Mobile Home & Manufactured Park Law
Living in a mobile or manufactured-home park is its own legal world: you usually own the home but rent the lot, under a separate state law. Lot-rent increases, park evictions, selling in place, park closures, titles, and your rights as a resident.
All Mobile Home & Manufactured Park Law guides
- When a Mobile Home Park Closes or Is Redeveloped: Your Relocation Rights
Park closure forces residents to move their owned homes—often at great cost. Notice requirements and relocation assistance vary sharply by state.
- Lot Lease vs. Owning the Land: What You're Actually Agreeing To
A lot lease gives you the right to use the land under your home — not to own it. Here's what that means for rent, renewal, and your security.
- How to File a Complaint About a Mobile Home Park
Where to file complaints about a mobile home park—state manufactured-housing agencies, the attorney general, local code enforcement, and HUD.
- Mobile Home Park Fees: Entry, Transfer, and Pass-Through Charges
Parks can charge more than just lot rent. Learn which fees are common, which may be capped, and what to watch for on utilities and pass-throughs.
- Mobile Home Park Rights: How They Differ From Renting an Apartment
You own the home but rent the lot—here's why that split puts park residents in their own legal world under separate state laws.
- Who Maintains What in a Mobile Home Park? Lot, Roads, and Your Home
Understand the split between park and homeowner maintenance duties—roads, common areas, trees, and drainage vs. your own home and lot.
- Can a Park Make You Move or Remove Your Mobile Home?
Parks can enforce condition standards, but many states limit forced removal based on age alone. Learn what the park can legally require and who pays.
- Mobile Home Park Rules: What the Park Can and Can't Enforce
Parks can set rules on appearance, pets, and parking—but they cannot change rules arbitrarily mid-tenancy or enforce them selectively. Know your limits.
- Utilities in a Mobile Home Park: Submetering, Markups, and Shutoffs
Learn how submetered utilities work in mobile home parks, whether markups are legal, and what protections exist against illegal utility shutoffs.
- Abandoned Mobile Homes and Park Liens for Unpaid Lot Rent
What happens when a manufactured home is abandoned in a park, how parks enforce liens for unpaid lot rent, and what rights residents and lienholders have.
- Selling Your Mobile Home in a Park: Can the Park Block the Sale or Reject the Buyer?
You own the home — but can the park stop your sale? Understand buyer approval, transfer fees, and your right to sell in place.
- Retaliation and Your Right to Organize a Residents' Association
How anti-retaliation protections work in mobile home parks, your right to form a residents' association, and how to protect yourself when organizing.
- Can a Mobile Home Park Evict You If You Own Your Home?
Yes—owning your home outright does not prevent the park from terminating your lot tenancy. Here's what happens to your home next.
- Buying a Mobile Home in a Park: What to Check Before You Sign
Buying a home in a mobile home park means evaluating two things: the home itself and the lot lease. Here's what to check before you commit.
- Mobile Home Title and Transfer Problems: Lost Titles and Liens
How manufactured home titles work, what to do about a lost title or surprise lien, and how to transfer title properly when buying or inheriting.
- Eviction From a Mobile Home Park: The Process, Reasons, and Notice
Most states limit park evictions to specific lawful grounds and require longer notice than apartment evictions, plus a court process.
- New Owners Bought the Mobile Home Park: What Can They Change?
New ownership doesn't erase your lot lease. Learn what new park owners can and can't change — rent, rules, and park closure risks.
- Can a Mobile Home Park Raise Your Lot Rent? Limits and Notice
Parks can generally raise lot rent, but state law usually requires advance written notice—often longer than for apartments. Some states also cap increases.