Mobile home park owners are firing back at a proposed rent control ordinance, calling it a useless headache that will only trigger legal drama.
They claim the city is interfering with long-term leases that already work and warned that if this passes, residents will lose those protections for good.
The owners say the city's math is a total fail. While the council wants to cap hikes at 6%, owners say they need at least 6.5% just to survive a 35% spike in insurance and payroll.
Their ultimatum? CPI isn't enough. They’re demanding "CPI plus 2%" and the right to hike rents when homes are sold, or they claim the parks will fall apart.
Park operators argue they are already "good operators" with a track record of well-maintained communities and modest increases.
They pointed out that there isn't a single record of a resident being displaced for financial reasons.
Instead of a rigid ordinance, owners are pushing for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which they say would keep bureaucracy lean while preserving the private rental assistance programs they currently fund out of their own pockets.
It’s "fair returns" vs. affordable housing, who’s going to blink first?
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