"The city Housing Department proposed the increase as a way to provide more revenue for capital improvements as it updates its decades-old mobile home rent policy. Commissioners voted 9-4 to accept only changes to the policy that conform with Assembly Bill 2782, which ended long-term leases from being exempt from excessive rent hikes. Under the existing policy, property owners are allowed a 3% to 7% rent increase on each parcel every year."
"Commissioner Ryan Jasinsky, a mobile home park owner, said raising rent at the time of sale will protect existing mobile home residents. He said it will allow owners to sustain the mobile home parks while reducing fair return hearings. This is when a landlord requests a rent increase among all residents above the allowable amount in order to get a fair return on investment."
The San Jose Housing and Community Development Commission recommends not raising space rents for residents in the city's 58 mobile home parks. A proposed 10% increase to space rents upon sale lacked majority support, while the Housing Department proposed the increase to fund capital improvements. Commissioners voted 9-4 to accept only policy changes that conform with Assembly Bill 2782, which removed exemptions for long-term leases. Existing rules permit 3% to 7% annual increases per parcel, with larger hikes requiring city approval and market-rate increases allowed only after abandonment, eviction, or failed sales. Proposed changes will go to City Council on Jan. 27.
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