Florida mobile home resources

This is a directory of government agencies and vetted nonprofit organizations that help mobile and manufactured home residents in Florida. It is general information, not legal advice or an endorsement — for a specific situation, consider consulting a licensed attorney in Florida. FightMyPark takes no referral fees and has no financial relationship with any organization listed here.

State regulators

• Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares & Mobile Homes (DBPR) — the state division that oversees mobile home parks, handles complaint resolution, mediation and arbitration, and receives park prospectus filings.
• DBPR — Mobile Homes program page — Florida's mobile home program information, forms, and contacts.

Consumer protection

• Florida Attorney General — Consumer Protection Division — where Florida consumers can learn about their rights and file a consumer complaint.

Title and registration

• Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) — Forms — title and registration forms for mobile homes, including title work.
• DHSMV — Application for Retirement of a Mobile Home Title (TL-39) — the official procedure for retiring a title to treat the home as real property.

Federal

• HUD — Florida — HUD's Florida hub, including how to find a HUD-approved housing counselor.
• HUD — Office of Manufactured Housing Programs — the federal office responsible for the manufactured home construction and safety standards (the HUD Code).

Legal aid

• Florida Law Help — a statewide portal connecting Floridians to free and low-cost legal assistance, with self-help tools for housing issues such as evictions.

Resident and nonprofit organizations

• Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida (FMO) — a membership advocacy organization for Florida manufactured and mobile home owners.
• ROC USA — a national nonprofit that helps residents purchase and cooperatively own their manufactured home communities.