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Riverside sets maximum 2026 mobile‑home park rent increase at 2.8% under existing ordinance
Summary
Following a required public hearing, staff calculated the maximum allowable 2026 rent increase for mobile‑home park spaces at 2.8% (80% of the CPI for the Riverside region, capped at 4% with a 2% floor) and Council adopted staff recommendations.
After a public hearing required by the mobile‑home park rent stabilization ordinance, Riverside staff announced that the maximum allowable annual rent increase for covered mobile‑home park spaces for calendar year 2026 is 2.8%.
Agrippina Neubauer, project manager for the Housing Authority, traced the ordinance's history and explained the formula: annual allowable increases are the lesser of 80% of the regional Consumer Price Index (CPI) or 4%, with a 2% floor. Staff reported that the CPI for the period ending July 31 produced a 3.5% change, yielding the 2.8% figure for 2026.
Neubauer reminded the council that the ordinance includes tenant notification requirements, annual owner registration and protections against retaliation; certain rent increases remain permitted for specified extraordinary costs (tax or mandated cost changes, capital improvements, vacant‑space adjustments). She recommended Council direct staff to notify park owners and representatives of the maximum allowable increase and accept the annual report on program activity.
The council conducted the public hearing and approved the staff recommendations unanimously.
