Mobilehome park rent in Alameda County: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Alameda County Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Alameda County's code says

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Annual increase limit	Annual space rent can rise by no more than 4%. § 3.32.050 · code text The annual space rent shall not be increased by more than four percent.
How often rent can go up	No more than one adjustment in the 12 months starting the first full day the last rent increase took effect. Applies: Applies to a nonstandard rent increase requested by a park owner. § 3.32.060 · code text However, no park owner may request more than one adjustment to space rents during the twelve (12) month period following the first full day the last space rent increase is put into effect.
Petitions and pass-throughs	A park owner may seek more than the standard increase at a hearing; the officer may approve, modify or deny. Applies: Factors include operating-cost increases, rehabilitation or capital-improvement costs, and fair return. § 3.32.060 · code text A park owner may request an adjustment in excess of the space rent increase authorized by Section 3.32.050 by conforming to the procedures set forth in this section, and any further procedures as established in the rent review procedures. The capital-improvement part of an approved increase is excluded from base rent and charged only during the improvement's useful life. Applies: Approved nonstandard increase based in whole or in part on capital-improvement cost. § 3.32.060 · code text If a nonstandard rent increase is approved that is based in whole or in part on a capital improvement cost, then that portion of the increase attributable to the capital improvement cost shall not form a part of the base rent.
When a home is sold or vacated	Lawful vacancy allows new rent: in-place sale, voluntary removal, eviction or abandonment judgment, or other lawful tenancy end. Applies: Adding or removing co-owners who keep living there does not count as a sale. § 3.32.080 · code text An in-place transfer, which is a sale, transfer or other conveyance of a mobilehome with the mobilehome remaining on the mobilehome space following the sale, transfer or conveyance.

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Does Alameda County limit rent increases for mobilehome park spaces?

Alameda County's code: Annual space rent can rise by no more than 4%. (§ 3.32.050); No more than one adjustment in the 12 months starting the first full day the last rent increase took effect. (Applies to a nonstandard rent increase requested by a park owner.) (§ 3.32.060).

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