California mobile home resources
Verified California government agencies and vetted nonprofit resources for mobile and manufactured home residents — HCD, the AG, HUD, legal aid, and resident organizations.
Published June 3, 2026
This is a directory of government agencies and vetted nonprofit organizations that help mobile and manufactured home residents in California. It is general information, not legal advice or an endorsement — for a specific situation, consider consulting a licensed attorney in California. FightMyPark takes no referral fees and has no financial relationship with any organization listed here.
State agencies
- California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) — Mobilehome and Special Occupancy Parks — the state agency that enforces California's mobilehome park installation, maintenance, and inspection standards and administers the HCD title and registration program for manufactured homes.
- HCD — Mobilehome Residency Law Protection Program (MRLPP) — a program within HCD that provides information about the Mobilehome Residency Law and accepts complaints from homeowners about alleged violations of the MRL.
- California Attorney General — Housing Rights — the state office where California residents can learn about housing rights and file a civil rights or consumer complaint related to housing.
Consumer protection
- California Department of Consumer Affairs — the state agency that licenses manufactured home dealers and salespersons and handles consumer complaints about licensed businesses.
Federal
- HUD — California — HUD's California hub, including how to find a HUD-approved housing counselor.
- HUD — Office of Manufactured Housing Programs — the federal office responsible for the HUD Code construction and safety standards that apply to all manufactured homes built after June 15, 1976.
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — Manufactured Housing — federal consumer information on financing options and protections for manufactured home buyers.
Legal aid
- Bay Area Legal Aid — free civil legal services for low-income residents in the San Francisco Bay Area, including housing matters.
- Inland Counties Legal Services — free civil legal help for eligible residents in Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties, including landlord-tenant issues.
- Bet Tzedek Legal Services — free civil legal services in Los Angeles County, with a housing justice focus that includes mobilehome park residents.
- Legal Services of Northern California — free civil legal help for eligible residents across Northern California, including housing matters.
- California Legal Services (CalLaw) Directory — statewide referral tool for finding local legal aid offices by county (operated by a nonprofit legal aid collaborative).
Resident and nonprofit organizations
- ROC USA — a national nonprofit that helps residents purchase and cooperatively own their manufactured home communities.
- MHAction — a national nonprofit organizing manufactured home residents around housing stability and affordability.
- Prosperity Now — Manufactured Housing — national nonprofit research and policy advocacy focused on manufactured housing wealth-building and resident protections.