There are a lot of matters that can come up between tenants and landlords. Finding productive ways to try to work through the disputes is imperative for mobile home park managers and landlords. Since many would like to avoid having to go through the litigation...
Highly-trained service animals have been part of American culture for decades. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) enshrined the right of those with physical and emotional disabilities to work with animals that can help them overcome their condition....
Operating a mobile home park can be a good source of consistent income if the units are in good condition and you have responsible tenants. However, there is often a lot of difficulties involved in maintaining manufactured homes, particularly if the tenants cause...
A recent appellate decision in Wood v. Superior Court (Jamacha), made clear that those who file complaints with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) do not have an attorney-client relationship with counsel for DFEH and thus communications...
The Mobilehome industry remains an unwilling participant and target defendant in multiple Failure to Maintain ("FTM") lawsuits. As a result, the legal exposure of Mobilehome Park owners in California has dramatically increased over the past 20+ years. In the recent...
Many manufactured home communities have clubhouses for park and social events. Those events may be sponsored by the Park, but are also frequently sponsored by individuals or groups that reside within a given manufactured home community. An ongoing issue in many parks...
Ground leases are long term-leases that share many of the characteristics of a land purchase. The ground lessee acquires long-term exclusive rights of possession, including the right to build on and use the property as the lessee sees fit and to obtain any...
In the past month, Hart Kienle Pentecost has received rulings in 3 separate rent control applications/hearings. First, we received a ruling arising out of an application in the city of Lancaster. The city of Lancaster has a fairly expedited process for submitting...
Hart Kienle Pentecost's Manufactured Housing Practice Group leaders are gearing up for our Summer Seminars! Bill Hart, John Pentecost and Bill Dahlin invite all mobilehome park owners and managers to attend this informative event. We will have continental breakfast...
If you're a fan of Nickelodoen's popular cartoon series SpongeBob Squarepants, then you probably wouldn't be surprised if Plankton, the nemesis of SpongeBob's boss, Mr. Krabs, tried to use some ruse or another to make use of Mr. Krab's valuable "Krabby Patty"...
