Why It Matters

How manufactured home parks work

In a manufactured home park, homeowners own their homes but not the land. Each month we pay the park owner a space fee for the land our home sits on. Moving a manufactured home can be very costly and often isn't practical, so homeowners have little choice but to pay when space fees go up.

What's happening

Homeowners in our parks have received space fee increases, including pass-through charges, without a clear breakdown of the costs behind them. You can read more on our Crestview Hills page.

Who is affected

Many of our neighbors are seniors, people with disabilities and veterans. Many live on fixed incomes that don't rise as fast as space fees.

Why it matters to the whole County

Manufactured home parks are some of the most affordable places for seniors and working families to own a home. When longtime homeowners are priced out, the County loses that housing, and more people are at risk of losing a home.

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Other communities have acted

Our neighbors in Encinitas: on October 28, 2026, the Encinitas City Council unanimously adopted an urgency ordinance that limits space fee increases in Encinitas manufactured home parks while the city works on a permanent ordinance. Read the news story (inewsource).