01/06/2014
LEGISLATION
RCW59.20 deals with the boundaries of your lot. Your rental agreement RCW59.20.060 (1) (j) provides that landlords are to provide residents with “A written description, picture, plan, or map of the boundaries of a mobile home space sufficient to inform the tenant of the exact location of the tenants’ space in relation to other tenants’ spaces”. (k) “A written description, picture, plan or map of the location of the tenants’ responsibility for utility hook-ups: RCW59.20.130 (6) “Maintain and protect all utilities provided to the mobile home, manufactured home...in good working condition. Maintenance responsibility shall be deter-mined at that point where the normal home ..utilities “Hook-ups” connect to those provided by the landlord or utility company”.
Substitute House Bill 2194—Passed in the 2012 Regular Session. RCW59.20 amended to include language: Landlords cannot :1. Deny a tenant the right to sell their home or prohibit any tenant from posting on the home or on the leased lot a commercially reasonable “for sale” sign designed to advertise the sale of the home. (this means you can have your Realtor put up a traditional “for sale” sign on your lot, not just have a window sign (but can restrict the number of signs to no more than 2 signs and any sign that would restrict the safety of tenants).
INVITE YOUR MHOA OFFICERS OR DISTRICT DIRECTORS TO COME VIST YOUR PARK, AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, MHOA IS HERE TO HELP. WE CAN MEET IN YOUR CLUBHOUSE, IN A RESIDENT’S HOME, A NEARBY GRANGE HALL, FIRE STATION, BANK MEETING ROOM, LIBRARY, RESTAURANT, OR SCHOOL. CALL THE MHOA OFFICE AT 360-373-2436 OR E-MAIL US AT [email protected] WITH YOUR CONCERNS. WE WILL PASS YOUR MESSAGE ON TO ONE OF OUR OFFI-CERS OR DISTRICT DIRECTORS AND HELP YOU SET UP A PARK VISIT TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS AND EDUCATE YOU ON THE LAWS THAT PROTECT YOUR INTEREST IN YOUR PARK AND HOW YOU CAN FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE.
