Answer: No. There is a legal process to make new rules and regulations valid. It is detailed in the MRL 798.25 and … Read More
It may be hard to believe, but in the red-hot housing market of the Bay Area, there are some homeowners who may still lose money when they sell their homes. Thousands of mobile home owners are feeling the squeeze from … Read More
On Wednesday April 27th there was a LA Housing Department—Mobile Home Park Task Force (MHPTF) meeting in Van Nuys. The purpose of the MHPTF is to “provide a forum which allows full discussion of issues in mobilehome parks. The members … Read More
By Steve Molski March 17, 2005 (Reprinted from a San Diego Union Tribune)
There is a great misconception regarding mobile home parks. Many years ago people traveled considerably, towing travel trailers, some as small as 12 feet and some as … Read More
This newsletter is devoted to the subject termed “park management problems” by the Senate Select Committee on Mobile and Manufactured Homes (Senator Joseph Dunn, Chairman).
Actually the “problems” include actions park managers and owners take against residents. These include violations … Read More
Recently some residents of Belmont Shores Mobile Estates in Long Beach won a significant out-of-court settlement in a Failure-to-Maintain lawsuit. The residents’ complaints included problems with the sewer system, storm drain system, and electrical system, home leveling, and inappropriate behavior … Read More
Editor’s Note: COMO-CAL began in November 2004 as CoMO-LAC (Coalition of Mobilehome Owners – Los Angeles County). A year later it went state-wide as COMO-CAL.
This is the beginning of a new column in our CoMO-LAC newsletter – part of … Read More
Editor’s Note: Our friend Clay Harrison provided us this “A Guide to Selling a Manufactured Home” in 2004. We have lost track of Clay, but thank him for his contribution. We feel much of this “Guide” still applies today, 11 … Read More
PREAMBLE
The following document is a declaration of the basic rights of the mobile park homeowner/tenant. This declaration is necessary because, in general, mobilehome park rules and regulations do not properly address the rights and protections to which homeowners/tenants are … Read More