorney General as well as the city attorney or county council allowing fair treatment for MH residents should their city not be favorable to RSO relief.
10. Allow future MH residents to be included in the RSO caps. This prevents a tiered system of home ownership in each MHP and allows mobile homeowners to attract new buyers to their parks. ​

Mobile Home BILLS Currently in The CA Legislature

 - Each year hundreds of bills are introduced in Sacramento but may change drastically as they move along. Visit the Legiscan website – for up-to-date info.

• ACA 10 (Haney) - Fundamental Human Right to Housing - This law recognizes that every person is entitled to adequate housing and it is the shared responsibility of state and local jurisdictions to fulfill this right. Read measure text and status here. DRAMATICALLY CHANGED & PASSED

 

• AB 661 (Patterson) - Utility services: electronic communication - This law authorizes management, upon consent of the homeowner or resident, to provide notices through electronic communication. Read bill text and status here. PASSED & CHAPTERED
• AB 977 (Rodriguez) - Emergency Departments: Assault and Battery (includes assault and battery against HCD Code Enforcement Officers) - would make assault and battery on a health care provider or HCD Code Enforcement Officer punishable by jail and/or a fine Read bill text and status here. WITH THE GOVERNOR
• AB 1985 (Patterson) - Home Solicitation Contracts - would establish methods for the rescission or a contract, but does not appear to apply to MHPs Read bill text and status here. WITH ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
• AB 2022 (Addis) Mobilehome parks: emergency preparedness - would require MHPs to have an emergency plan or a permit to operate will not be valid Read bill text and status here. WITH THE GOVERNOR
• AB 2243 (Wicks) - Affordable Housing Developments - would make changes in affordable housing but appears to not apply to MHPs Read bill text and status here. WITH THE GOVERNOR
• AB 2247 (Wallis) Mobilehomes - would require utility connections to conform to State requirements Read bill text and status here. WITH THE GOVERNOR
• AB 2278 (W. Carillo) - Rent increases: percentage change in the cost of living: Department of Housing and Community Development - would require HCD to publish the maximum allowable rent increase on its website for each metropolitan area Read bill text and status here. ON SENATE SUSPENSE FILE
• AB 2373 (Rendon) - Mobilehomes: Late or Non-Payments - would change the tax clearance certificate requirements and would extend the compliance date for registration Read bill text and status here. WITH THE GOVERNOR
• AB 2387 (Pellerin) - Mobilehome Parks: Additional Lots: Exemptions from Fees - would allow a MHP to be enlarged by 10% if the permit to operate has not been suspended; would not allow existing facilities to be reduced in size; would prohibit additional fees Read bill text and status here. WITH THE GOVERNOR
• AB 2539 (Connolly) - MHP Sale - Notice: Right of First Refusal - would require notice to all MHP residents & HCD; would give a resident organization a right of first refusal to buy the MHP and to negotiate in good faith Read bill text and status here. DEAD
• AB 2584 (Lee) Single-family Residential Real Property: Corporate Entity: Ownership—This bill would prohibit a business entity that has an interest in more than 1,000 single-family residential properties from purchasing, acquiring, or otherwise obtaining an interest in another single-family residential property and subsequently leasing the property. Read bill text and status here. HEARING CANCELED BY AUTHOR
• AB 2778 (Muratsuchi) - Mobilehome Parks: Rent caps - would limit rent increases for mobilehome spaces; the bill is currently a “spot” bill meaning all its language is not included Read bill text and status here. DEAD
• AB 2997 (Patterson) Subdivisions: Manufactured Homes    This bill aims to promote affordable housing by exempting the review and approval, conditional approval, or denial of a subdivision for a manufactured home development project from CEQA. Read bill text and status here IN ASSEMBLY COM ON H & CD
• AB 3200 (Hoover) - Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities: Transfer of Water Systems - would establish a pilot program for certain water corporations to take over the ownership and operation of water systems in a MHP; would prescribe procedures, costs and mediation Read bill text and status here. HEARING CANCELLED BY AUTHOR

 

• SB 37 (Caballero) Older Adults & Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Act - This bill establishes the Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Pilot Program (Program), administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), to provide housing subsidies to older adults and adults with disabilities who either are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness, in up to five geographic regions or counties. Read bill text and status here. WITH THE GOVERNOR
• SB 1052 (Seyarto) Mobilehomes - would make changes in the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program to allow free legal help to MH residents for less egregious issues and would suspend yearly payments by park owners to cover legal fees. If a  MHP owner has passed this charge on to residents and the bill passes, residents should note the $10/year fee disappears from your bill, if this bill passes Read bill text and status here. DEAD
• SB 1095 (Becker) - Cozy Homes Cleanup Act: Building Standards: Gas- and Fuel-Burning Appliances - would not prohibit the installation of plumbing, heating, or air-conditioning systems for manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or multifamily manufactured homes from being located outside the home Read bill text and status here. WITH SENATE COM ON APPROPRIATIONS
• SB 1108 (Ochoa Bogh) - Mobilehome Parks: Notice of Violations - would require HCD  (or the city if it enforces the Mobilehome Parks Act) to give notice of violations to the park owner; would give the tenant and park operator 90 days to fix the violations before taking further actions; would prohibit revocation of a permit to operate solely based on uncorrected violations Read bill text and status here. WITH GOVERNOR
• SB 1190 (Laird) - Mobilehomes: Solar Energy Systems - would allow MHP residents to install solar energy systems Read bill text and status here. PASSED
• SB 1201 (Durazo) Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) Owner Transparency Act - This bill passed in the Senate but was withdrawn by the author when the Assembly wanted significant changes. The author may re-introduce next year. This bill would have required Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs) to notify the Secretary of State as to its owners so that agencies could more easily communicate, especially in terms of health & safety violations. MHRC offered amendments to include MHCs. Read bill text and status here. DEAD
• SB 1212 (Skinner) Investment entities: purchasing, acquiring, or leasing interests in housing - The bill would increase opportunities for homeownership by barring hedge funds and other corporate investment entities from buying single-family homes or other dwelling that consists of one or 2 residential units in California on and after January 1, 2025. The bill would define “investment entity” as a real estate investment trust or an entity that manages funds pooled from investors and owes a fiduciary duty to those investors. The bill would exempt nonprofit organizations and other entities primarily engaged in the construction or rehabilitation of housing from the definition of “investment entity.” Read bill text and status here. DEAD
• SB 1408 (Roth / Durazo) Mobilehome Parks: Vehicle Removal - This bill would prohibit management from removing a vehicle used or required by the homeowner for work or employment, or which advertises any trade or services on the vehicle, from a homeowner’s or resident’s driveway or designated parking space, or a space provided by management for parking vehicles, unless any part of that vehicle extends into the park roadway or otherwise poses a significant danger. Read bill text and status here. PASSED

 

• PRICE Program Funding (S.3264 / H.R.6321) – The Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) program was established in 2023 with $225 million for grants to bring manufactured home park community infrastructure up to code. A request for continued funding is authored by Senator Cortez Masto (NV), who has four co-sponsors, and Representative Bonamici (OR), who has two co-sponsors. DEAD
• Manufactured Housing Tenant’s Bill of Rights Act (S.2204 / H.R.4557) - The bill codifies basic tenant lot rental protections already required by the Federal Housing Finance Agency for manufactured home park communities purchased with federally-backed loans, including: one-year renewable leases, except for good cause; 60-days’ notice of rent increases, park sales and closures; a 5-day rent payment grace period; and a right to sell a home after eviction. The proposal is authored by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), with two co-sponsors, and Representative Brittany Petersen (CO), with seven co-sponsors. IN COMS: U.S. HOUSE COM ON FINANCIAL SERVICES & U.S. SENATE BANKING HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS
• Fair Manufactured Housing Lending Act of 2023 (H.R.2481) - The bill adds manufactured housing retailers to the Truth in Lending Act as mortgage originators, in order to provide the same home buyer protections against predatory lending enjoyed by site-built home buyers. The proposal is authored by Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR) with 17 co-sponsors. U.S. HOUSE COM ON FINANCIAL SERVICES
• Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act of 2022 (S.4475) - This bill provides a capital gains tax credit of 75% if a community owner sells a manufactured home park community to a resident-owned cooperative or qualified nonprofit organization. U.S. SENATE COM ON FINANCE
• The Housing Acquisitions Review and Transparency (HART) Act (S.4620) - This bill by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), requires corporations and private equity firms that snap up large amounts of housing to report those transactions to antitrust enforcers so enforcers can stop anti-competitive transactions that could increase rents, decrease services, and push homebuyers out of the market. U.S. SENATE JUDICIARY COM
• Stop Predatory Investing Act (S.2224) - Sponsored by Sen Sherrod Brown and his committee to lower housing costs, this national bill would deny taxpayers owning 50 or more single family properties any tax deduction for interest paid or accrued in connection with any single-family residential rental property. It also disallows depreciation of residential rental property owned by such taxpayers. The bill also offers incentives to investors to sell single family rentals back to homeowners or community non-profits. MHRC has requested a meeting to include manufactured housing.  U.S. SENATE COM ON BANKING HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS​

​A message from the Presidents!

Good day to all and thank you to all who have supported our MHRC efforts. As you know, it has been a roller coaster ride of a year pushing AB 1035 and striving for a rent cap in the state of California. 
We, at the MHRC have been working tirelessly to fight for all manufactured homeowners to gain protection against predatory mobile park owners. It has not been an easy road; however it is only making us stronger and more motivated for the fight and to work toward our mission:
“Our mission is to maintain existing affordable housing and to limit disruptions caused by rapid rent increases”
We have sent over 1100 letters to the Assembly members on your behalf to get AB1035 signed into law and we will continue our campaign into the new year. We have had zoom and in person meetings with politicians who we believe may be allies in our fight to keep mobile homes affordable for all. We have traveled to Sacramento to visit politicians and their aides in person to give them a face to our economic plight. We have done all this and more with only volunteers!!

We travel to parks in Orange County and LA county to educate park residents on their rights, how to let their voice be heard regarding spiking rents, understand the process on how an Assembly Bill works and many other topics. Consider holding an Open Meeting in your park so we can update your neighbors.
All of this has a cost associated with it. We work off a very lean budget and often pay out of pocket because we know THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK!
We are asking for donations to offset some of these costs. For as little as $5, we can get so much done. From copies, website management, meeting materials and gas in our cars (yes we do carpool), your donations keep us going to fight the fight for YOU!!!
Think about donating an hour or two a week. We desperately need research volunteers.
We are a 503 c3/c4 charity. Follow this link to donate now.
Thank you so much in advance for keeping our organization moving forward!! 
Sharon Crabill and Teri Williams-Co Presidents MHRC of HB

​FACTS TO CONSIDER

A Mobile Home (MH) park owner owns the land, collects rents, and is responsible for the upkeep of the common areas with the park and respecting resident rights.

A Mobile Home (MH) resident owner acquires their home for either cash or with the help of a mortgage loan. The owner is 100% responsible for space rent, utilities, taxes, insurance, maintenance, upkeep and any improvements both inside and outside the home.

MH’s are extremely costly to move and can be damaged easily in a move. Finding a nearby location in which to move the MH is nearly impossible as well.

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Otherwise your Grandparents ​might move in with you!

Rent Control vs Rent Stabilization Ordinance

Mobile home owners are NOT asking for Rent Control. We are asking for a Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) for mobile home park residents only. Rent Control freezes rent. A Rent Stabilization Ordinance allows rents to increase by a specific amount and benefits both the park owner and resident.

 Request for
Recycling

It may not be possible for all our members to attend rallies and city council meetings but there is something everyone can do to show your support and contribute to our efforts. Recycle. Create a recycling program at your park and contribute the donation revenue to our Coalition. Some parks, like Skandia, have been doing this for over a year, contributing hundreds of dollars in the process. It’s not difficult to do. All it takes is one volunteer and container, although several volunteers and three recycling containers at each site is more effective. Three large plastic bins — identified for Plastic, Glass and Aluminum Cans — are best for collection. And several collection centers located in resident locations around the park make recycling easy and more convenient for everyone. Pickups of the recycling by one volunteer can be scheduled at the end of the week, or as necessary depending upon the participation of your park residents. That volunteer would then take the recycling to an appropriate center and arrange to deliver the collected funds to a coalition leader or park representative or directly to our coalition treasurer, Pat Taylor at Rancho Huntington. MHRC has a lot more work to do, and we can expect our costs — for flyers, postcards and other media and promotional materials — to increase. We’re hoping all our parks will establish a recycling program and support our ongoing struggle. If anyone needs more information about how to set up your program, please contact Art Estrada 562-588-5360 or Anita Thornton [email protected].