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Mobile-home residents urge Redding council to consider rent-stabilization ordinance
Summary
Several residents of Redding mobile-home parks, many seniors on fixed incomes, urged the City Council to consider a rent-stabilization ordinance, citing repeated space-rent increases, new utility pass-throughs and failing park infrastructure; staff said the state licenses parks but agreed to return with options.
Multiple residents of Redding mobile-home parks used the meeting—s public-comment period to ask the City Council to consider a local rent-stabilization ordinance for mobile-home parks.
"I am here to speak on a rent stabilization ordinance for Redding Mobile Home Parks," said Mary Salas, who identified herself as a Twin View Terrace mobile-home owner and described Twin View Terrace as a senior park with many residents on low, fixed incomes.
Speakers from The Redwoods and other parks said owners and managers had begun charging residents new fees and passing through property taxes and sewer/garbage charges. "In March, we began to be charged 50% of our sewer and garbage costs. In June, our space rent was raised 3% ... Our monthly rent check went up this year by 12.5%," said Jeffrey Irvin of Redwoods Senior Mobile Home Park, who asked the council for a limit on annual increases tied to the consumer price index.
Paula Montgomery, another resident, described a series of increases since new ownership in early 2024 and provided household-level numbers during public comment: she said her base rent was $485 in 2017, rose to $596 in 2024 and, with additional pass-throughs, reached $658 on a recent invoice. "We are all seniors mostly on Social Security, and it's rough," Montgomery said.
City staff responded during the meeting: a city staff member noted that the California Department of Housing and Community Development is the state agency that licenses mobile-home parks and holds most regulatory authority, but that local governments retain authority over a handful of related issues. The staff member said the council could request a follow-up report and offered to return with more detail if the council placed the topic on an agenda.
Later during the meeting the council asked staff to gather options and return with more information. Development and housing staff said they would contact the parks and outline available city programs, including space-rent subsidy and utility-related assistance, and coordinate with the state where inspections and regulatory enforcement fall to state agencies.
Speakers requested a city moratorium on space-rent increases until infrastructure problems are fixed and asked for a local rent-stabilization ordinance specifically covering senior parks and low-income residents. Council members and staff did not adopt an ordinance at the meeting; instead staff said they would return with options and additional information within about a month.
The public comments were part of the meeting—s regular public comment period; no formal council action on a rent-stabilization ordinance was taken at this meeting.
