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Mobilehome park rent in Woodland

Woodland's own rules on mobilehome park rent, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Woodland Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (extracted October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Woodland's code says

Woodland code What Woodland's code adds
Annual increase limit
  • Increase is the lesser of 3% or 75% of the CPI increase in the 12 calendar months before the application.
    Applies: Applies to the annual permissive adjustment.
    § 5.36.080 · code text
    A park owner shall be entitled to an annual permissive adjustment of gross space rental income equal to the lesser of a three percent increase or an increase equal to 75% of the percentage increase in the CPI during the full 12 calendar months immediately preceding the date of the application as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • NOI may rise by the lesser of the 12-month CPI increase times CPI housing share, or 40% of the increase.
    Applies: Applies to the annual NOI adjustment, by application of the park owner; NOI is net operating income.
    § 5.36.080 · code text
    A park owner shall be entitled to an adjustment of the space rent ceiling so as to enable the park owner's net operating income (NOI) during the full 12 calendar months immediately preceding the date of the application to be increased by a rate equal to the lesser of: (a) the percentage increase in the CPI during the full 12 calendar months immediately preceding the date of the application multiplied by that percentage of the CPI which composes the expenditure category for housing; or (b) 40% of the percentage increase in the CPI during the full 12 calendar months immediately preceding the date of the application.
Spaces covered
  • The space rent ceiling does not apply during a rental agreement that meets all Civil Code requirements.
    Applies: Applies for the duration of the qualifying rental agreement.
    § 5.36.030 · code text
    The space rent ceiling provision of this chapter shall not apply to any tenancy in a manufactured home park that is covered by a rental agreement meeting all of the requirements of Section 798.17 of the California Civil Code for the duration of such agreement.
  • Rules do not apply to a space whose resident owns the manufactured home and an interest in the resident-owned park.
    Applies: Applies throughout the resident's tenancy; park may be a subdivision, cooperative, condominium or other resident-owned park.
    § 5.36.030 · code text
    The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any space occupied by a resident who, throughout the duration of his or her tenancy, owns both the manufactured home in which he or she resides and an ownership interest in the subdivision, cooperative, condominium for mobile homes, or other residentowned manufactured home park in which the space is located.
  • Spaces under recorded covenants limiting tenancy to low- and very low-income households at affordable rents are exempt.
    § 5.36.030 · code text
    The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to spaces in manufactured home parks that are subject to recorded affordable housing covenants which restrict tenancies to low-and very low-income households and require rents affordable to residents at those income levels.
How often rent can go up
  • No annual adjustment if a previous annual adjustment took effect within the previous 12 months.
    § 5.36.080 · code text
    No annual adjustment shall become effective if a previous annual adjustment became effective within the previous 12 months.
Petitions and pass-throughs
  • A park owner may apply to the Commission to pass through governmental assessments related to operating the park.
    Applies: Applies to governmental assessments related to park operation.
    § 5.36.080 · code text
    A manufactured home park owner may file an application with the Commission to pass through to the residents of the park governmental assessments related to the operation of the park.
  • The Commission shall allow the space rent ceiling to rise by the amount needed to cover continuing governmental assessment increases.
    Applies: Applies to governmental assessment increases of a continuing nature.
    § 5.36.080 · code text
    For governmental assessment increases of a continuing nature, the Commission shall permit the park owner to adjust the space rent ceiling by an amount deemed necessary to cover the increase in such assessments.
  • Owners may pass through a single one-time or fixed-period governmental assessment to residents on Commission-approved terms.
    Applies: Applies to a single one-time payment or single assessment payable over a fixed period.
    § 5.36.080 · code text
    Park owners may pass through such assessments to the residents of the park upon terms and conditions as approved by the Commission.
  • Owners may apply for an initial space rent ceiling adjustment if maximum permissive adjustment gives no just and reasonable return.
    Applies: Applies to an initial NOI adjustment, filed with the Commission.
    § 5.36.080 · code text
    In the event a park owner does not receive a just and reasonable return on the park property after receiving the maximum permissive adjustment provided for above, a park owner may file an application with the Commission for an initial adjustment of the space rent ceiling.
  • Owners may apply for an NOI-based alternative adjustment if they believe the maximum adjustment gives no just and reasonable return.
    Applies: Applies to the annual NOI adjustment, filed with the Commission; NOI is net operating income.
    § 5.36.080 · code text
    In the event a park owner believes he or she would not receive a just and reasonable return on his or her investment in the park after receiving the maximum permissive adjustment provided for above, a park owner may file an application with the Commission for an alternative adjustment of the space rent ceiling based upon the park's net operating income (NOI).

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Frequently asked questions

Does Woodland limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Woodland's code: Increase is the lesser of 3% or 75% of the CPI increase in the 12 calendar months before the application. (Applies to the annual permissive adjustment.) (§ 5.36.080); NOI may rise by the lesser of the 12-month CPI increase times CPI housing share, or 40% of the increase. (Applies to the annual NOI adjustment, by application of the park owner; NOI is net operating income.) (§ 5.36.080).

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