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Findings and Recommendations
5 findings
The proliferation of unknown and unpermitted parks has been exacerbated by the discontinuance of full time Environmental Health Housing Inspectors.
No recommendations for this finding
Initial and annual inspections will now be conducted by the State Housing and Community Development Agency (HCD) for local building and land use requirements. County Code Enforcement and Building and Safety will inspect for building code compliance. They do not have adequate staff to keep up with the required inspections. The Environmental Health Department will be responsible for approving sewage and water system design.
Related Recommendations (1)
Reevaluate the loan limit for each mobile home space to ensure adequate funding to cover site utilities.
Previous inspections found some parks with dangerous and unsanitary conditions, but none of them has been closed down. To date, no official plan has been formulated between state and county agencies to proceed with inspections and permitting in an organized manner. The goals of the program are vague. The State HCD and county departments have no clear plan on how to proceed with the closure of dangerous/unsanitary parks. 4.A low interest loan up to $75,000 (based on $6,250 for each mobile home space) is being offered to unpermitted park owners to install septic tanks, plumbing and other site utilities. Based on final costs of a permitted park owner/contractor, this amount falls short of what the actual costs would be.
Related Recommendations (1)
Provide adequate office personnel to monitor complete compliance with all grant and loan terms.
Under the Mobile Home Tenant Assistance Grant Program, individual mobile homeowners who are tenants of unpermitted parks, have been offered up to a $3,000 grant to improve their existing trailer that must have an economic life of ten years. They must have been registered by September 30, 1999, and show substantial improvement within three months.
No recommendations for this finding
The Mobile Home Tenant Assistance Loan Program offers mobile home owners, who are tenants of unpermitted parks, a loan of up to $20,000 for replacement of mobile homes in such poor condition they cannot be repaired.
No recommendations for this finding
Additional Recommendations
1
These recommendations are not explicitly linked to specific findings.
