Two Bills Introduced to Preserve Mobilehome Parks and Provide Stronger Post-Disaster Protections

SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) recently introduced two bills to prevent displacement and provide stronger post-disaster protections for residents of a mobilehome park.

“The 2025 Palisades Fire has exposed significant gaps in support mobilehome residents are at risk to in the wake of a disaster,” acknowledged Senator Allen. “We need to take urgent action to prevent further displacement of these residents, preserve this important source of affordable housing across California, and establish clear rights and procedures to pave a path to a more successful recovery effort.”

SB 1092, the Mobilehome Community Stability and Preservation Act, creates a stronger pathway for residents to preserve mobilehome parks as an affordable homeownership opportunity in California. The legislation requires mobilehome park owners who receive an offer to sell, lease, or transfer the park to provide residents or their designated representative the opportunity to offer a competitive bid to purchase the park instead. Residents may designate a qualified nonprofit, a local housing authority, or a local government to work on their behalf.

SB 1092 is sponsored by California Coalition for Rural Housing, Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services, and ROC USA, and is supported by the Palisades Bowl Community Partnership.

“The Coalition for Rural Housing is proud to stand alongside Senator Allen to advance this critical legislation,” said Alicia Sebastian, Executive Director of California Coalition for Rural Housing. “Manufactured housing communities are among the only affordable housing options remaining in many rural, farmworker, and disaster-impacted areas of our state. Protecting these parks and creating pathways for residents to own their communities safeguards long-term affordability and strengthens the voice of those who call these parks home. As CCRH marks 50 years of advocacy in 2026, we remain committed to carrying this legacy forward through policies like this.”

"Every manufactured housing resident deserves a fair opportunity to compete when the community they call home is put up for sale,” said Clemente Mojica, President and CEO of Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services. “Ensuring residents have the right to participate in the sale process helps level the playing field, protects longstanding communities from avoidable displacement, and preserves one of California’s most important sources of naturally affordable housing."

“Across the country, we’ve seen firsthand what happens when manufactured home community residents have a fair opportunity to purchase their communities: housing costs stabilize, families remain rooted, and residents reinvest in the places they call home,” said Emily Thaden, CEO of ROC USA. “We’ve also seen what happens when they don’t: sudden lot rent increases, displacement, and the loss of one of our nation’s most important sources of affordable homeownership.

“The Mobilehome Community Stability and Preservation Act would ensure residents receive advance notice and a fair opportunity to compete if their community is put up for sale,” added Thaden. “Senator Allen’s leadership will help preserve affordable housing, strengthen local communities, and make resident ownership possible for thousands of California families.”

SB 1093, the Post-Disaster Mobilehome Park Community Resident Protections Act, provides clear and transparent communication timelines between park owners and residents, clarifies residents’ right of entry, and protects leasehold interest value post disaster. The bill also requires additional environmental testing and feasibility studies prior to pursuing closure post disaster.

"When a disaster destroys a mobilehome park, residents lose not just their homes, but their stability, their community, and often their entire life savings,” said Jon Brown, representative of the Palisades Bowl Community Group. “Current law outlines what happens if an owner chooses to rebuild — but it is silent when they do not, leaving families in indefinite limbo, and the park owners with an opportunity to profit off of these residents' calamitous misfortune.

“The Post-Disaster Mobilehome Park Community Resident Protections Act establishes clear timelines and accountability so displaced residents are not left at the mercy of inaction,” added Brown. “Basic housing security should not depend on the unilateral decisions of a landowner. This legislation restores balance and ensures that disaster recovery protects the people who live in these communities — not just the land beneath them.”

The two bills will be heard in their respective policy committees to be voted on in the coming weeks.