Our primary goal is to maintain existing affordable housing and to limit disruptions caused by rapid rent increases.
Support Our Struggle For Affordable Housing Save Our Manufactured Homes! Residents from Mobile Home Parks Rally Against Skyrocketing Rents and Plummeting Values.
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“Higher Rents — More Tents”This was the rallying cry of members of the Mobile Home Resident Coalition (MHRC) who gathered outside of Huntington Beach City Hall on May 2. The mobile homeowners had placed their hope and efforts into AB1035, the Mobile Home Affordability Act, a statewide bill that places a rent cap on what park owners can charge mobile homeowners for space rent, But the legislation hit a roadblock in April when Buffy Wicks, Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee shelved the bill for a year in light of a lawsuit that could potentially threaten the bill’s implementation. With Wicks’ decision, and without any rent stabilization ordinance in the city, coalition members gathered to call attention to the city council’s proposed opposition to AB1035 and their unwillingness to do anything to assist the 7000 constituents – mainly seniors, veterans and lower income families — many of whom now face continued skyrocketing rents and a very real risk of homelessness. Delayed, Not Defeated!Mobile home owners have three bills we’ve been supporting:
All three bills have suffered at the hands of legislators. Click here for more details. WE CANNOT GIVE UP! Request for
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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. Huntington Beach Mobile Home Park HistoryHuntington Beach has 17 Mobile Home (MH) Parks (9 are senior parks) with 2,865 spaces = approx. 7,000 people, most of whom are registered voters. All of the parks are potentially at risk due to conglomerate buyouts and predatory practices. In the last 10 years, 8 out of 17 mobile home parks in Huntington Beach have been purchased by investment firms who immediately raised rents, causing many residents to either sell or abandon their homes, some becoming homeless. In the last few years, the purchase of MH Parks by investment firms have become a national emergency, per U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee testimony of March 31, 2022. Huntington Beach MH residents have asked City Council to adopt the recommendation of its Mobile Home Advisory Board to place a measure on the ballot to amend the City Charter Section 803 to allow a Rent Stabilization Ordinance for MH Parks. Rent Control vs Rent Stabilization OrdinanceMobile 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. |