Law change aims to give mobile home park residents more stability [Video]

Mobile home park owners in B.C. now have less power to amend park rules under changes to provincial law.

Formerly, landlords could implement new rules at their whim with little notice to owners of manufactured homes living on their property.

But under the update to the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation, effective April 30, landlords can now change park rules only once a year, and they will have to provide three months’ notice.

“People shouldn’t be subject to rules that can change every two weeks,” said B.C. Minister of Housing Ravi Kahlon, who described mobile home parks as “an important option for people in this province, often providing affordable housing.”

Kahlon said ever-changing park rules can sometimes be complicated and lead to preventable evictions. He said the updated regulations will give residents more stability.

If a park has a committee, like a strata council, there is still no limit to how often rules can be changed.

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