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City of Santa Ana Mobile Home Parks Assessment of Existing Conditions and Policy Options May 21, 2019 Executive Summary During the April 16, 2019 Council meeting, staff was directed to assess existing conditions and explore options in response to public comments from mobile home residents concerning an increase in space rent. Specifically, the City Council requested: 1. An inventory of Santa Ana Mobile Home Parks, average rents, increases over the last five year period, and the reasons why rent increases are taking place; 2. Legal options available to the City (e.g. space rent stabilization ordinance or other tools) as well as other rental assistance or relief programs available for mobile home owners; and 3. Staff meet with Bali Hi Mobile Home Park management ("Bali Hi") to: a. Gather more information; b. Discuss their rental assistance program; and c. Request that they defer their space rent increase effective date. In response to this direction, staff convened an interdepartmental working group consisting of staff from the City Managers Office, City Attorney's Office, Planning and Building Agency, Community Development Agency, and Information Technology. The working group met three times over a two -week period to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the City of Santa Ana's mobile home parks. A list of the 29 mobile home parks was compiled with detailed information for each park including the park address and phone number, year built, age restrictions (if applicable), owner of record, and assessor's parcel number. The mobile home parks were mapped by Council Ward (Attachment 1) and an individual map prepared showing the boundaries of each mobile home park (Attachment 2). A drive -by inspection of each mobile home park was completed. The condition of the major physical components was assigned a rating, and a general rating was then assigned for the overall condition of each mobile home park. The majority of the parks (55%) were found to be in "overall excellent condition" or "average condition" (34%). Only 10% of the parks were rated as "needing improvement" (Attachment 3). A phone survey of the rents for a portion of the City's parks (24%), was completed. Information gathered included the high and low rents, the "move -in" rents, the number of rent increases during the past five years, the reason for the rent increase(s), and the amount of the rent increase(s), ie, whether a flat rate increase, percentage increase or tied to the consumer price index. Data on the rent increases from Housing Authority assisted mobile home owners over the last five years was also gathered. The complete data is provided in Attachment 4. r1 65A-5