Mobilehome park rent in San Jose: the local rules

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Annual increase limit	Cumulative total of maximum annual percentage increase for the current and previous year, applied to the then current base rent. Applies: Last rent increase was more than 24 months before the current rent increase. § 17.22.450 · code text If the effective date of the last rent increase for the rental unit was more than twenty-four months prior to the effective date of the current rent increase, then a rent increase equal to the cumulative total of the maximum annual percentage increase for the current year and the previous year, as applied to the then current base rent.
Petitions and pass-throughs	The landlord may ask for an increase above the allowable amounts by filing a petition for a fair return determination. Applies: Allowable rent increase does not provide the landlord a fair and reasonable return. § 17.22.470 · code text However, in the event a rent increase in the amounts specified in Section 17.22.450 does not provide the landlord with a fair and reasonable return, the landlord may request an increase in excess of said amounts by filing a petition in accordance with the provisions of Part 6 of this chapter. A rent increase above the specified amounts requires approval by an administrative hearing officer. Applies: Rent increase exceeds the amounts specified in the code's allowable-increase section. § 17.22.660 · code text No rent increase in excess of the amounts specified in Section 17.22.450 shall be effective unless notice is given in accordance with the provisions of this section and such excess is approved by an administrative hearing officer.
When a home is sold or vacated	A rent increase is allowed immediately after the landlord terminates the tenancy under the Mobilehome Residency Law. Applies: Landlord termination of the mobilehome owner's tenancy under the specified Mobilehome Residency Law provisions. § 17.22.450 · code text Any rent increase immediately following the termination of the tenancy of the mobilehome owner by the landlord in accordance with the Mobilehome Residency Law, California Civil Code Sections 798.55 through 798.58 and Section 798.60, as amended. A rent increase is allowed immediately after a voluntary vacancy by the mobilehome owner. Applies: Voluntary vacancy by the mobilehome owner. § 17.22.450 · code text Any rent increase immediately following a voluntary vacancy by the mobilehome owner. A rent increase is allowed immediately after a vacancy by the mobilehome tenant. Applies: Prior tenant was evicted for nonpayment, bad checks, chronic late payment, waste, nuisance, unlawful use, or another material violation of a reasonable written rental-agreement provision. § 17.22.450 · code text A vacancy occurring because the prior mobilehome tenant was evicted for nonpayment of rent; issuance by the tenant of checks drawn against insufficient funds or closed accounts; chronically late payment of rent; the tenant's commission of waste upon the mobilehome; the tenant's maintenance, commission or permitting of a nuisance on the premises; the tenant's use of the premises for an unlawful purpose; or other material violation of a reasonable provision of a written rental agreement; or A rent increase is allowed immediately after the prior tenant voluntarily vacates the mobilehome. Applies: Voluntary vacation by the prior tenant, except a termination notice that does not state a legally qualifying three-day eviction reason. § 17.22.450 · code text A voluntary vacation of the mobilehome by the prior tenant.

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San Jose's code: Cumulative total of maximum annual percentage increase for the current and previous year, applied to the then current base rent. (Last rent increase was more than 24 months before the current rent increase.) (§ 17.22.450); The landlord may ask for an increase above the allowable amounts by filing a petition for a fair return determination. (Allowable rent increase does not provide the landlord a fair and reasonable return.) (§ 17.22.470).

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