$120 in ten years. That does not justify rent control. > Rexroad.com

Yesterday we considered rent control for mobile home parks in Yolo County. I generally don't support rent control but listened to the evidence that was offered for the proposal being advocated by Supervisor Yamada.

Most of the testimony that we heard was about poor park management. That is something that rent control will not solve.

We had one guy say that he had a $200 per month increase last year. That number was refuted later so I have my doubts about it.

The final speaker stood up to tell us that the residents were being nickeled and dimed to death. As proof he offered that his rent had gone up $120 a month over the past TEN YEARS. TEN YEARS.

This is supposed to justify rent control. I challenge anyone out there to find a single housing unit of any kind in Yolo County that is similar to what it was ten years ago and show me a price increase of less than $120 per month.

We were told that this is unreasonable activity by the park owner. $120 increase over TEN YEARS is unreasonable? Not a chance. These residents should thank their lucky stars each night that they have had increases that are a fraction of the CPI. They should also stop talking about this. The more people they tell about the low cost of living in their parks will increase the demand to such a degree that the price will go up.

This situation is not the same as what was going on in Woodland. The guy here was a jerk.

These park owners are reasonable and should not be treated the same way.

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