Mobilehome park rent in Whittier

Annual rent increases shall be limited to seventy-five percent of the percentage change in the average CPI over the previous twelve-month period ending in September, or three percent of the rent charged at the time of increase, whichever is greater. In no event shall a rent increase exceed eight percent per each twelve-month period.

An application for rent increase shall not be approved if the rent increase for that year, plus any amount allowed for a fair and reasonable return on the mobilehome park owner's investment, will result in an increase of the rent from the prior year of an affected mobilehome owner by more than eight percent, unless otherwise determined by the RAA.

This chapter shall apply to all mobilehome park owners and mobilehome owners in mobilehome parks within the city of Whittier for which the relevant park(s) are annexed into the City on or after January 1, 2024, and such park was, immediately prior to annexation, within unincorporated Los Angeles County and such park(s) had been subject to a rent control ordinance substantially similar to that set forth in this chapter, unless otherwise exempted by state law or the provisions of this chapter.

This chapter also applies to mobilehome spaces containing recreation vehicles, as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 18010, as it may be amended from time to time, in which the owners of such recreational vehicles have been residing on the mobilehome space for nine or more consecutive months, and such mobilehome spaces were annexed into the city on or after January 1, 2024.

Mobilehome Spaces that meet the exemption requirements of the mobilehome residency law, or are otherwise expressly exempt under state or federal law.

Newly constructed mobilehome spaces which were initially held out for rent on or after January 1, 1990, per California Civil Code section 798.45.

Only one rent increase may be imposed on a mobilehome owner in any twelve-month period, unless otherwise permitted by the RAA pursuant to this chapter.

A mobilehome park owner who believes they are not receiving a fair and reasonable return from the allowable increases, as determined in Section 9.20.050, may file an application for rent increase with the RAA to request an increase in rent for mobilehome space(s) beyond that which is permitted under Section 9.20.050.

A mobilehome park owner may recover up to fifty percent of a capital improvements cost from existing mobilehome owners if the capital improvement is in accordance with the RAA's procedures and guidelines and with this chapter.

A mobilehome park owner may set the initial rent for the next mobilehome owner for a mobilehome space as provided in this section, whenever either of the following events occurs:

Upon the sale of a mobilehome located in a mobilehome space where the rental agreement with the original mobilehome owner has expired, a mobilehome park owner may increase the rent for that mobilehome space in an amount not to exceed ten percent of the rent for that mobilehome space then in effect.

For mobilehome spaces subject to this chapter, upon the mobilehome owner's "in-place" sale, transfer, or other conveyance of a mobilehome to a new mobilehome owner, the mobilehome park owner may increase the rent in an amount not to exceed ten percent of the annual rent paid by the prior mobilehome owner.

Title to the mobilehome passes to one or more persons who, at the time of the title transfer, (i) is a lawful, authorized resident of the mobilehome, or (ii) is a spouse, registered domestic partner, child, grandchild under eighteen years of age, parent, or grandparent of the mobilehome owner, and the mobilehome remains in the same mobilehome space;