It has been three years since Mountain View approved a rent control ordinance for its mobile home parks. Now it is looking to update the ordinance to offer more protections for tenants who are struggling to keep up with annual rent increases.
In a 2-1 vote, the Rental Housing Committee (RHC) recommended at their Dec. 12 meeting that the city cap rent increases for mobile homes below the rate of inflation.
Committee members Kevin Ma and Edie Keating voted in favor of limiting rent increases to 60% of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), with no floor and a 5% ceiling. This went a step further than what the city had proposed, which was to limit rent increases to 75% CPI, with a 2% floor and 5% ceiling.
Committee member Robert Cox voted against the recommendation. Committee members Alex Brown and Guadalupe Rosas were recused from the proceedings.
Mountain View’s rent stabilization ordinance covers all six of its mobile home parks, with the goal of protecting tenants from unreasonable rent increases and ensure that park owners and landlords receive a fair rate of return, according to the staff report.