Market Updates
Brookings OR Mobile Home Park, Court upholds ruling in favor of Emerald Coast residents
August 7, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld a Curry County Circuit Court ruling that prohibited Emerald Coast Estates Inc. of Harbor from evicting a resident for placement of a “For Sale” sign on the home in violation of park rules. Read more here.
California Coastal Commission causing problems for Laguna Beach mobile home park owner trying to subdivide
August 6, 2010 by parkguy1 · 3 Comments
The owners of the Laguna Terrace Mobile Home Park on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the commission in Orange County Superior Court. The suit asks the court to determine if the commission can exert jurisdiction over the park’s conversion to resident ownership. On July 20, the council approved subdividing the 20-acre ocean-view park developed in [...]
Washington Mobile Home Park Tenants Win Class Action
August 5, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
The class action lawsuit settlement requires mobile-home park owners to drop the conversion language from its leases and stop using contracts that allowed them to automatically convert an annual lease to a month-to-month lease. The settlement does not provide reimbursements for class members, but it does allow the tenants to pursue back rent. Read more [...]
As if San Luis Obispo County Mobile Home Park Owners were not regulated enough!
August 5, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors has directed planning staff to begin developing a mobile-home park overlay zone that would contain incentives for park owners to protect and preserve the county’s largest stock of affordable housing — mobile-home parks. Read More here.
Courts rule for Capitola in mobile home park suit; Property owner must partially refund rent after services not kept up
July 27, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
An owner of a rent controlled mobile home park (like that’s not bad enough), now faces having to partially refund tenants rents. Read the article hear.
Pleasanton CA, mobile home park owner settle $29.1 million suit
March 4, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
After a six month legal battle, the park owner and City agree to settle. The City has approved the sale of a 208 space MHP to the park residents with certain concessions from the park owner. Read article here.
House Bill will exempt inexpensive manufactured homes from property taxes
February 23, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
Residents in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas and Lane counties who own inexpensive manufactured homes may soon get a pass on property taxes. Read article here.
Grover Beach moves to regulate mobile-home park conversions
January 18, 2010 by parkguy1 · Leave a Comment
Like many areas in OR, WA and CA, Grover City Beach is making a mobile home park conversion more difficult. “To obtain a conversion permit, a park owner would have to distribute a questionnaire to residents and hire a relocation specialist to help prepare a conversion impact report and help residents find alternate housing. The [...]
