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Seniors from multiple mobile home parks urge Redding council to consider rent‑stabilization ordinance
Summary
Several residents of Twin View Terrace and Redwoods Senior mobile home parks asked the council to pursue a rent‑stabilization ordinance after owners passed space‑rent and pass‑through fee increases; speakers said many residents are low‑income seniors on fixed incomes and that state agencies regulate park licensing.
Multiple residents from Redding's mobile home communities urged the Redding City Council on Oct. 23 to consider a rent‑stabilization ordinance for the city's mobile home parks, citing steep space‑rent increases, new pass‑through fees and aging infrastructure.
Mary Salas, a homeowner in Twin View Terrace Mobile Home Park, told the council the park is primarily “55 and over” and that residents depend on fixed, low incomes and public benefits. “I am here to speak on a rent stabilization ordinance for Redding Mobile Home Parks,” Salas said. She described collapsed sewer lines, unclear water and what she called inadequate management and maintenance by the current owners.
Jeffrey Irvin, a resident of Redwoods Senior Mobile Home Park, said his park began paying 50% of sewer and garbage costs in March and saw a 3% space‑rent increase in June; he said a property‑tax pass‑through raised his family's monthly cost by 12.5% this year. “We need an RSO that places a reasonable limit on these annual increases,” Irvin said, calling for increases tied to the consumer price index.
Paula Montgomery described similar pressures after a change in ownership at her park last year. She said her space rent and fees rose substantially and that she had taken a part‑time job to keep her home after her husband's death. “This rent increase does not include the utilities…Soon, our cost of living is going to surpass our income,” Montgomery said.
Several speakers said the state agency that licenses mobile home parks — the California Department of Housing and Community Development — retains primary regulatory authority over many park matters. A city staff member, identified in the meeting as Curtis, told the council the state agency regulates most functions but that there remain a handful of local issues the city could address and that staff could return with a report if the council requested it.
Council members and staff directed city housing staff to follow up: staff agreed to contact the parks referenced in public comment about available city programs (space‑rent subsidy and utility assistance) and to prepare information on the limits of local and state authority.
No ordinance was adopted at the meeting; residents asked the council to bring rent stabilization back for formal consideration.
