Moore, Tania
From: Fikes, Cathy
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 12:56 PM
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Rent control for Mobile Home Parks
From: thomas thomasanderson.net <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 10:54 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL <city. [email protected]>
Subject: Rent control for Mobile Home Parks
Dear Mayor Delgleize and City Council,
My spouse and I are residents of Skandia Mobile Country Club Mobile Home Park in Huntington Beach. Our park has recently been purchased by Investment Property Group (IPG) and, as history has shown, it will be a short amount of time before the new owner will raise the rent here to the unsustainable amounts that other Mobile Home Parks have experienced. In fact, IG has already increased rents of new residents by more than $750 per month!
Skandia is a senior park. We had been planning to enjoy our retirement in Huntington Beach, but if the rent increases as promised by IPG take effect, we will no longer be able to afford to stay in California.
As my representative, I am asking you to please consider placing a measure on the November ballot that would amend the City Charter with a carve-out for mobile home parks to Section 803. No other course of action will provide a fair and equitable solution to our problem.
Please help! We don't want to leave Huntington Beach but we feel we are being forced out because there are no laws in place to control businesses like IPG.
Thomas Anderson
Skandia Mobile Country Club MHP
16444 Bolsa Chica Street, Space 22
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
714-366-3685
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1 Moore, Tania
From: Fikes, Cathy
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 12:56 PM
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: City Charter Carve out.
From: shaktiboys bcwest.biz <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 12:42 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL < [email protected]>
Subject: City Charter Carve out.
Dear Mayor Delgleize and City Council,
I am a resident of Skandia Mobile Country Club Mobile Home Park in Huntington Beach. Our park has recently been purchased by Investment Property Group (IPG) and, as history has shown, it will be a short amount of time before the new owner will raise the rent here to the unsustainable amounts that other Mobile Home Parks have experienced. In fact, IPG has already increased rents of new residents by more than $750 per month!
1 am also a licensed Manufactured home sales person and the increase of the rent for new residents has led to potential purchasers of the home I have listed in Skandia to gasp, react in disbelief or tell me that that amount for a senior community is absurd. One potential buyer also told me that she had noticed that communities with higher space rents have much lower home prices as a result.
Skandia is a senior park. I had been planning to enjoy our retirement in Huntington Beach, but if the rent increases as promised by IPG take effect, we will no longer be able to afford to stay in California.
As my representative, I am asking you to please consider placing a measure on the November ballot that would amend the City Charter with a carve-out for mobile home parks to Section 803. No other course of action will provide a fair and equitable solution to our problem.
Please help! We don't want to leave Huntington Beach but we feel we are being forced out because there are no laws in place to control businesses like IPG.
Brian C. Westcott
TKM Home Sales, Inc.
16444 Bolsa Chica St. Space 22
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1 Moore, Tania
From: Jayme Markle < [email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 12:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: City Charter carve-out for section 803
Dear City Council members,
I am a resident of Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park in Huntington Beach. 10 years ago, our park was purchased by Investment Property Group (IPG). Since the purchase, the owner has raised the rent here to the unsustainable amounts other Mobile Home parks have experienced. In fact, IPG has already increased rents of the new buyers 20% per month!
As my representatives, I am asking you to please consider placing a measure on the November ballot that would amend the City Charter with a carve-out for Mobile home parks to Section 803. If you put this on the ballot, I will support it and work to get it passed.
No other course of action will provide a fair and equitable solution to our problem.
Please help!!
We are desperate and need your help!
Space 116
Rancho Huntington Mobile Home Park
19361 Brookhurst Street in Huntington Beach, CA
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1 Switzer, Donna
From: Fikes, Cathy
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 1:00 PM
To: Switzer, Donna
Subject: FW: February 1st City Council Meeting - Open Session - Public Comments Attachments: HTBS and Cabrillo Letter to City 2.02.2022.docx For the record?
From: Melissa Dougherty <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2022 7:34 AM
To: Delgleize, Barbara <[email protected]> Cc: Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Vickie Talley < [email protected]> Subject: February 1st City Council Meeting - Open Session - Public Comments Honorable Mayor Delgleize, please see the attached letter regarding public comments from the open session on February 1st. Thank you for your time and please feel free to reach out anytime.
Thank you.
Melissa Dougherty
Regional Vice President, Southwestern Regional Office
HOMETOWN AMERICA 6130 Camino Real, Jurupa Valley, CA 92509 COMMUNITIES.
P: 951.257.0765 | F: 312.205.0768 | W: www.HometownAmerica.com f in
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February 3r0, 2022
Dear Honorable Mayor Delgleize, Mayor Posey, and Council Members, My name is Melissa Dougherty and I am the Regional Vice President for Hometown America. Since the end of 2020 we have owned and operated both Huntington by The Sea and Cabrillo manufactured housing communities.
Both located in Huntington Beach California, Huntington by The Sea and Cabrillo both provide an affordable home-ownership solution for 341 families and are located within steps of the Pacific Ocean with many homes having unobstructed views of the ocean.
Since taking ownership, I recently accepted a seat on the MHET Advisory Board and look forward to building relationships with all stakeholders as well as being an active part of maintaining a quality, affordable lifestyles for our residents.
We have been following the conversation closely as it relates to the residents' concerns at Scandia, and we wanted to provide our perspective on our rent process, as well as our historical experience operating in a multitude of cities and municipalities.
Hometown America is a long-term investor, which means we value the long-term viability of the market and our communities - and maintaining the value of the property, which in turn protects the value of our residents' investment in their homes.
Our communities provide a safe, professionally managed, and affordable housing option to 341 families, and our rent structure reflects that.
We strive to keep rent increases between 3 ½ to 4%, and the majority of residents are on Long Term Leases which dictates increases and provides clear transparency and stability for residents.
Our existing rent structure gives us flexibility to operate and invest in this critical source of unsubsidized housing.
In addition to regular maintenance and landscaping, we maintain private roads, utility infrastructure, and countless amenities like pools and communal clubhouses.
We have heard the calls for rent control in Huntington Beach In our experience, ROs place arbitrary constraints on rental growth, but they do not restrict growth in operating costs such as real estate taxes, insurance, payroll and health benefits, and recurring maintenance costs.
When this happens, owners may be forced to postpone projects or investment that could ultimately undermine the viability of these communities and have a negative impact on the value of resident homes.
In other communities where we operate, the biggest value-add for residents, town officials and owner/operators is when there is a collaborative, transparent dialogue between all stakeholders. 110 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 4500 Chicago, IL 60606: TEL: 312-604-7500 www.hometownamerica.com We seek to have a collaborative, productive relationship with the city and our residents. And we are in favor of increasing communication among all stakeholders as a means to build these relationships.
I'll wrap up by reiterating that an RSO may cause more issues that it seeks to solve.
You have Hometown America's commitment to keep both Huntington by The Sea and Cabrillo an affordable housing option for hundreds of families and individuals in this city.
We look forward to creating a partnership with all stakeholders to address the need to preserve affordability while also protecting the value of our investment. I want to reiterate our commitment to keeping both Huntington by The Sea and Cabrillo an affordable housing option.
Sincerely,
Ma.
Melissa Dougherty
Regional Vice President
[email protected]
303-949-7848
www.HometownAmerica.com
110 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 4500 Chicago, IL 60606: TEL: 312-604-7500 www.hometownamerica.com