Mobilehome residents have long believed that park management has a legal duty to take action against park residents who violate park rules or disturb the occupancy of others. A 2005 ruling by the California Court of Appeal confirmed this to be true, and created a valuable new precedent that residents can use to force management to do its job.
As I travel throughout California meeting with mobilehome residents, the issue of “enforcement of the laws” is almost always discussed. Homeowners want to know how they can ensure that a park owner follows the law. They want to know what can be done if the Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL) is violated, or if they are suffering from unfair treatment not found in any specific law. Usually, they will ask me something like: “Who is going to protect me?” or “Who will enforce the laws for me?” Expecting an easy answer that gets them off the hook, they may not always like my response. But it is important that I communicate reality to them. And so my answer usually ends with the sentence: “It’s up to YOU!”
In recent years, as the mobilehome stock continues to age and deteriorate, there has been an increase in attempts by park owners to require that mobilehomes be removed from the park as a condition of sale. This is obviously a critical issue for California mobilehome owners, for it is well known that a mobilehome has virtually no value once it is removed from a park.
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