STATE OF CALIFORNIA - BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES AND HOUSING AGENCY GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF CODES AND STANDARDS
9342
Tech Center Drive, Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95826 -- P.O. Box 277820, Sacramento, CA 95827-7820
(800) 952-8356 / TTY (800) 735-2929 / FAX (916) 854-2564
HCD
Website: www.hcd.ca.gov
January 22, 2024
INFORMATION BULLETIN 2024-01 (MP, MRLPP)
TO: Manufactured Home Homeowners
Mobilehome Park Owners
Legal Service Providers
FROM: Kyle Krause, Deputy Director
Division of Codes and Standards
SUBJECT: Assembly Bill 318—Mobilehome Residency Law Protection
Program
This Information Bulletin (IB) supersedes IB 2018-03 and provides notification of recent
legislative changes to the Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Act (Act).
The IB
informs all interested parties of programmatic changes to the Mobilehome Residency
Law Protection Program (MRLPP) as a result of the changes to the Act.
The MRLPP provides an additional avenue to resolve Mobilehome Residency Law
(MRL) disputes by connecting mobilehome homeowners residing in mobilehome parks
with legal resources.
Participation in this program does not delay civil actions to enforce
MRL.
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) administers
the program by contracting with non-profit legal service providers (LSP) and referring
complaints of alleged MRL violations the contracted LSPs to assist in the resolution of
MRL complaints.
Pursuant to the Act, HCD may not arbitrate, mediate, negotiate, or
provide legal advice in connection with mobile home park rent disputes, lease or rental
agreements, or disputes arising from lease or rental agreements, but may provide
information on these issues.
The MRLPP is funded by an annual registration fee of $10 for each permitted
mobilehome lot, collected from mobilehome park management at the same time as the
annual operating permit fees.
Mobile home park management may pass on and collect
the fee or a portion of the fee from the homeowner at the time of rent payment. The
annual registration fee must appear as separate line item in the bill and be
accompanied by a clear written description of the purpose of the charge, along with
contact information for HCD.
Information Bulletin 2024-01
Page 2
Assembly Bill 318 (Chapter 736, Statutes of 2023) (AB 318) extends the Act and
MRLPP through January 1, 2027, and adds an annual reporting requirement.
All
complaints previously submitted to the MRLPP prior to January 1, 2024, will continue to
be processed.
Additionally, AB 318 eliminates several requirements of the MRLPP process.
As of
January 1, 2024, the Act no longer requires:
• HCD to use good faith efforts to select the most severe, deleterious, and
materially and economically impactful alleged violations of the MRL.
• HCD to select a sample of these complaints that satisfy geographic
representation of the state for evaluation.
• Parties to negotiate in good faith to resolve the matter for 25 days prior to referral
to an LSP.
HCD will continue to intake all complaints and refer any alleged violations within HCD’s
jurisdiction to the appropriate program within the Division of Codes and Standards,
those not within the HCD’s jurisdiction to the appropriate enforcement agency, and any
alleged violation of the MRL to a contracted LSP.
For questions regarding this IB, outlined programmatic changes, or to submit an
MRLPP complaint, contact HCD at MHAssistance@hcd.ca.gov or (800) 952-8356.
