Gilroy, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Increase Notice (2026)
Key Facts
- Frequency limit
- no more than one increase per 12 months
- Notice timing
- same calendar date required for all tenants annually
- Disclosures if above cap
- 6 items including dollar and percent amount
- Copy required to
- city's rent review officer
- Tenant list
- available to any tenant on request
Summary
Mobile home park space rent in Gilroy can be raised only once every 12 months, and every tenant must be notified on the same calendar date each year. Under City Code Section 14A.5, a notice for an increase above the automatic cap must disclose the tenant's name and space, the increase amount and percentage, and the right to petition for arbitration.
(a) Except as otherwise provided within this chapter, the rent of any mobile home space shall not be increased more than once in any twelve (12) month period. (b) All rent increase notices shall be given to the tenants on the same day each calendar year and subsequent years, although proposed increases may take effect on different dates. ... (d) Whenever a landlord serves notice to a mobile home tenant of a proposed rent increase which exceeds the amounts specified in Section 14A.4(a), said notice shall include the following information: (1) The name of the mobile home tenant occupying the rental space which is subject to the proposed increase; (2) The mobile home space number and/or letter; (3) A statement that the tenant has the right and may file a petition request for a formal rent review hearing with the city's rent review officer.
Full Breakdown
Section 14A.5(a) bars more than one space-rent increase per mobile home lot in any 12-month period. Subsection (b) requires the landlord to give every tenant notice on the same day each calendar year, even if the increases take effect on different dates, specifically to avoid multiple arbitration disputes over the same park within one year; a list of tenants who received notice must be available to any tenant on request (subsection (c)). When a proposed increase exceeds the automatic threshold set in Section 14A.4(a), the notice under subsection (d) must state the tenant's name, the space number or letter, a statement of the right to petition the rent review officer for a formal hearing (with the 51-percent-of-spaces signature requirement spelled out), a copy of Section 14A.4 itself, the rent review officer's City Hall address and phone number, and the increase expressed both as a dollar figure and as a percentage of current base rent.
A copy of that notice must also go to the rent review officer (subsection (e)). These notice mechanics feed directly into the Section 14A.6 petition process, which gives tenants 30 days from the rent review officer's receipt of the notice to file a signed petition.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 14A carries no separate fine for a defective notice. Practically, a landlord's notice that omits the required Section 14A.5(d) disclosures does not properly start the tenants' 30-day petition clock under Section 14A.6, and any increase above the automatic cap remains uncollectible until it clears arbitration, since the excess amount is suspended pending a decision under Section 14A.4(c).
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