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Paramount residents press council for rent controls as ad hoc committee schedules meeting
Summary
Mobile home park residents urged the Paramount City Council to act on steep lot rent increases. City staff said an ad hoc committee has met with residents and owners and scheduled a January 30 meeting to discuss a memorandum of understanding to stabilize rents.
Paramount residents from multiple mobile home parks told the City Council on Jan. 14, 2025, that recent lot-rent increases are unaffordable and asked the council to pursue rent-control protections or other stabilizing agreements.
Speakers described year-over-year rent hikes they said ranged from several percent to single-digit double-digit increases and urged immediate action. City staff said a council ad hoc committee has been meeting with park residents and owners and scheduled a follow-up meeting for Jan. 30 to work toward a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to stabilize rents.
The remarks came during the public-comment portion of the Paramount City Council meeting, when multiple residents from mobile home parks including Rio Puente, Cinderella,…
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