Fremont, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Increase Notice (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Fremont Municipal Code Sec. 9.55.050(f)-(h)
- Notice must state
- Dollar amount and percentage of increase
- Filing required
- Sworn declaration to Rent Review Officer
- Delivery confirmation deadline
- 5 working days after tenant notice
- Tenant complaint window
- 15 days from postmark of notice
- Noncompliance result
- Increase is void per Sec. 9.55.050(e)
Summary
Fremont's mobile home rent stabilization ordinance dictates exactly what a park owner's rent increase notice must say, including a mandated statutory notice paragraph, and separately requires the owner to file a sworn declaration with the city's Rent Review Officer before and after noticing any increase.
Rent Increase Notices. The standard rent increase notices shall advise the mobile home owner of both the dollar amount of any standard rent increase and the percentage amount of any standard rent increase. Any administrative fee rent increase notice shall include the calculations used by the park owner to determine the amount to be charged to each affected mobile home owner according to the following formula: total fee charged to park owner multiplied by 0.35 percent divided by the number of affected spaces divided by 12 months. All rent increase notices under subsections (a), (b) and (c), but not (d), of this section shall also contain the following information in substantially the following form: NOTICE: THE RENT FOR YOUR SPACE IS SUBJECT TO THE CITY OF FREMONT'S RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE, WHICH PROVIDES FOR ANNUAL STANDARD RENT INCREASES EQUAL TO THE GREATER OF (1) THREE PERCENT OR (2) $10 OR (3) SIXTY PERCENT OF THE INCREASE IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, PROVIDED THAT NO ANNUAL STANDARD RENT INCREASE MAY EXCEED SIX PERCENT.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 02-2026, passed May 5, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Fremont Municipal Code Sec. 55 (Mobile Home Space Rent Stabilization), governs the notices a mobile home park owner must give before raising space rent. 35 percent, divided by the number of affected spaces, divided by 12 months. Notices for standard, special, and administrative fee increases (but not capital improvement increases under subsection (d)) must also include a specific statutory notice paragraph telling the mobile home owner that the rent is subject to the city's rent stabilization ordinance, stating the current increase formula, and directing the tenant to contact the city's Rent Review Officer within 15 days of the postmarked date if the increase appears excessive.
Separately, subsection (g) requires the park owner to file a declaration under penalty of perjury with the Rent Review Officer before noticing the increase, stating the amount, the old space rent, and the new space rent, and then file a second declaration confirming delivery of the tenant notice within five working days after it is sent. A park owner who skips these notice or filing steps cannot collect the increase: Sec. 050(h) makes noncompliant increases void and gives the mobile home owner a full defense in any eviction or rent-collection action until the owner cures the failure by providing the missing information.
Violations & Fines
Failure to provide the required notice content or file the Rent Review Officer declarations renders the rent increase void and unenforceable under Sec. 9.55.050(e) and (h). The mobile home owner can raise the defect as a complete defense against eviction for nonpayment of the increase or against a collection action, and the park owner must cure the notice failure before pursuing possession or collecting the increase at all.
Frequently Asked Questions
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