City OK’s temporary ban on converting Antioch senior mobile home park to ‘all...
Vista Diablo Mobile Estates will stay a mostly 55+ community for nowM By Rowena Coetsee | Source | ANTIOCH — A predominantly senior mobile home park in Antioch will stay that way — at least for now....
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Mobile home park residents get advice on the law
Mobile home residents confer with outreach staff at the Harrahs Senior Center Thursday. By Ariel Carmona Jr. | Source | Approximately 60 residents at the Willits and Valley Oaks mobile home parks...
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Palo Alto paves way for change in Buena Vista ownership
Lourena Diaz, with her son, Rafael Rodarte, 5, talks to Sofia Rodarte, 7, through the window of their mobile home at Buena Vista Park in Palo Alto, Calif., in this photo from July 1, 2015. By...
View ArticlePatti Rose: Ocean West fights the will of voters
[ED. NOTE: Patti Rose is a GSMOL Associate Manager. This editorial was published on Mad River Union.] | Source | It is hard for me to watch the legal challenges to Measure V unfold as Ocean West, LLC,...
View ArticleCounty looks for zone to call mobile homes
By Sara Hayden | Source | San Mateo County planners are seeking to establish a new Mobile Home Zoning District in unincorporated areas including Moss Beach’s Pillar Ridge Manufactured Home Community,...
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Ojai Valley Estates turns back rent challenge
By Deane Sargent Pictures by Timothy Teague The resident group at Ojai Valley Estates, Ojai, CA is pleased to announce that they have successfully defended their rent control status from a...
View ArticleAB 1269 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY!!!
AB 1269 passed the State Assembly at about 5:00 PM today, Friday, September 15! Next stop – the Governor’s desk! More details will be posted here soon.
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Mobilehome residents express solutions and concerns at YMRA meeting on Sept. 9
By Manny B. Sandoval | Source | On Saturday, Sept. 9, Yucaipa Mobilehome Residents Association held its monthly meeting at the Yucaipa Women’s Club. Over 60 residents showed up to express their...
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By Mike Harris | Source | A class-action rent-control settlement has been reached between 42 elderly, low-income residents of the Ranch Mobile Home Park in downtown Thousand Oaks and the park’s owner....
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Housing advocates will rally at Sonoma Plaza
Housing advocates rallied outside the Santa Rosa City Council Chambers last year By Sonoma Index-Tribune Staff | Source | Housing advocates will rally on the Sonoma Plaza on Friday, Sept. 22, as part...
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‘The rent is too damn high!’
At the rally, from left: Sonoma Mayor Rachel Hundley; event organizer Ann Colichidas ; and attorney Evan Livingstone. From Sonoma Valley Sun | Source | The fight for dignified and affordable homes for...
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Peninsula mobile home tenants sue park owner for jacking up rents
Lawsuit states eight tenants received illegal rent hikes of up to 20 percent since 2014 Patricia Dunsford, from left, and Francoise DeWeese, Trailer Villa RV Park residents and plaintiffs in a lawsuit...
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Purchase to Save Buena Vista Mobile Home Park is Complete
A home in the Buena Vista mobilehome park From the City of Palo Alto website | Source | The Santa Clara County Housing Authority (SCCHA) has finalized the purchase of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park...
View ArticleSDG&E Expands Pilot Program to Upgrade Services at Mobile Home Parks
By Debbie L. Sklar | Source | San Diego Gas & Electric announced Friday that it’s been authorized to expand a pilot program to upgrade utility services at mobile home parks. By December, SDG&E...
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Vallejo’s mobile home renters, park owners, to face off at meeting
A group of Vallejo mobile home park residents and supporters picketed in front of City Hall and the Vallejo Housing Authority back in August in response to the accidental repeal, and intentional delay...
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Mobile homes often trade in a ‘gray market.’ Owners now have a chance to...
Michelle Hutson and her husband Michael Hutson were introduced to the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Fee and Tax Waiver Program after she inherited her mother’s mobile...
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Mobile home park residents continue to fight for their rights
More than 30 residents attended a meeting at the Willits Library hoping to get questions answers and issues addressed from legal representatives. By Ariel Carmona Jr. | Source | More than 30 residents...
View ArticleRELIEF FUND FOR MHP RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY NORTH BAY FIRES
GSMOL leaders in the Santa Rosa / Napa / Sonoma / Mendocino areas are setting up a fund to help victims of the disastrous fires which have burned down at least one mobilehome park and left many...
View ArticleCouncil takes first vote on Vallejo mobile home rent control
By John Glidden | Source | Rent stabilization for mobile home parks may soon return to the city. The Vallejo City Council voted 6-0 during its Oct. 10 meeting to hold on first reading an ordinance...
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Affordability crisis hits LA’s trailer parks
A mobilehome park in Rowland Heights By Rina Palta | Source | Los Angeles County officials say rising rents and low vacancy rates aren’t limited to rental apartments— the affordability crisis is now...
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