Escondido board approves 3.409% rent increase at Casa Grande Mobile Home Estates

The Escondido Mobile Home Rent Review Board on June 2 granted a short-form rent increase for Casa Grande Mobile Home Estates, a senior park with 102 spaces (101 subject to rent control). Staff recommended approving a 90% CPI increase — 3.409% — which translates to an average increase of $21.95 per space per month.

Carlos Cervantes, the city’s housing analyst for mobile home parks, presented the application and said the park requested the maximum allowable short-form increase. Housing staff reported that the park’s average lot rent would be roughly $665.59 after the change and that requested increases range from $11.36 to $27.89 per space.

Code compliance found four common-area violations during inspection; staff notified the park manager and owner and reinspection on May 12 confirmed the violations were corrected. Code Compliance Officer Steven Jacobson reminded the board that per policy no increase goes into effect until outstanding violations are corrected.

Resident representative Leah Hoffman, who attended a park meeting on April 27, urged the board to consider a smaller increase if the owner later places an additional mobile home on the park’s green belt; she asked the board to consider a 1.99% increase in that scenario to preserve a key amenity. Park management said no plan was final to place a home on the green belt and that state incentives and rules about adding units were under discussion.

The board adopted review board resolution 2026-78 to approve the short-form increase. The motion passed 5–0. If the owner implements the increase, park management must provide residents 90 days’ notice prior to the increase taking effect.