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Mobilehome park rent in Mountain View

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Annual increase limit	Annual increase is 60% of the February-to-February rise in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward region. § 46.1.30 · code text The annual general adjustment shall be equal to sixty percent (60%) of the annual percentage increase from February to February in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward region, or any successor designation of that index, as reported and published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The annual increase is no more than 3%. § 46.1.30 · code text In no event shall the annual general adjustment be more than three percent (3%). The annual increase is 0%. Applies: Applies if the CPI change is negative. § 46.1.30 · code text If the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index is negative, the annual general adjustment shall be zero percent (0%). Any later increase using accumulated, unimplemented annual adjustments is limited to a maximum of 10%. § 46.1.30 · code text Any such subsequent rent increase shall be subject to a maximum annual increase limit of ten percent (10%).
Spaces covered	Newly constructed spaces first held out for rent after January 1, 1990 are fully exempt. § 46.1.20 · code text each newly constructed space initially held out for rent after January 1, 1990 is fully exempt from this Chapter. A tenancy under a qualifying lease over 12 months is generally exempt while the lease or its extension continues. Applies: Applies to leases over 12 months that meet the state Civil Code criteria. § 46.1.20 · code text A tenancy for a mobile home space that is created by a qualifying lease agreement in excess of twelve (12) months' duration that meets the criteria identified in California Civil Code Sections 798.17(b)(1) through 798.17(b)(5), as those sections may be amended, is a temporarily exempt tenancy A space not used and occupied as a principal residence is temporarily exempt until it is. Applies: Applies to spaces not used and occupied as a principal or primary residence. § 46.1.20 · code text A mobile home space that is not used and not occupied as a principal or primary residence by the mobile home owner or a tenant of a mobile home landlord is temporarily exempt unless and until the mobile home space is used and occupied as a principal or primary residence
How often rent can go up	Rent can go up only once in any 12-month period. § 46.1.25 · code text Rent may be increased only once in any twelve (12) month period starting September 1, 2022.
Petitions and pass-throughs	A park owner may petition the Rental Housing Committee for an increase above the annual adjustment for fair return. Applies: Only one fair-return petition per park or mobile home in any 12 months. § 46.1.50 · code text A mobile home landlord or park owner may petition for a rent increase in excess of the annual general adjustment in order to obtain a fair return. The city may accept no more than one (1) fair return petition applicable to a mobile home park or an individual mobile home in any twelve (12) month period. A park owner may apply to the committee to pass capital improvement costs to affected owners. Approval comes before collection. Applies: Applies to capital improvement cost recovery. § 46.1.35 · code text Pursuant to this section, a park owner may file an application with the committee or designee, on a form approved by the committee, to pass through capital improvement costs to mobile home owners in mobile home spaces that are subject to this chapter. Capital improvement pass-through costs may not exceed 5% of base rent. Applies: Applies to an approved capital improvement pass-through. § 46.1.35 · code text No pass-through cost recovery may be approved under this section if the amount allowed to be a pass-through cost would equal more than five (5) percent of the base rent. A park owner may recover no more than 50% of capital improvement costs from mobile home owners. Applies: Applies to a capital improvement pass-through. § 46.1.35 · code text A park owner may only recover up to fifty (50) percent of the capital improvement costs from mobile home owners.
When a home is sold or vacated	The park owner may set the base rent for a new tenant without regard to the last lawful rent. Applies: Applies after legal termination of the owner's tenancy, abandonment of a mobile home in place, or replacement by a commercial purchaser. § 46.1.25 · code text provided, however, that the park owner shall be permitted to set the base rent for a new tenant without regard to the last lawful rent applicable to the mobile home space following: The mobile home landlord may set the maximum rent for the mobile home. Applies: Applies when a new tenancy of a mobile home begins. § 46.1.25 · code text Upon commencement of a new tenancy of a mobile home, the mobile home landlord may establish the maximum rent for the mobile home.

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Does Mountain View limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Mountain View's code: Annual increase is 60% of the February-to-February rise in the CPI-U for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward region. (§ 46.1.30); The annual increase is no more than 3%. (§ 46.1.30).

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