Woodland, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Control (2026)

Chapter 5.36 of the Woodland Municipal Code, the Manufactured Home Space Rent Control law, applies only to manufactured (mobile) home park spaces, not to houses or apartments. Owners must register each park with the City within 60 days of becoming subject to the chapter and re-register annually, listing rent schedules and other charges; a registration fee set by City Council resolution applies per space, with a $1.00 per space late charge for each month payment is delinquent. The space rent ceiling was fixed at the rent charged on January 1, 1996, and can rise only through the adjustment paths this chapter allows.

A park owner's annual "permissive" increase is capped at the lesser of 3% or 75% of the trailing 12-month CPI change; a larger increase requires a net-operating-income (NOI) application to the five-member Manufactured Home Fair Practices Commission, whose members are nominated by Council members and the Mayor. Government assessment pass-throughs and one-time "special adjustment" requests for a fair return are also available, the latter through a noticed fair-return hearing with mailed notice sent at least 20 days ahead. Spaces under a lease meeting California Civil Code Section 798.17 are exempt from the rent ceiling while that lease runs.

If vacancy across regulated parks exceeds 5%, the City Council may suspend the chapter by resolution; the Council may also repeal it outright once fewer than 50 spaces citywide remain subject to the ceiling. Violating any provision, including collecting rent above the ceiling, is a misdemeanor punishable under the Woodland Municipal Code's general penalty provisions, and residents may refuse to pay space rent charged in violation of the chapter as a defense against eviction for nonpayment.