As a landlord of a mobile home park or tenant who lives in a mobile home, you are part of a unique housing community that is covered by:

• The City of Oceanside’s Manufactured Home Fair Practices Act, limiting increases in rent, and
• State Law (Mobile Home Residency Law/Frequently Asked Questions) regulates the development, operation and maintenance of mobile home parks. The MRL is part of California Civil Code. Enforcement of the MRL is administered by the California civil court system. Concerns about potential violations of the MRL and landlord/tenant issues should be raised through the State's Mobilehome  Residency Law Protection Program and/or discussed with an attorney.

The Manufactured Home Fair Practices Act was originally adopted by the Oceanside City Council on June 23, 1982 as Chapter 16B of the Oceanside City Code (OCC; Ordinance No. 82-27) and became effective January 1, 1985. The stated purpose of the Ordinance is to protect residents of such parks from unreasonable rental increases, while at the same time preserving for the park owners a “just and reasonable return” on the park owner’s investment.

Oceanside Mobile Home Parks & Rent Controlled Spaces

There are currently 17 mobile home parks in Oceanside that lease spaces to owners of mobile (manufactured) homes. The web application below shows the location of Mobile Home Parks with the number of Rent Controlled Spaces within Oceanside.

• List of Parks in Oceanside
• Rent Controlled Spaces at Oceanside Mobile Home Parks Map Viewer
• Memorandum  Proposed 16B Disclosure Form

Setting Rent Increases

The Manufactured Home Fair Practices Commission processes and considers applications for the adjustment of space rent and applications for exemptions provided in the Ordinance. Such duties include ordering appropriate investigations and conducting hearings as required by Chapter 16B and the Administrative Guidelines.

The annual rent adjustment, also known as the annual permissive, is set at the lesser of an:

• Eight (8) percent increase; or
• Increase equal to seventy-five (75) percent of the percentage increase in the CPI for the calendar year in which the application is filed as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The annual rent adjustment is effective as of July 1st of each year, if approved by the Commission and when the City has determined, after a physical inspection of the park, the park is in compliance with certain health and safety standards.

2026 Space Rent Ceiling is 2.85 percent

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