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File #: ID 23-1695    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/15/2023 In control: Mobilehome Park Rent Review and Stabilization Commission
On agenda: 11/21/2023 Final action: 11/21/2023
Title: Actions pertaining to Harmony Communities' (Harmony or Owner) rent increase application (Application) for La Hacienda Mobile Estates (the Park). 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.
Attachments: 1. La Hacienda 2023 Rent Increase Application, 2. La Hacienda Residents Voting Results, 3. Request for Commission Proceedings, 4. La Hacienda Rent Control Committee’s Opposition, 5. Letters re CPI Index for 2023, 6. Notice of Public Hearing, 7. Addendum to Sales Agreement, 8. Declaration of John Frost ISO Respondent's Opposition, 9. Spreadsheet of Exhibit B Invoices in Application, 10. Rent Increase Application Findings Matrix, 11. Owner Supplemental Materials, 12. Public Comment, 13. PowerPoint - La Hacienda Rent Control Committee Opposition, 14. PowerPoint - Staff Report, 15. Additional Public Comment, 16. La Hacienda Mobile Estates Supplemental Memo 2023.11.17, 17. Rent Review Committee Supplemental Memo 11.17.23, 18. Matrix of Arguments
REPORT TO THE MOBILEHOME PARK RENT REVIEW AND STABILIZATION COMMISSION



November 21, 2023


FROM: ANDREW JANZ, City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney

BY: SARAH PAPAZIAN, Senior Deputy City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney

SUBJECT
Title

Actions pertaining to Harmony Communities' (Harmony or Owner) rent increase application (Application) for La Hacienda Mobile Estates (the Park).
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. The remaining $325.08 was attributed to...

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