In June of this year, Council member Ed Gallo proposed to increase the rental subsidy amounts for both mobile home owners and apartment renters. The increase would mean $25 more for the rental subsidy. This amount is supposed to take effect starting October, 2011. For those people who are in parks that no longer participate in the rental subsidy program, while there will be no new applicants to the program, you will still receive the increase and continue to receive the subsidy without interruption.
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In the past couple of months, driveways have become an issue in a couple of the mobile home parks in Escondido. We want to refresh the memories of the park residents, owners and anyone else involved in the process of replacing or repairing driveways just exactly who pays for this service.
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ADA accessibility is a tricky subject when working with your park management, the city of Escondido and the state. In most cases, you will be referred to the federal government for enforcement. But, there are circumstances where the ADA regulations can and should be enforced by our Building Department.
Read on to find out more.
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The California Public Utilities Commission has approved a request from the WMA (mobilehome park owners' association) to transfer the servicing of the utilities in master-metered parks to the regular utilities, in our case in Escondido it would be SDG&E.
The WMA is putting its own unique spin on the transfer; we have an analysis that will help you to understand what exactly is going on.
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Ther are currently two bills which are making their way through the state assembly and senate that concern mobile home parks. Please take a moment to read our analysis of the bills. You will find the links to those pages under the "in the news" tab, under the "state legislation" tab.
CEMV is compiling a page of news stories of recent mobile home rent ordinance challenges. They are on the rise.
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