Results of Research
Oxnard Santa Paula Ventura County Ventura City Thousand Oaks Annual Rent
Increases
CPI if under 4%, 75% of CPI if over 4%
but less than 9%, 67% of CPI if greater
than 9%
75% of CPI to a
maximum 7% increase
in rent
Social Security Cost of Living
Adjustment (COLA) between 2% and
8% each year
CPI, but rent increase
shall not exceed 5% CPI
City Admin Fee
$2.34 per month, 50% by tenant, 50%
by park
$2 per month, 100% by
tenant
$1.72 monthly, 46% by tenant, 54% by
park
$4.56 per month, 50%
by tenant, 50% by park
Discretionary Rent
Increases
Possible to permit a just and
reasonable return
Possible based on
maintaining a similar
NOI to the base year
(1984) or for capital
improvements
Possible in cases "where the facts and
circumstances… warrant such an
increase" or for capital improvements
Possible to permit a just
and reasonable return
and for capital
improvements
Possible to permit a just and
reasonable return or for capital
improvements/rehabilitation
Change of
Occupancy
Adjustment
15% of the average space rent or $80
whichever is less. Such a change of
occupancy increase may be applied
to a specific space no more than once
every five years.
No change of
occupancy adjustment,
$25 move in fee
No more than once every four (4)
years no more than fifteen (15)
percent of the average of the existing
space rent of the affected spaces or
seventy-two dollars ($72.00)
Rents do not go to
market rate even when
a new tenant moves in
10% upon rental of an existing
coach to a new tenant. No cap on
rent when a space is rented to a
new tenant who replaces the
existing Mobile home or an
existing tenant who has been a
resident for less than one year
replaces the existing mobile
home.
Utility and Other
Pass Through Costs
The park may pass on to the residents
any increase or decrease in utilities as
they occur.
Utility costs originally
paid for by the park are
considered part of the
rent and subject to the
increase restrictions
Parks may separate utilities from rent
and pass on actual costs to tenants.
Must be approved by a board and
when done the rent must be
decreased proportionally
Utility costs originally
paid for by the park are
considered part of the
rent and subject to the
increase restrictions
If the landlord bills the tenant for
utilities, it counts as part of rent.
If the utility company bills the
tenant directly, utilities don't
count as part of rent.
Maintenance of
Services
The park must deduct the cost for a
reduced or deleted or separately
billed service or utility from the rent.
A reduction in services
is deemed a rent
increase in violation of
the ordinance.
Substantial reductions in services
constitute a rent increase
Landlord may not effect a
prohibited rent increase through
the reduction of housing services