California Mobile Home News & Blog

Manufactured homes are subject to Proposition 13 under which the county assessor determines the base year value of a manufactured home, which is generally the market value at the time of purchase. Thereafter, annual increases to the base year value are limited to the...

Owners of mobile homes who are renting space in a mobile home park may apply for renters tax credits when the Internal Revenue Service or the State Franchise Tax Board offers them. The Sate of California Franchise Tax Board lists the following criteria to qualify for...

The 2016 tax season is in full swing and with that comes the increased potential for identity theft. Criminals are not just after your credit cards anymore, now they are targeting your tax refund.  In January the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported an almost...

Does state law regulate rent increases in mobilehome parks? No, state law does not regulate the amount of a rent increase in a mobilehome park.  Rent stabilization is a “local control issue”.  The MRL does require a park to give residents a 90-day advance written...

Everyone gets excited about the prospects of winning the lottery and striking it rich.  As lottery fever increases it is important to remember the original purpose of establishing the lottery back in 1984 was to help fund education.  The California State Lottery Act...

State governments have become more assertive in taking control of unclaimed cash. These unclaimed assets can be in the form of paychecks not cashed, life insurance policies uncollected, or forgotten bank account balances. There are some states that have attempted to...

Why do mobile home park residents have to pay taxes on their mobilehomes in addition to paying the park owner a fee for property taxes? Mobile home owners, who are park residents, pay for the park’s property taxes either through their rent or sometimes through...

The Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) handles the inspection of Mobile Home Parks in most cities in California. The park is given notice of the inspection and the notice should be posted in a conspicuous location in the park. It is your...

Mobile home owners frequently ask of the Park can charge the resident a late fee if they miss paying the rent and utility bill by one day?  The answer is as follows: Late fees on rents, utility charges or other pass through fees are not regulated by the MRL, however,...

El Nino is the cyclical warming of the surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean at the equator. This type of ocean temperature change (like its opposite La Nina), occurs in irregular periods, usually every few years to create global weather patterns. Following these...