Welcome to HMOA

2003   INCORPORATION -- HMOA, Inc. was incorporated under California's Mutual Benefit Non-Profit Corporation Law as a category 501(C4), Social Welfare Entity.  Incorporation not only strengthens our organization, but it protects individual park residents from being sued by a park owner.  In addition to attaining  Federal and State Tax exemption status, we are also registered with California's Department of Justice, Registry of Charitable Trusts.

2004   CREATION OF HMOA.NET -- This website is important to all mobilehome residents in that it provides information pertinent to our very unique lifestyle.  In addition, we have also included a section entitled 'useful information' which provides information on many topics such as Municipal and State legislation as it applies to mobilehome living.

2004  MANDATORY MEET AND CONFER -- This significantly streamlines the arbitration process whenever mobilehome residents contest rents and other disputes with their park owners, can meet with their park owners to work through the issues.  In many cases, park residents have been spared the exorbitant cost associated with procuring legal council.  We also included an amendment whereby if a dispute could not be resolved and to proceed to mediation, the resident(s) and park owner would jointly chose from a pool of five qualified mediators through a process of elimination.  To further simplify the arbitration, the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) was removed from the the Ordinance.

2005   ELIMINATION OF THE TRUST MECHANISM -- Under the original provisions of Hayward's Mobilehome Space Rent Stabilization Ordinance, park owners were permitted to establish a 'trust' account in their names whereby park residents were required to prematurely pay for such things as capital pass-thru improvement projects!

2005  INTRODUCTION OF THE VINCENT M. HAERTEL COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD -- HMOA wanted to honor an outstanding  Hayward citizen who dedicated and steadfast their support of Hayward's mobilehome community. We honored former Hayward Councilmember Doris Rodriquez as our inaugural recipient.  The presentation was followed by a reception  in her honor.

2005  ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR LEGAL FUND -- When the residents of Eden Gardens Mobilehome Park were notified of a $200.00 a month increase by their park owner, they secured a $5,000.00 interest-free loan from HMOA to retain legal council.  The residents were also able to speak with an attorney who provided insight on how to handle and resolve the issue.  An agreement was reached with the park owner that proved to be a far more viable solution for the park residents.

2005   CREATION OF OUR UNIQUE MOBILE ZONING CONFIGURATION --  We also succeeded in positioning our nine Hayward mobilehome parks under The City of Hayward's General Plan which created our own unique zoning classification.  What this accomplished made conversion of a mobilehome to another use far more difficult for a mobilehome park owner. 

2013   SAFEGUARDED HAYWARD'S FIVE REMAINING SENIOR PARKS FROM ANY POSSIBILITY OF CONVERSION TO ALL AGE     

This was accomplished as a result of a judgement by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and was unanimously supported by both the Planning Commission and the Hayward City Council and made Hayward the  State's first major city to secure these safeguards.  This decision represents the a 'win-win' for both The Hayward Mobilehome Community and the City as one of Hayward's major commitments in securing affordable housing to accommodate the City's expanding senior population. 

2014   COMPREHENSIVE MOBILEHOME PARK CONVERSION ORDINANCE -- By extracting the most favorable aspects of existing statewide conversion ordinances through out the State, we constructed a very comprehensive conversion ordinance which ranks as one of the best in the state. 

2014   THE VINCENT M. HARTEL  COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD -- Was awarded to former Mayor Michael Sweeney for his unwavering support of our mobilehome community.