San Jose, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Increase Notice (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- mobile home park lots only
- Triggers on
- new rent set after vacancy
- Requires
- written notice of anniversary date
- Chapter
- SJMC 17.22 Mobilehome Rent Ordinance
- Not covered
- standard apartments (SJMC 17.23)
Summary
San Jose's Mobilehome Rent Ordinance requires a park landlord to give the new mobilehome owner or tenant written notice of the rent increase anniversary date whenever a new rent is set after a lot vacancy, so residents know when an increase is coming.
When a new rent is established following the vacancy of a rental unit the landlord shall give written notice to the new mobilehome owner or mobilehome tenant of the anniversary date for rent increases and shall give written notice to such owner or tenant that the rental unit may be subject to a rent increase on such anniversary date.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 5 Update 3).
Full Breakdown
SJMC § 17.22.455 sits in the Mobilehome Rent Ordinance's Part 4 on allowable rent increases. It applies when a mobilehome lot changes hands and a new rent is set: the landlord must tell the incoming mobilehome owner or tenant, in writing, the annual anniversary date on which rent increases occur and that the lot may see an increase on that date. A related section, § 17.22.660, layers on detailed notice content, dollar amount, percentage, hearing rights, whenever a landlord proposes an increase above the annual cap set in § 17.22.450. This chapter covers mobile home parks only; standard apartment rent increases fall under the separate Apartment Rent Ordinance, SJMC Chapter 17.23, which ties its notice timing to state Civil Code § 827.
Violations & Fines
No stated fine for skipping this notice, but Sec. 17.22.390 puts the burden of proving compliance with Chapter 17.22 on the landlord, and disputes go to the city's Rental Rights and Referrals Program.
Frequently Asked Questions
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