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City of Santa Ana Mobile Home Parks <br />Assessment of Existing Conditions and Policy Options <br />May 21, 2019 <br />Mobile home park rent stabilization ordinances typically set a maximum percentage by <br />which space rents may be increased by mobile home park owners, and specify how <br />often mobile home park owners can increase the space rent. For example, the City of <br />Anaheim recently proposed that space rents may not be increased more than three <br />percent (3%) annually, or the change in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is <br />greater, during the period the ordinance is in effect. Additionally, rents could only be <br />increased one time in any twelve (12) month period. If the Council were to impose such <br />a cap, staff would contact the owners of all mobile home parks in the City to ensure they <br />are aware of the restriction and to allow for their input in the City's study of the matter as <br />it moves forward. <br />Mobile home park rent stabilization ordinances also typically provide a process by which <br />a mobile home park owner may petition to increase the rent in excess of the maximum <br />amount if the mobile home park owner believes the annual cap on mobilehome space <br />rent increases will prevent the owner from receiving a fair and reasonable return on his <br />or her property. The details of such a petition process would be detailed in any rent <br />stabilization ordinance adopted by the City Council. <br />Vacancy Control Ordinance <br />Typically, when a unit is sold to a new homebuyer, or rented to a new tenant, the new <br />owner/tenant is required to pay the "move -in" rents which are also considered the <br />.'market" rents. However, with "vacancy control", a mobile home park owner is <br />prohibited from increasing the space rent when a controlled unit changes hands. There <br />are different levels of vacancy control: <br />1. Full Vacancy Control: The rent on the space remains unchanged when the <br />mobile home is sold to a new owner; <br />2. Full Decontrol: When a mobile home is sold to a new owner, the park owner can <br />raise the space rent to any amount; and <br />3. Partial or Vacancy Decontrol: When a mobile home is sold to a new owner, the <br />park owner can raise the rent by a specified amount, which is usally tied to a <br />percentage of the consumer price index. <br />In <br />65A-21 <br />