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MOBILEHOME RENT SPACE STABILIZATION ORDINANCES (ALAMEDA COUNTY JURISDICTIONS) <br />Effective Date # of Mobilehome Communities Permissible Rent Increases <br />(# of Spaces) <br />Alameda County: <br />Alameda County: <br />Alameda County: <br />Original: 1990 <br />20 parks (644) <br />• 4% maximum increase in rent/year for existing <br />Revised: 4/11/2017 <br />tenant with required County notice; <br />Only applies to unincorporated <br />• Can petition non-standard rent increases once a <br />Alameda County. <br />year that includes Capital Improvements; Non- <br />standard rent increases: <br />• Unanticipated operating costs; <br />• Capital improvements; <br />• Vacancy decontrol if voluntary transfer or removal of <br />MH, abandonment, or eviction. <br />Fremont: <br />Fremont: <br />Fremont: <br />Established: July 12, 2016 <br />3 parks (732); <br />• Rent regulation exemption to MH Park residents with <br />pre-existing rental agreements that cite CA Civ. <br />Code Sections 798.17(a) & (b); <br />• Greater of 60% of CPI, 3% of rent, or $10/month <br />allowed rent increase; <br />• Cap of 6% increase in 12 month period; <br />• 100% pro-rata share of capital improvements costs <br />pass -through allowed with prescriptive approval <br />process; <br />• Partial vacancy decontrol of 15% rent increase for <br />initial turnover; <br />• Full vacancy decontrol if new home, eviction, <br />abandonment. Exception to vacancy decontrol if MH <br />is transferred to family, domestic partner or joint <br />tenant. <br />Hayward: <br />Hayward: <br />Hayward: <br />Established: August 29, 2008 <br />9 parks (2,231) <br />• Greater of 3% or 60% of CPI; cannot be greater than <br />6% in a 12 month period; noticing requirements; <br />• Can petition non-standard rent increases once a <br />year; <br />• No "banking" of prior year unrealized allowed rent <br />increases; <br />• Can request a hearing to evaluate non-standard rent <br />increases including unanticipated operating costs <br />and capital improvements; <br />• Strict vacancy control; <br />• No provision for capital improvement pass -through; <br />Other Requirements <br />Alameda County: <br />• Staffing: Rent Review Officer (portion of an FTE job description) <br />& Hearing Officer on call as -needed; <br />• Accountability to City: registration required and fee paid by parks <br />owners with partial pass -through (50%) to MH Park residents; <br />• Hearings with a petition by renter of a MH space; <br />• Appeals allowed to Rent Review Officer, then to Housing <br />Director, then to Board of Supervisors. <br />• Direct costs to evaluate a non-standard rent increase request to <br />be paid by MH Park Owner. <br />Fremont: <br />• Staffing: Rent Review Officer (portion of an FTE job description) <br />& Hearing Officer on call as -needed; <br />• Accountability to City: fee paid by parks owners with proscriptive <br />pass -through to MH Park residents and allowed only one <br />time/year; <br />• Hearings with a petition by renter of a MH space; <br />• Protections for retaliation against MH owners. <br />Hayward: <br />• Staffing: Rent Review Officer (portion of an FTE job description) <br />& Hearing Officer on call as -needed; <br />• Accountability to City: fee paid by parks owners with allowed 50% <br />pass -through pro-rata share to MH Park residents with required <br />notice; <br />• Provisions for rent dispute resolution and arbitration hearings; <br />• Appeals allowed; <br />• Protections for retaliation against MH owners. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />