In San Jose, leaders are modifying a legal loophole exploited by mobile home park landlords to increase rent disproportionately for RV residents. A family from Western Trailer Park reported inconsistent rent hikes, with some neighbors facing steep increases. The city’s previous ordinance, vague after decades, allowed these unlawful raises under the guise that the Mobile Home Rent Ordinance didn't apply to RVs. Recently, the city clarified that any rent increase must align with existing caps for both mobile homes and RVs, ensuring equitable treatment of all residents in trailer parks.
"This month, the city changed the ordinance to make it explicitly clear - any rent increase would be the same for mobile homes and RVs."
"A lot of my mom's friends that also lived here messaged her saying, 'Hey does your paper say this? Does your paper say $1,600, too?'"
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