Resources & FAQ

A fairness ordinance sets reasonable limits and process around space-fee increases in manufactured home parks — it doesn't subsidize anyone. The point is to correct an imbalance: once a resident owns a manufactured home on a rented space, they can't simply move elsewhere the way an apartment renter can, so the park owner holds nearly all the leverage in that relationship. A fairness ordinance restores some balance to a contract that only one side can walk away from.

No. Encinitas's manufactured home parks, including ours, are all-ages communities — families, working residents, and retirees alike. This affects anyone who owns a manufactured home on rented land, regardless of age.

Manufactured homes are expensive and difficult to relocate, and many parks' homes can't be moved at all once installed. That's what makes park residents a captive audience in a way an apartment renter typically isn't.

GSMOL (the Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League) is California's statewide organization for manufactured home owners. We're forming an Encinitas chapter of GSMOL alongside this coalition — membership gives residents standing and resources, and other cities' ordinances have often followed organized GSMOL chapter advocacy.

Three things. First, before November 1, an urgency ordinance — adopted unanimously on October 28. It holds space fees at their October 28 level and allows only one capped increase per space per year. Second, a permanent fairness ordinance, once the City has studied the issue and written it properly. Third, a manufactured home park overlay that keeps park land as parks; it can move forward at the same time as the permanent ordinance. City staff plans workshops with residents and park owners and expects a draft permanent ordinance around February 2027. What an overlay is →

Yes. Roughly 100 California cities and counties regulate manufactured home space fees, including Oceanside, Escondido, Chula Vista and Santee in San Diego County. See the comparison →

This coalition is working across all of Encinitas’s manufactured home parks, not just one. Join the email list, come to the next meeting, and take the economic survey — wherever you live.