The city of Revelstoke has reated a new policy that attempts to prevent displacement of mobile home residents.
Residents of the parks currently own their trailers, but rent the land they occupy from the owners. Re-zoning from manufactured home park to strata, creates individual titles for the lots the mobile homes currently sit on. Under a policy passed this summer by Revelstoke city council, owners have to give tenants the right of first refusal to buy the land if it’s turned into a strata.
The intent of the city’s new policy, called the Manufactured Home Park Redevelopment, Residential Tenant Protection and Strata Conversion Policy, is to mitigate displacement of mobile home park tenants due to development.
About 13 per cent of the city’s housing is mobile homes, and it is the most affordable housing option. Paul Simon, the city’s lead planner, says this is precedent setting policy in B.C.
