Recent Posts in Mobile Home Law Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 17-May-2021 Profits Over People: Investors Try to Commodify One of the Last Viable Sources of Affordable Housing TIME Magazine uses a case study of a manufactured home community in Akron, New York to explore how investors are commodifying the mobile home industry. By raising rents to increase returns, big companies are putting America’s most vulnerable ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 8-Apr-2021 How Los Angeles Is Using Tiny Homes to Help with Homelessness Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission recently opened a Tiny Home Village to provide interim housing and services for people without homes in Los Angeles. The village, which occupies a one-acre plot in North Hollywood, has 39 units, on-site laundry, and ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 1-Apr-2021 What Is Landlord Tenant Law? Landlord-tenant law refers to a body of laws that regulate rental properties and outline the rights and responsibilities of both landlords and tenants. The landlord is the person who owns the property, and the tenant is the person who pays to rent ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 22-Mar-2021 How Mobile Homes Work As Affordable Housing The term, “mobile home,” is outdated and calls to mind “ trailer parks, ‘redneck Riverias,’ and Kentucky double-wides,” but the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy argues that manufactured homes (the new term for ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 8-Feb-2021 What Are the Most Common Personal Injury Cases? The most common personal injury cases are car accident claims and slips, trips, and falls. Because of our special focus on mobile home and real estate law, however, the most common personal injury cases we see at Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP are ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 22-Jan-2021 Do Big Investors Mean Predatory Practices in American Mobile Home Parks? Mobile homes are one of the last remaining options for affordable housing in the United States. Unfortunately, big investors are all too ready to take advantage. Across the country, investors like Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), The Carlyle Group, ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 8-Jan-2021 What Is Black Mold? More commonly known as black mold, Stachybotrys chartarum is a toxigenic indoor mold linked to serious health problems. Like other indoor molds, black mold can grow in areas of the home that are warm, humid, and damp. When the mold reproduces via ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 6-Nov-2020 Are Tiny Houses and Mobile Homes the Same? Although mobile homes and tiny houses are similar, California law does not view them the same way. Many other states are also struggling to adapt to the tiny house movement, and people who want to live in tiny houses often find themselves thwarted by ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 9-Apr-2020 What You Should Know About Filing a Case Against the Owner of Your Mobile Home Park The owner of a mobile home park is more than just the person with their name on the deed. Mobile home park owners are often responsible for maintaining the park, fixing problems brought forth by residents, providing utilities, coordinating with local ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 7-Oct-2019 Mobile Home Park Rent Increases - Do I Need an Attorney? Throughout the United States, the price of rent is a major issue for many tenants. Especially in states like California where housing prices are higher than ever before, issues surrounding rent increases top the list of concerns for working-class ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 22-Aug-2019 What You Should Know as a Mobile Homeowner The state of California contains about 4,800 mobile home parks. If you own a mobile home, chances are, you live in one of them. Mobile home parks are plots of land that are subdivided into smaller, separated lots. Each lot or space has a utility ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 15-Jul-2019 Mobile Home Residents: Know Your Rights Whether you pay rent in an apartment or you live in a mobile home park, the state of California has laws in place to protect your rights. Similar to landlord-tenant law, the Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL) is enforced by the courts. While mobile home ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 19-Jun-2019 My Mobile Home Park is Closing. Can I Take Legal Action? When you live in a mobile park, you may own your home outright – but the land around it is rented from a mobile park owner. Of course, that means that the park landlord technically has the right to stop operating their park, which could lead to ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 16-Aug-2018 The Trump Administration Targets Fair Housing Protections Since its implementation in 1968, the Fair Housing Act has offered many opportunities to minority citizens who want to rent or purchase housing property. Under the provisions of the act, it is illegal to discriminate against potential home owners ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 19-Feb-2018 What Grounds Does a Landlord Need to Terminate Mobile Home Park Tenancy? If you own a mobile home and rent a lot, it is crucial that you understand your rights as a mobile home park tenant. Evictions are serious matters. The owner or operator, otherwise known as the landlord, of the mobile park you are renting a lot in ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen Semelsberger Kaelin, LLP 2-Feb-2018 What Are the Rights and Duties of Mobile Home Landlords and Tenants? As a mobile home tenant, it is in your best interest to have a clear understanding or your rights and what is expected of you as a tenant. However, your landlord has duties he or she must also uphold, and can be held accountable when those duties are ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 15-Nov-2017 Mobile Home Park Inspections: What Should I Expect? Over 21 million Americans live in mobile homes throughout the country. This accounts for nearly 8% of the country’s population. Many of these homes were not built up to current wind standards. With all the recent hurricanes taking place ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 8-Nov-2017 Does a Mobile Home Park Owner Have to Meet with Residents to Discuss Disputes? When it comes to disputes between tenants and landlords, there are procedures that must be followed by both parties in order for any resolutions to be considered legal. Mobile home park owners are required by law to provide a process for establishing ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 25-Sep-2017 Can the Mobile Home Park Owner Evict Me? In California, the rights of mobile home residents are strictly enforced in order to protect park inhabitants and owners alike. If your mobile park owner threatens to evict you, know that they may only do so with a just cause. Not only must an owner ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 14-Sep-2017 Is Your Mobile Home Park Violating the Fair Housing Act? In California, the Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. In addition to this, the Act also prohibits discrimination based on a person’s ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 7-Sep-2017 Mobile Home Park Closure & Conversion: Know Your Rights Many people are affected when a mobile home park closes or converts its operation. In this blog, we explain what mobile home park tenants can expect during these transitions and how to protect their legal rights. Notice of Closure California laws ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 5-Sep-2017 Evictions: Do I Have a Case Against My Mobile Home Park Owner? People who own a mobile home or rent a lot in a mobile home park, are considered to be mobile home park tenants. In order for these people to be evicted from their homes, special rules must first be followed. In this blog, we explain the process for ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 27-Mar-2017 Residents of California Hawaiian Mobile Estates Settle Case for $9,900,000 In 2007, the residents of the California Hawaiian Mobile Estates decided that they’d had enough. Their park, once well-maintained and beautiful, had become a rundown eyesore. Park lighting was held up by rebar and duct tape. The clubhouse was ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 15-Feb-2017 Why You Should Never Sign a Lease Once You Are a Park Resident When a mobile home park resident moves into a park, they are required to sign a lease. This is the only lease a resident is ever required to sign and it should be the only lease ever signed. It may not shock you to learn that the lease offered by the ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 10-Feb-2017 What Are My Rights as a Mobile Home Owner? Mobile home laws vary across state lines. What may be true for mobile home lots in Florida, may not be true for lots in Kansas or Washington. Your rights as a California mobile home owner start with the California Mobile Home Residency Law (MRL). ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 6-Feb-2017 What Do I Need to Know About the California Mobile Home Residency Law? Starting in the 1950s, mobile homes were used as an inexpensive housing option for people who wanted to own their homes. As of 2013, around 20 million Americans live in mobile homes across the United States. In California, one of the most populous ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 19-Jan-2017 Mobile Home Case to Change California Law The residents of a San Diego mobile home park, Terrace View Mobile Home Estates (“Terrace View”), recently won a case which will change the law in California. For the first time, a jury found that a park owner may not charge unreasonable ... Continue Reading Posted By Allen, Semelsberger & Kaelin LLP 7-Jul-2016 Jury Awards $58,389,000 to Households of Terrace View Mobile Home Park On July 6, 2016, a San Diego civil jury awarded $58,389,000 to 10 households of the Terrace View Mobile Home Park. For more information on this success, read our press release: ... Continue Reading