Subleasing

Question: Can a home owner sublease or rent their manufactured home?

Answer: Generally park rules do not allow home owners to sublease or rent homes. The Residency Law authorizes owners to sublease their homes in limited circumstances. Home owners may require medical care for an extended period. If such care requires an owner to be absent from home for six to twelve months, they may sublease their home. In these cases park managers may approve such subleases. Managers also may approve subleases shorter than six months and longer than a year. Park managers may screen the individual who will sign the sublease. The home owner remains liable for space rent, utilities and other park fees. Park managers may require security deposits.

Question: Can management rent manufactured homes owned by the park owner?

Answer: If park rules do not allow home owners to rent their homes, then management cannot rent a home owned by the park owner. The Residency Law requires that:

"The owner of the park, and any person employed by the park, shall be subject to, and comply with, all park rules and regulations, to the same extent as residents and their guests."

Civil Code Sections 798.23 & 798.23.5
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