Resources & FAQ

A fairness ordinance sets reasonable limits and process around space-rent increases in manufactured home parks — it doesn't freeze rent or 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 and mobile 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 and mobile 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.

Our immediate ask is that the City Council agendize a manufactured-home fairness ordinance as a Council-Initiated Item, so it can be formally discussed, refined, and voted on. See Meetings & Events for where that stands.

Yes — a number of California cities have adopted manufactured-home park rent or fairness ordinances. We're compiling a comparison of those ordinances to bring to the City Council.

This coalition is working across all eleven Encinitas manufactured and mobile home parks, not just one. Join the email list, come to the All-Parks meeting, and share your story — wherever you live.