HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—City Councilors June 21 voted 6 to 0 to look into expanding its current rental assistance program to include mobile homeowners.
Councilors Dan Kalmick and Natalie Moser proposed the change, with Moser calling it “the next major issue we need to worry about.”
According to city officials, the program would be federally funded and help residents who make less than $50,000 a year. It is estimated that 40 to 100 households could be helped within two years.
Even though mobile homeowners own their homes—and pay mortgages—they also pay rent for a plot of land at a mobile home park.
Many residents have said rent for these spaces across California has become increasingly unaffordable….