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After fires, Allen’s SB 749 would give mobile‑home residents first chance to buy parks and clarifies post‑disaster rights
Summary
Following the Palisades fires, Sen. Josh Allen proposed SB 749 to create a 12‑month notice and a structured sale process so resident organizations and qualified entities may offer to purchase mobile‑home parks after disaster, and to clarify homeowners’ notice and rights when homes are destroyed.
Sen. Josh Allen introduced SB 749 after recent wildfires destroyed thousands of homes and large portions of mobile‑home parks in Los Angeles County. He said the bill adapts state preservation notice law (used historically for subsidized housing) to mobile‑home parks, establishing a 12‑month notice period to residents, HCD and local public entities if a park owner intends to close or change use after a disaster.
Supporters framed the bill as a tool to preserve one of the nation’s largest sources of unsubsidized affordable homeownership. John Brown, co‑chair of the…
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