"The Housing Department is considering an update to its mobile home rent policy that would include a one-time rent increase up to 10% whenever a mobile home is sold, among other changes. Under the existing policy, property owners are allowed a 3% rent increase on each parcel every year. They can't raise rents more than 7% without city approval, and can't increase rent to market rate prices except when the property is abandoned, the resident is evicted or when a sale falls through."
""It was totally blindsiding us, because the proposed changes that they are trying to make would affect the mobile home community greatly," Commissioner Daniel Finn, who lives in a mobile home, told San José Spotlight. Mobile homes, or manufactured homes, are typically owned by the person residing in them - though they don't own the land it sits on. Homeowners pay mobile park owners monthly to rent the plot of land, and park owners maintain everything outside the home, including gas and water pipes."
"The city has more than 10,000 mobile home spaces across 58 mobile home parks that fall under the rent policy, according to city data. They are considered one of the city's last affordable housing options. At San Jose Verde Mobile Home Park, space rent varies from $800 to $1,650 a month. Finn said the last time the city tried to propose a change to the policy in 2017, there was robust community discussion between the city, property owners and mobile home owners - and the proposed change failed."
The Housing Department is considering an update to its mobile home rent policy that would allow a one-time rent increase up to 10% whenever a mobile home is sold, along with other changes. Current policy permits a 3% annual rent increase per parcel, caps increases at 7% without city approval, and forbids raising rents to market rate except in abandonment, eviction, or failed sale situations. More than 10,000 mobile home spaces across 58 parks fall under the policy, providing one of the city's last affordable housing options, with space rents at San Jose Verde ranging from $800 to $1,650 monthly. The Nov. 13 meeting to consider changes was canceled and postponed after concerns were raised.
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