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Manufactured Home Communities

Hart Kienle Pentecost‘s manufactured housing practice group is widely recognized as the premier legal group to assist manufactured housing communities, mobile home parks and RV parks throughout California. Hart Kienle Pentecost has been protecting the rights and legal interests of the manufactured housing community and mobile home and RV park owners for more than 40 years. Hart Kienle Pentecost represents well over 900 parks and communities statewide. The park and community owners range from single asset owners to national REITS.

Hart Kienle Pentecost represents community owners and park management companies to help address any and all of the legal issues that arise on a daily basis in this highly regulated industry. For example, we handle:

Evictions and rule enforcement, including injunctions and workplace violence petitions
Failure to maintain litigation – defense of community owners and managers named as defendants in mass tort and/or class action lawsuits filed by tenants/attorneys
Operational matters, including drafting and updating residency documents
Purchase and sale transactions and “due diligence”
Regulatory compliance issues – federal, state and local
Rent control (applications and litigation)
Subdivision and redevelopment
Park Closures
Employment issues – Employment manuals, employee contracts, termination of employees, wrongful termination, wage and hour claims, discrimination claims and CA Civil Rights Department claims
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance and defense
Fair Housing Act (FHA) compliance and defense
HCD compliance issues
Ground lease negotiations and litigation

Hart Kienle Pentecost has a seasoned team of attorneys who regularly appear before municipal, county and state agencies representing park and community owners in connection with all aspects of manufactured home community operations. We handle rent control and land use disputes. The firm’s advocacy team handles matters via mediation and arbitration as well as court trials and jury trials.

Hart Kienle Pentecost attorneys present at seminars at various manufactured housing industry conferences and conventions and offer online training for park owners and managers. Hart Kienle Pentecost provides its mobile home park clients with up-to-date information on current judicial decisions as well as updates on legislation important to the industry by hosting webinars, often with other industry professionals as guest speakers. Hart Kienle Pentecost attorneys prepare articles for manufactured housing industry publications and communicate about important industry issues by e-blasts to our manufactured housing industry clients and friends of the firm. For mobile home new matters, please click here for more information.

What Every Mobilehome Owner Should Know (PDF)

WMA’s 2024 Annual Quick List (PDF)

Manufactured Housing Practice Group (PDF)