Manufactured-home landlords must explain rent-limit exceptions in notices

Landlords must give tenants the state rent-increase notice form and serve the notice under the cited state rules. These rules cover landlords and tenants renting manufactured or mobile home lots. The notice must meet the required advance-notice period. The form requirement does not apply to certain subsidized rentals where rent depends on household income or other household-specific circumstances. That exception excludes portable tenant-based vouchers and some affordable rentals where a tenant's base rent does not change with income. The law took effect June 11, 2026.

Landlords claiming an exception to the rent limit must include supporting facts in the written rent-increase notice. This applies to landlords raising rent for manufactured or mobile home lot tenancies. Exceptions include certain regulated affordable housing, a recent purchase by an eligible organization when a majority of community owners approve, and a one-time increase at a first renewal after a rental agreement transfer if the tenant received advance notice of that option. The rent limit applies during the first 12 months of a tenancy and during any 12-month period of the tenancy.

A tenant may send a written demand to lower an increase that exceeds the limit without an authorized exception, or end the rental agreement before the increase takes effect. These options apply when a landlord raises rent above the limit without an authorized exception. To end the agreement this way, the tenant must give at least 30 days' written notice and owes rent for the full month they move out. The landlord may not charge a fee for ending the agreement this way. The tenant must end the agreement before the increase takes effect.