BILL GRANTING TAX RELIEF TO MOBILE-HOME OWNERS PASSES SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING COMMITTEE

SACRAMENTO – The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee approved AB 587, authored by Assemblymember Ed Chau (D-Monterey Park), which creates a tax abatement program for mobile-home owners who cannot transfer title of ownership into their names, due to tax delinquencies incurred by prior owners.

“Mobile-homes provide a substantial amount of the affordable housing in the state, and owners are currently having difficulty transferring title of ownership into their names,” said Assemblymember Chau. “This bill will provide a means of correcting a system which unjustly penalizes current owners for someone else’s debt and provides an adequate means for them to finally achieve proper title of ownership.”

AB 587 establishes a tax abatement program for mobile-home owners who are unable to transfer title of their homes into their names. The abatement program would run for three years, starting in January 2017. Eligible homeowners could apply for the abatement program with the Department of Housing and Community Development. If a mobile-home is on the local property tax system, then the County Tax Collector would also be involved in processing and approving the tax abatement.

“I am delighted to see AB 587 move forward because it will provide thousands of mobile-home owners with the mechanism necessary to finally have legal ownership of their homes and provide peace of mind for them and future generations,” concluded Assemblymember Chau.

Assemblymember Ed Chau represents the 49th Assembly District, comprised of the communities of Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, Temple City and portions of Montebello, and South El Monte.