Riverside Mobile Home Parks Rent Stabilization: 2026 CPI Maximum

Official source: https://riversideca.gov/hhs/housing/mobile-home-parks-rent-stabilization
Source retrieved: 2026-09-28
Date window: The official City table lists 2026 CPI index 3.50% and maximum rent increase 2.80%; the City formally adopts the CPI each September under RMC § 5.75.040.
Scope retained: Official City annual CPI guide for qualifying mobile-home space rents under Chapter 5.75: 2026 CPI index 3.50% and maximum increase 2.80%. The guide excludes unincorporated Riverside County and leases or parks outside the stated Chapter 5.75 scope.

Limitation: This is a date-bounded official operational guidance snapshot, not the full municipal code. Verify the live official source, property-specific coverage, exemptions, and any later rate, fee, or deadline before relying on it.

Source: https://riversideca.gov/hhs/housing/mobile-home-parks-rent-stabilization

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Mobile Home Parks Rent Stabilization

City of Riverside · Housing & Human Services

Understanding mobile home rent stabilization

Chapter 5.75 of the Riverside Municipal Code (“RMC”) governs all mobile home parks within the City of Riverside.

Riverside Municipal Code · Chapter 5.75

Program & applicability

RMC Section 5.75.010. Findings and Purpose

The chapter shall be known as the Mobile Home Parks Rent Stabilization Program. The relative immobility of mobile homes, the substantial investment involved in the purchase of a mobile home, and the expense, difficulty, and risk of damage in moving a mobile home has created a captive market of mobile home owners and tenants in the City. A significant portion of mobile home owners or tenants in the city are senior citizens, many of whom live on limited or fixed incomes. It is therefore the purpose of the City Council to provide a mechanism to prevent excessive, unreasonable and frequent rent increases while at the same time recognizing the need of mobile home park owners to receive a just and reasonable return on their investment.

(Ord. 7702, § 1(Exh. A), 2025)

RMC Section 5.75.025. Applicability

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any mobile home park within the corporate limits of the City and to those residents who reside in or hold an ownership in a Mobile Home under a Rental Agreement, whether oral or in writing, of 12 months or less in duration. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any Mobile Home Park or portion thereof excluded pursuant to the provisions of Section 798.45 of the Civil Code or to any Rental Agreement exempt pursuant to the provisions of Section 798.21 of the Civil Code, as amended from time to time. (Ord. 7757, § 129, 2026; Ord. 7702, § 1(Exh. A), 2025)

View Chapter 5.75 of the Riverside Municipal Code

Resident resources

State of California’s Mobile Home Residency Law

California Civil Code Section 798.15 requires mobile home park owners to include, in each rental agreement, a printed copy of the State of California’s Mobilehome Residency Law.

2026 California Mobilehome Residency Law Handbook (PDF)

Annual adjustments

Consumer Price Index (CPI) Annual Rent Increase

For space rents not governed by a lease that have terms greater than one year, the law allows annual rental increases not to exceed 80% of the increase in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County CPI for the prior 12-month period ending August 31st. The CPI for the City of Riverside is formally adopted by the City Council each year in September per Section 5.75.040 of the RMC. View the historical chart or expand the data table below.

City of Riverside Annual Mobile Home Stabilization Rental IncreaseLine chart comparing the annual CPI index and maximum rent increase from 2002 through 2026. Exact values are available in the expandable table below.City of Riverside Annual Mobile Home Stabilization Rental IncreaseCPI IndexMax Rent Increase10%8%6%4%2%0%2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Year

View annual CPI and rent increase data

Annual CPI and maximum rent increases, 2002–2026

| Year | CPI Index | Max. Rent Increase | 2002 | 3.60% | 2.90% | 2003 | 2.60% | 2.08% | 2004 | 3.30% | 2.60% | 2005 | 3.30% | 2.60% | 2006 | 5.20% | 4.16% | 2007 | 4.30% | 3% | 2008 | 2.60% | 2.08% | 2009 | 5.10% | 4.10% | 2010 | 0.80% | 0.64% | 2011 | 2.40% | 1.92% | 2012 | 2.40% | 1.92% | 2013 | 2.30% | 1.84% | 2014 | 0.80% | 0.64% | 2015 | 1.80% | 1.44% | 2016 | 1.10% | 0.88% | 2017 | 1.40% | 1.12% | 2018 | 2.80% | 2.24% | 2019 | 3.90% | 3.12% | 2020 | 2.60% | 2.08% | 2021 | 1.70% | 1.36% | 2022 | 6.50% | 5.20% | 2023 | 9.20% | 7.36% | 2024 | 3.40% | 2.72% | 2025 | 2.80% | 2.24% | 2026 | 3.50% | 2.80%

For more information or to receive annual notification of these updates, send your request to [email protected].

City assistance

Mobile Home Rental Assistance Program (RAP)

For mobile home park residents in need of temporary rental assistance, click here to find out about the Mobile Home Rental Assistance Program.

County resources

Mobile Home Rent Control in Unincorporated Areas

For residents seeking information on Mobile Home Rent Control in Unincorporated areas of the County of Riverside, please contact:

Scott Bruckner, Mobile Home Ordinance Director - Principal Management Analyst

Riverside County Executive Office

[email protected]

(951) 955-9760

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