Monthly Archives: June 2015

Management::Notice of Entry

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Management entry notification, and allowable entry in mobile home parks is far different from apartments as a general rule. This is due to the fact that Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks are unique; the park resident owns their mobile home and rent the land the home sits on.Management must be careful to properly notify the resident (home owner) when a home or land entry is necessary.

*If you live in a park owned mobile home and are renting the entire home, the rules for entering your home are the same as those living in an apartment.

For the residents who are homeowners the MRL spells out exactly what management must do if they need to enter your home and your rights in refusing entry.

  • Ownership may enter the home with prior written consent of the resident.
  • Consent may be revoked by the resident IN WRITING at any time
  • Ownership/Management shall gain entry onto the land which the mobile home sits, with proper notice, for
    • Maintenance of utilities
    • Maintenance of Trees or Driveways
    • Or for general maintenance of the premises in accordance with the rules and regulations.
  • Ownership may enter the home WITH OUT prior written consent of the resident
    • In case of emergency
    • If the resident has abandoned the home

What is Vacancy Decontrol?

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Vacancy decontrol is another term for allowing rent to change at the time of the turnover of the unit.   In other words when an apartment or mobile home has been rented at a specific rate or leased for a specific rate and the tenant or resident vacates the apartment or mobile home space, and a completely new tenant or park resident moves into the unit, the rent is only adjusted upon “turnover”.  This term is frequently used in areas where there is rent control and allows rents to be adjusted to “market rate” when a long term tenant or mobile home owner moves out.  In rent controlled jurisdictions, the new tenant receives the full benefit of the “stabilized” rent while they are occupying the unit, which is typically  below market rate.   The result of vacancy decontrol is a fully protected long term tenant and an owner of the property who is able realize a fair return on the unit once it is vacated.