The Sausalito Floating Homes Association (FHA) has heard many concerns from floating home residents about fees and costs charged by or policies imposed by their marinas. In response, the FHA, through its Legislative Action Committee (LAC) and generous donations from residents, engaged an attorney with decades of experience in California real...
The FHA’s Legislative Action Committee (LAC) continues to discuss issues with county and state officials and explore the legal rights of our members under the Floating Homes Residency Law. At the recent Day in the Park, LAC members staffed a table to bring residents up to date on the status...
Here’s another multiple-choice quiz from the FHA’s Legislative Action Committee: In 2023, which of these requested a legislative repeal of AB252, including its legal prohibition of increased berth rent when a houseboat sells and legal cap on annual berth rent increases of 5%? Select all that apply: American Civil Liberties...
Here’s installment #5 in our series of multiple-choice quizzes posed by the FHA’s Legislative Action Committee: Which of these supported or endorsed AB252, which prohibited increasing berth rent when a houseboat sells in its berth and capped annual rent increases at 5%? American Civil Liberties Union City of Sausalito City...
HERE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED OR DECIDED ON AT THE MARCH AND APRIL 2024 FHA BOARD MEETINGS. MORE DETAILS WILL BE REPORTED LATER IN THE FLOATING TIMES. The March and April FHA Board meetings were the first in-person meetings since the pandemic, thanks to the hospitality...
Here’s another quiz from the Legislative Action Committee to test your Floating Homes IQ: “People on my dock keep talking about AB252 and protections for floating homeowners. Why?” It has not passed the Legislature yet. Protections like rent control and vacancy control could be repealed this year. Protections like rent...
Here’s installment #3 in the Legislative Action Committee’s series of multiple-choice quizzes to test your knowledge about your rights: Question: Where can you find your legal rights as a floating homeowner in Marin? Sausalito Municipal Code Marin County Code California Tenant Protection Act Floating Home Residency Law Look for the...
Once again the FHA’s Legislative Action Committee is posting a multiple-choice quiz to test your knowledge about your rights as a floating homeowner. This week’s question is: You’re selling your home and you and the buyers have agreed on a price and conditions. The buyers need financing to complete the...
Joe Novitski, chair of the Floating Homes Association’s Legislative Action Committee has crafted a series of quizzes to help you test your knowledge of your rights has a floating homeowner. We’ll be running one a week for the next few weeks. Here’s multiple choice question number one: You’re selling your...
At the end of February, your Floating Homes Association initiated a funding campaign to help offset the costs of outside legal counsel. Donations to the Floating Home Residency Law (FHRL) Legal Fund have helped us obtain the valuable legal advice we need to continue protecting our interests as owners and renters...