RESOURCES AND REFERENCE FOR MANUFACTURED HOME OWNERS
Click on the headings below for information, assistance, and products available to owners of manufactured homes.
Mobilehome annual registration or tax payments
Update your home’s annual registration with the state Department of Housing and Community Development or pay your tax bill.
Habitat for Humanity Home Repair Program
Help for low-income homeowners in restoring and maintaining their homes. This site sometimes shows an “Error” message. If so, go to Habitat’s “Home” page and click on the “Housing Initiatives” tab in the menu bar.
Utilities Discount Information
Link to various utilities companies’ payment assistance websites.
Mobilehome Ombudsman Information
State of California information, coordination, referrals, and other assistance for manufactured home owners.
Servicios bilingues del departmento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario (HCD)
Formularios y materiales en español.
City of Carpinteria Mobilehome Park Resident Information and Resources
Carpinteria rent control and other information.
City of Santa Barbara Mobilehome Rent Control Information
Access to Santa Barbara’s Title 26 Housing Regulations.
County of Ventura Mobilehome Rent Control Program
Rent control and other public information.
City of Ventura Mobilehome Rent Review Board
Board information and links to many other information sites.
Online Mobilehome Parts
These companies and products not endorsed by us, but possibly useful anyway!
Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League
Statewide non-profit organization that supports owners of manufactured homes.
Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association Foundation
The WMA Foundation offers financial and other assistance to qualifying mobilehome owners. The WMA itself is a statewide non-profit that benefits owners, developers, and managers of mobilehome parks.
Frank J. Evans Scholarship Foundation
The FJE Scholarship Foundation (affiliated with the WMA) awards scholarships to qualifying young college-bound residents of mobilehome parks.
California Mobilehome Residency Law – 2023 – and frequently asked questions
The California Civil Code as it applies to mobilehome and manufactured home residency. This law concerns dealings between the parks and park residents; it’s essentially the “landlord-tenant law” for mobilehome parks.
Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program
A state service to resolve certain disputes between mobilehome owners in mobilehome parks and park owners or management.
California Civil Code Title 25 – Mobilehome Park Regulations
This is the Civil Code section that sets regulations for how parks are developed and operated, as opposed to the Residency Law that pertains to park residents.
California Department of Housing and Community Development
The California department that governs mobilehome parks generally.
Permit Forms from the California Department of Housing and Community Development
Commonly used forms for obtaining home improvement permits from HCD.