California owners of manufactured homes face $350 space-fee hikes, and say they have ‘zero protection’

Manufactured-home owners in Encinitas say rising space fees are putting them under pressure, with few practical ways to avoid the increases. Residents at Riviera Mobile Home Park in Leucadia say some of those monthly fees will jump by roughly $350 starting Nov. 1.

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According to CBS 8 San Diego, Riviera Mobile Home Park homeowners are asking the Encinitas City Council to temporarily halt the planned increases while officials consider a permanent limit on annual space-fee hikes. In some cases, 2026 increases reached 17%.

Erin Riley, who has owned a home in the park since 2014, said the increase came as a shock: “The 350 hit me like a brick wall.” She also told CBS 8, “We have zero protection, and that’s all that we’re asking for. Protect us like everyone else in California’s protected.”…

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