Washington park problems, computed
The three park questions for Washington, answered from the state code itself: how much lot rent can go up (and what notice you must get), what happens when the park closes, and whether residents get a chance to buy the park when it sells. State law only — local ordinances are outside this dataset's scope, and the page says so wherever that matters.
The cap: 5% in any 12-month period, statewide, for every type of lot tenancy — and no increase at all during the first 12 months of a tenancy. Statewide, for every type of lot tenancy — month-to-month or longer term. The landlord may not increase rent during the first 12 months after the tenancy begins, and may not increase it by more than 5 percent in any 12-month period of the tenancy (RCW 59.20.370(1)). 'Rent' includes recurring and periodic charges for use and occupancy of the lot (RCW 59.20.390 form). No park-size threshold applies to the lot cap. A separate escalation clause allowed by RCW 59.20.060(2)(c) — a pro rata share of park property-tax or utility increases, and set annual increases written into leases longer than two years — sits outside the 5 percent section on the statute's own terms; do not promise readers it is capped.
Notice the park must give: 90 days before an increase takes effect.
Rule: RCW 59.20.370 (cap); RCW 59.20.380 (exemptions); RCW 59.20.390 (required notice form); enacted by HB 1217 (2025), ch. 209, Laws of 2025. Notice: RCW 59.20.090(2) (written notice three months before a rent increase takes effect) and RCW 59.20.090(3)(a) (minimum 90 days' prior written notice of an increase in the amount of rent).
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Closure / change-of-use notice the state requires: 730 days.
The standard closure clock is two years: for a change of land use — including closure of the park or conversion to another use, a cooperative, or a subdivision — the landlord shall give the tenants two years' notice, in the form of a closure notice meeting RCW 59.21.030, in advance of the effective date of the change. The two-year requirement does not apply if: (i) the park has been acquired for, or is under imminent threat of, condemnation; (ii) the park is sold or transferred to a county to reduce conflicting residential uses near a military installation; (iii) the park is sold to an eligible organization; (iv) the landlord pays relocation assistance of at least $15,000 for a multi-section home or $10,000 for a single-section home AND compensates tenants for the loss of their homes at the greater of 50 percent of the home's assessed market value in the tax year before the closure notice or $5,000, through a simple, timely process — the tenant then gets written notice of at least 12 months to vacate; or (v) the landlord pays relocation assistance of at least $15,000 for a multi-section home or $10,000 for a single-section home — the tenant then gets written notice of at least 18 months to vacate. In paths (iv) and (v) the notice must include Department of Commerce contact information for relocation help, the tenant keeps paying rent while remaining in the park, a home left behind is the landlord's responsibility to demolish or dispose of, and receiving landlord payments does not take away eligibility for state relocation help under RCW 59.21.
Rule: RCW 59.20.080(1)(e); closure notice form at RCW 59.21.030
Relocation help exists in Washington: State relocation assistance fund / program (RCW 59.21).
Up to a maximum of $17,000 for a multi-section home and $11,000 for a single-section home. Of that, $12,000 (multi-section) / $8,000 (single-section) is disbursed as cash assistance to help the tenant relocate the home or secure other housing, and the remainder is disbursed once the tenant has transferred title to the park owner, relocated the home, or demolished and disposed of it.
Rule: RCW 59.21.021 (Mobile Home Relocation Assistance Program, administered by the Department of Commerce); related park-owner demolition reimbursement in RCW 59.21.021(4)
Washington gives residents an opportunity to compete to buy when a park is sold. Trigger: Owner is about to market the park for sale or list it, or owner receives an offer to purchase that the owner intends to consider — owner must give a 'notice of opportunity to compete to purchase' before marketing/listing. A separate 'notice of sale' is due within 14 days after any advertisement, listing or public notice that the park is for sale
Who must be told: Each tenant; officers of any known qualified tenant organization; the Department of Commerce; the local government; the local housing authority; and the Housing Finance Commission Who can act: Tenants through a qualified tenant organization representing a majority of the tenants based on home sites, or an eligible organization (including a local government, local housing authority, community land trust, nonprofit community or neighborhood-based organization, federally recognized Indian tribe, or regional/statewide nonprofit housing assistance organization), which has its own competing right on the same terms
| Step | Clock | What the statute says |
|---|---|---|
| organize and tell the owner you want to compete to buy | 70 days from the owner’s notice | Within 70 days after delivery of the notice, tenants must form or identify a single qualified tenant organization and notify the owner in writing of their interest and their representative's contact information. |
| owner gives you the park information | 85 days from the owner’s notice | The owner has 15 days after the tenants' notice to provide information about the community to the tenants' representatives. |
| make your offer — form a nonprofit cooperative and send a written offer | 106 days from the owner’s notice | Within 21 days after receiving the owner's information, submit a written offer with evidence the buyer has the legal capacity to purchase real property. The owner must respond within 10 days; an owner who rejects the offer must explain in writing and state terms, if any, that might be acceptable. |
No right of first refusal — an opportunity to compete, with good-faith, commercially reasonable dealing required of both sides. Sequential clocks to an offer are 70 + 15 + 21 = 106 days, plus 10 days for the owner's response, but the statute as summarized states no single total deadline, so totalWindowDays is null. householdThreshold is recorded as 50 because the organization must represent a majority of tenants based on home sites. Eligible organizations hold their own statutory right rather than taking an assignment from tenants, so assignable is null. A qualifying sale is exempt from the real estate excise tax (provision sunsets Jan. 1, 2030).
Rule: Wash. Rev. Code §§ 59.20.325 to 59.20.335 (see also §§ 59.20.030, 59.20.300, 59.20.305, 82.45.010). Source: National Consumer Law Center, Summary of State Manufactured Home Community Purchase Laws (September 2026).
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Washington is a just-cause state for manufactured and mobile home lots: RCW 59.20.080 lists the grounds on which a landlord may terminate a tenancy or fail to renew one, and change of land use (closure or conversion) is one of those grounds, carrying the two-year closure notice in 59.20.080(1)(e). Rental agreements are for a term of one year unless otherwise agreed and renew automatically (RCW 59.20.090(1)).
Rule: RCW 59.20.080
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General information about how the process works in your state — not legal advice. For a contested eviction, a park-sale fight, or a title dispute with a lienholder, a local attorney or legal-aid office is the next step.