Amador County – The Jackson City Council on Monday heard a request from homeowners in Rollingwood Estates mobile Home Park to extend or delete the existing rent control ordinance. According to a letter submitted by park residents Shirley Dajnowski and Dennis Hern, “homeowners in Rollingwood were being subjected to exorbitant rent increases and realized if this continued without some form of control we would lose our homes.” For the past decade, the rent control ordinance has been based on the latest Consumer Price Index using the San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose All Urban Consumer index. The City of Jackson would then review the rent adjustment calculations for accuracy and send an approval letter to the park manager. Tenants on leases negotiate their agreements independently. Highlands Mobile Home Park in Jackson falls under the same regulations. One question that arose is whether these rent control laws apply to 60 units added to the park during the past seven years. City Manager Mike Daly said the City of Jackson is bound by the California Mobilehome Residency Law in the California Civil Code that exempts rent control from being applied to any new construction after January 1, 1990. Dajnowski and Hern said “mobile homes have always been considered ‘affordable’ housing. Without rent control, ‘affordable’ is a meaningless word.” They referred to the current park owner as “fair and just”, but “ should he be unable to continue as the park owner either by choice or circumstance, we could wind up paying whatever the new owner would charge, if we do not have rent control protection.” The original ordinance had a “repealer” section extending rent control to July 12, 2010. Rollingwood homeowners presented the city council with a petition to either delete the repealer section or extend the ordinance for an additional ten years. Daly said park owners would have the opportunity to comment should the City Council direct staff to bring forth an ordinance to amend the “repealer” section. The City Council decided upon a public hearing to be held August 24th at 7 pm to allow residents to comment. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thursday, 30 July 2009 00:22
Jackson City Council
Amador County – The Jackson City Council on Monday heard a request from homeowners in Rollingwood Estates mobile Home Park to extend or delete the existing rent control ordinance. According to a letter submitted by park residents Shirley Dajnowski and Dennis Hern, “homeowners in Rollingwood were being subjected to exorbitant rent increases and realized if this continued without some form of control we would lose our homes.” For the past decade, the rent control ordinance has been based on the latest Consumer Price Index using the San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose All Urban Consumer index. The City of Jackson would then review the rent adjustment calculations for accuracy and send an approval letter to the park manager. Tenants on leases negotiate their agreements independently. Highlands Mobile Home Park in Jackson falls under the same regulations. One question that arose is whether these rent control laws apply to 60 units added to the park during the past seven years. City Manager Mike Daly said the City of Jackson is bound by the California Mobilehome Residency Law in the California Civil Code that exempts rent control from being applied to any new construction after January 1, 1990. Dajnowski and Hern said “mobile homes have always been considered ‘affordable’ housing. Without rent control, ‘affordable’ is a meaningless word.” They referred to the current park owner as “fair and just”, but “ should he be unable to continue as the park owner either by choice or circumstance, we could wind up paying whatever the new owner would charge, if we do not have rent control protection.” The original ordinance had a “repealer” section extending rent control to July 12, 2010. Rollingwood homeowners presented the city council with a petition to either delete the repealer section or extend the ordinance for an additional ten years. Daly said park owners would have the opportunity to comment should the City Council direct staff to bring forth an ordinance to amend the “repealer” section. The City Council decided upon a public hearing to be held August 24th at 7 pm to allow residents to comment. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
