California Mobile Home News & Blog
MHET publishes a blog and monthly newsletter for distribution for mobile home owners living in rental housing communities in the MHET tri-county region.
Water, Conserve it, Save Money and California
Last year Californians weathered the driest year on record and the drought conditions are continuing. Orange County has done an amazing job in the last decade at conserving our states water supply. Our population has continued to grow but our water consumption has not...
Paying with your Credit Card at the Pump could result in Information theft.
13 people have been indicted for using skimmers, a Bluetooth-enabled technology that reads and transmits your credit card data, to steal over $2 million in a one-year period. Although all of these were found in gas stations in: Texas, Georgia and South Carolina we now...
Rain Gutters
With winter rainstorms upon us now is the time to check your rain gutters and roofs. If your gutters are clogged with leaves or other debris, eroding, or falling off they are not doing their job of draining water from your roof. When rain sits on your roof it can...
Mobile Home Park Subdivisions
This year the State Senate signed into law SB 510, which allows (it does not require), a survey of the park residents to be taken into consideration when approving or disapproving the conversion of a park to fee ownership through a subdivision. This means that the...
FREE Tax Preparation
Senator Lou Correa and State Controller John Chiang together with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program are offering one day of free tax preparation for those whose annual household income is less than $52,000. Where: Horizon Cross Cultural Center, 3707 West...
Affordable Housing and Rising Rents
Sometimes it seems as though affordable housing is hard to find and rents seem to be on the rise. Of course, the term “affordable” is subjective to begin with and it is easy to point the finger at the “greedy landlord”, but what is truly behind the lack of affordable...
Vacant Rental Unit Scam
These scammers are targeting Bank owned mobilehome repos and vacant homes in your mobilehome community and are attempting to "rent" these homes to people in your area. Here is how it is working. The scammer's drive around your community and identify any vacant homes....
Utility SCAM
Scam artists often target homeowners and many times use well known businesses as a cover to gain your trust. The most recent scam that has been reported to us is one that involves a caller identifying themselves as an employee of the utility company Edison. They state...
Changes to the Mobile Home Residency Laws for 2014
While 2013 saw quite a few updates in the Mobile Home Residency Law (MRL) 2014 noted only a few. The biggest update was made in accordance to Senate Bill 196 which amends Civil Code Section 798.40. This change allows park management to either post the website where a...
The Latest Computer Virus
There is a new Virus circulating through the nation via e-mail. It will enter into your inbox as a UPS/FedEx/USPS Delivery Failure Notice. This is how it works: You will receive an e-mail from one of the above shipping companies that contains a packet number. It will...
