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Council pauses proposed mobile‑home rent changes after residents and owners clash
Summary
After hours of public comment from hundreds of mobile‑home residents and park owners, the council voted to delay broad changes to the Mobile Home Rent Ordinance and directed staff to convene joint meetings and analyze the resale step increase's effect before returning with options.
The City Council on Jan. 27 postponed proposed sweeping changes to San Jose's Mobile Home Rent Ordinance after an extensive public hearing in which hundreds of residents and owners testified.
Staff had presented a modernization package that included creating a rent registry, streamlining administration, clarifying resident petition rights, and options to allow limited vacancy decontrol (an allowance for a rent reset when homes change hands) and mechanisms for passing through capital costs. The most controversial element for residents was a proposed vacancy decontrol mechanism that…
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