REPORT TO THE MOBILEHOME PARK RENT REVIEW AND STABILIZATION COMMISSION
November 14, 2023
FROM: ANDREW JANZ, City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
BY: SARAH PAPAZIAN, Senior Deputy City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to Harmony Communities' (Harmony or Owner) rent increase application (Application) for La Hacienda Mobile Estates (the Park):
1. HEARING on the Application.
2. Take one of the following actions:
i. APPROVE the full $350.00 rent increase requested by Owner; OR
ii. APPROVE the 6.6% rent increase permitted automatically pursuant to Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) Section 12-2014 plus an additional amount determined to be just, fair, and reasonable pursuant to FMC Section 12-2012; OR
iii. APPROVE only the 6.6% rent increase permitted automatically pursuant to FMC Section 12-2014.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that, after opening the public hearing, hearing the presentations, and taking public comment, the Mobilehome Park Rent Review and Stabilization Commission (Commission) approve the $24.92 rent increase permitted automatically pursuant to City ordinance, plus an additional amount determined by the Commission to be just, fair, and reasonable.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On May 30, 2023, Harmony Communities, owner of the La Hacienda Mobile Estates, served the City with a copy of their 2023 rent increase application (Application). On June 6, 2023, the La Hacienda Residents Committee (Residents) served the City with a copy of the residents voting results on the Application. On July 10, 2023, Owner served the City with a Request for Commission Proceedings pursuant to FMC section 12-2010(b)(2).
In the Application, Owner notated that the average rent of affected spaces was $377.58 and requested a total rent increase of $350.00 dollars per space. $24.92 of that was attributed to the automatic rent increase tied into the Consumer Price Index for the previous year, as authorized under FMC 12-2014. Th...
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