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Manufactured Housing Educational Trust (MHET) <br />Mobile Home Rental Assistance Program <br />What is the Program? <br />The MHET Rental Assistance Program provides monthly rent subsidies to qualified mobile home park <br />residents. It has been serving low-income mobile home owners for ovr twenty-five years. The program <br />was designed to provide temporary assistance for qualified mobile home owners who are on the waiting <br />list for government rent subsidy programs (Section 8, etc.). The program has been a tremendous success <br />as a completely privately funded and supported program. <br />Who administers the program? <br />The program is administered by the Manufactured Housing Educational Trust (MHET), a non-profit <br />mobile home park owners trade association. Applications are reviewed by an objective and independent <br />third party and approved based on established criteria with annual reviews to verify continued eligibility <br />and need. <br />How does the program work? <br />Once an applicant is approved, a "rent credit" in the amount of the rent subsidy is given each month on <br />the recipient's monthly rent statement. Typical subsidies are 10% of the rent. However, in some cases, <br />where the need exists, mobile home park owners may approve higher subsides. <br />How long does it take to be approved for the program? <br />Applications are generally processed within one month with the subsidy beginning within one to two <br />months after receipt of the application. <br />Who pays the monthly rent subsidy? <br />The owner of the mobile home park community where the applicant lives pays the subsidy. <br />Does the rent subsidy have to be refunded or paid back? <br />No. The subsidy is a gift that does not have to be paid back. <br />Why was this program established? <br />MHET established this program because the waiting list for government rent subsidy programs (Section <br />8) was typically several years long. Since many mobile home park owners were already helping their <br />residents on an informal basis while they waited for Section 8, MHET decided to formalize a park owner <br />funded program and make rental assistance available to all qualified mobile home park residents in the <br />MHET tri -county service area — Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. <br />How many mobile home owners (mobile home owner/park residents) have been <br />helped by this privately funded program? <br />Hundreds have been helped by the program over the past twenty-five plus years the program has been <br />serving mobile home owners. <br />For an Application or More Information Contact: <br />Mobile Home Rental Assistance Program <br />25241 Paseo de Alicia • Suite 120 • Laguna Hills • California • 92653 <br />(949) 380-3311 <br />Revised 111215 <br />