{"id":284319,"date":"2026-04-24T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284319\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:30:16","slug":"tenants-in-california-mobile-home-parks-grapple-with-rent-hikes-and-evictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284319\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenants in California Mobile Home Parks Grapple with Rent Hikes and Evictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The verdict is believed to be California\u2019s first in a Catholic clergy abuse case since a change in state law led to a flood of litigation in 2019. It is expected to have far-reaching consequences for the hundreds of cases against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland that have been tied up in bankruptcy proceedings for years.<\/p>\n<p>When Clara Faria read her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/tag\/rent\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rent<\/a> statement, her heart stopped. Her monthly payment would more than triple, rising from $297 per month to $995. She had four days to make the payment or be charged a $50 late fee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought \u2018I don\u2019t have the money,\u2019\u201d Faria said of the statement, issued on Dec. 31, 2024, and due by Jan. 5, 2025. \u201cI figured by the end of the year, I\u2019m going to be homeless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faria, 91, lives alone on a fixed income in a one-bedroom manufactured home at the Willow Mobile Home Park in the East Bay town of San Pablo. Old family photos, crucifixes and saints adorn her living room walls. An oversized photo of an American flag peaks out from the hallway, declaring, \u201cThe lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts him, and I am helped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faria\u2019s experience is part of a growing pattern across California, where mobile home residents \u2014 many of whom own their homes but rent the land beneath them \u2014 are increasingly vulnerable to steep and repeated rent hikes. Harmony Communities, which manages her park in San Pablo, has faced criticism from residents, advocates and local officials for aggressive rent increases and opaque ownership structures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The verdict is believed to be California\u2019s first in a Catholic clergy abuse case since a change in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-284319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}