Does Riverside limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Riverside's code: 80% of CPI increase (12 months to July 31), at most 4% of base rent; may be at least 2%. (Applies to automatic annual increases starting January 1, 2026 and each following January 1.) (§ 5.75.100); Covers city mobile home parks and residents under rental agreements of 12 months or less; Civil Code exclusions apply. (§ 5.75.020).

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Annual increase limit	80% of CPI increase (12 months to July 31), at most 4% of base rent; may be at least 2%. Applies: Applies to automatic annual increases starting January 1, 2026 and each following January 1. § 5.75.100 · code text Commencing on January 1, 2026 and on or after January 1 of each year thereafter, the annual rent may be increased by an amount over the existing annual rent by an amount which does not exceed 80 percent of the percentage increase in the CPI for the 12-month period ending July 31 of the prior year provided, however, that the annual automatic increase shall be no more than four percent of the base rent and may be at least two percent of the base rent charged prior to the increase.
Spaces covered	Covers city mobile home parks and residents under rental agreements of 12 months or less; Civil Code exclusions apply. § 5.75.020 · code text The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any mobile home park within the corporate limits of the City and to those residents who reside in or hold an ownership in a Mobile Home under a Rental Agreement, whether oral or in writing, of 12 months or less in duration. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any Mobile Home Park or portion thereof excluded pursuant to the provisions of Section 798.45 of the Civil Code or to any Rental Agreement exempt pursuant to the provisions of Section 798.21 of the Civil Code, as amended from time to time.
How often rent can go up	Rent may increase once each calendar year. § 5.75.120 · code text No rent increase shall be imposed by a mobile home park owner more frequently than once each calendar year.
Petitions and pass-throughs	Owners may apply to the City Manager to review a proposed rent increase; the Rent Review Hearing Board decides. Applies: Applies to rent increases not excluded; specified capital improvement and tax-related increases go to the Administrator. § 5.75.130 · code text A mobile home park owner shall submit an application for the review of a proposed increase in rent not excluded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter ("rent increase review") prior to the issuance of the written notice required by Section 798.30 of the Civil Code. Such application for review shall be filed with the City Manager. Capital improvement increases need 51 percent of occupied spaces to consent, unless needed to protect health and safety. Applies: Applies to capital improvement rent increases; amortized over the useful life and apportioned equally among all spaces. § 5.75.130 · code text Fifty-one percent of the occupied spaces in the park, with one vote per space, have consented to the capital improvement;
When a home is sold or vacated	Rent increases on sale of a mobile home or vacancy of space are not subject to the chapter's rent limits. Applies: Applies to sale of a mobile home or vacancy of the space. § 5.75.100 · code text A rental increase that occurs upon the sale of a mobile home or if the space is vacant.

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