We have moved to Colony Cove because, over the years of visiting it, we were attracted to its appearance and seemingly hospitable confines. We knew that the City of Carson has a Mobilehome Rent Control Ordinance that would restrict the owner from raising the rent beyond what is reasonable and along the lines of the increase in the CPI for this area.
We were told that we would be safe in placing almost all of our family assets in a Mobilehome because of the ability to keep it up and to know that we would not have to try to move it out if the rent became to high. Knowing that our home is affixed to to the land on the space which we rent, and with the axles removed, the tongue removed and the skirting and landscaping in place, unlike an R. V. we have an "immobile home" and we have become "captive tensants". We never skip paying our rent, instead we are always paying our rent on time, and we do not create disturbances in the park. It can be a very quiet and comfortable place to live.
Now it is the time of year when the owner has decided to pursue his chance to prevail on the MRRB and seek a sizeable rent increase of over $193. Most all of the residence here are on social security, are retired, and have tight budgets within which we endeavor to live decently. Should any sizable rent increase be given to the owner, many of us will have to consider selling our homes. We do not have the ability to move them, nor can we just walk away as with apartment renting.
We, therefore request that Ken Freschauf and the MRRB grant to the owner an increase that is justified by the need to use the increase in the CPI as the governing factor it the calculation of the increase. Anything beyond this is simply not in keeping with the spirit of the ordinance which requires "just, reasonable, and fair" reporting of income and expenses and the Boards treatment of the request for a rent increase.
