Landlord and Tenant - Mobile Home Parks Article
Tenant Self-Help Repairs
Do you rent an apartment, a condo, a townhouse, a house, a mobile home, or a mobile home park lot space here in Arizona? If so, your landlord is required by law to ensure that it remains in good condition throughout the term of your rental agreement.
Unfortunately, landlords do not always ensure that their tenants’ rented apartments, condos, townhouses, houses, mobile homes, and mobile home park lot spaces remain in good condition. Sometimes, landlords neglect to make required repairs, even after their tenants have submitted a written request.
An Arizona tenant whose landlord is not making required repairs has various options. This article addresses just one of them: the tenant’s right to make “self-help” repairs if and when their landlord ignores their prior request.
IMPORTANT NOTE: “Self-help” repairs are not repairs made by the tenant themselves but instead repairs made by an independent licensed professional at the tenant’s request.
If you would like to learn more about a tenant’s other options, all of which require the tenant to notify their landlord of the problem in need of repair, providing the landlord with an opportunity to make the requested repairs before the tenant does anything else, you may wish to consult the Arizona landlord/tenant act that applies to your specific situation:
• The Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (ARLTA) describes the rights and responsibilities of tenants who are living in a rented apartment, condo, townhouse, house, or mobile home where both the mobile home and the lot space are owned by the same person.
• The Arizona Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Mobile Home Park Act) describes the rights and responsibilities of tenants who are living in a mobile home that they own but are renting a lot space in a mobile home park.
Both Acts are in Title 33 of the Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.). The ARLTA is Chapter 10 and the Mobile Home Park Act is Chapter 11. A.R.S. Title 33 is available online here: https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=33.
Summaries of some of the rights and responsibilities described in both Acts are provided elsewhere on this website under “Housing”: .
QUESTIONS
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Own home, 22 years lot renter, eviction granted, stay negotiated, payment plan for court cost granted but noticed on bottom it says if we can not show proof of reinstatement, they can process with writ, manager has previous lease and said she would change the 1 yr. to 6 mo. Which was our new agreement but instead has added more fees and a few other things that don't fall under law and wants me to sign it before she gives it back which now I haven't the proof that she reinstated me..., what do I do? Lease is not originally up till Jan'
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I have a park manager refusing me access to the community pool because of a late night swim when the gates were closed. No property was damaged. The only reason this is being blown out of proportion is because I had some colorful words with the "KING"(or so he thinks) neighborhood gossip. Him and management are close. They're taking action against me out of spite to make me feel inferior against them.Can I be arrested if I go swimming anyway and ignore the pool moniter? How long can she refuse an amenity I pay for? I own the home, rent the space. I don't know if that makes a difference. -Sara
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I had an agreement with management of MHP that I would not be held responsible for previous owners last utility bill. New owners come in and charge me for the bill because previous I'll ous park owner didn't collect. Can they do that
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I paid my rent and late fees and they wont let me back into my mobile home for 6 days is that legal
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I own my trailer but rent the space. The owner of the park passed away and we were left alone for a few months. Rent checks were returned and it was chaos. I received a certified letter saying I have not paid rent for 4 months, when I know I have. I have proof for 1 of those months, but cannot find the others. The office is open for 3 hours a day while I'm at work, so I stick it in the outside mailbox that is locked. Other tenants have received the same notice and said they also paid. Some tenants are also suing the park for abandonment. What can I do to prevent paying rent twice? Thank you
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I am a current mobile home owner in mesa. My husband and I have maintained our trailer to the standards put forth in the lease. We are very disappointed at our park owners for allowing an owner to treat the park as a place of business which is prohibited in the park lease. How or what are our legal means of attempting to see the problems corrected.
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I am renting to own a mobile home in a mobile home park, my propane line that runs my stove, hot water heater and furnace is leaking and i can smell propane through the house and outsied the house. my question is who is reponsible for repairing the propane line? the landlord says we are as tenents. Also, my furnace that provides heat does not work and has not worked in the whole 18 months I lived here and I have kids, he says it is my responsibility to fix.
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In a mobile home park, is it the landlord's responsibility to provide driveway stones/gravel as needed?
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lived in this park for 13 yrs.new managment trying to force everyone in the park with new lease and rules.if you dont sign the new lease,they dont accept your rent check.insane rules like no babysitting in the park,no washing your car(we pay for the water),no pets over 30 lbs,a pet fee and they must approve the pet,which are in my home that i own and dont even go outside.we are only allowed the number of cars that now fit in the carport which is only 18 to 20 ft long,they want to chage a 25 dollar fee for every notice they send out also.the list goes on.is this legal? how does grandfather work
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is the owner and employees of the park allowed to come on my lot at any point without my permission? I feel like I"m being targeted for unknown reasons as I"ve had someone come on my lot several times and we have caught them and they pretended they were "cutting" through to the other side.
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