Mobile Home Sites Tenancy Act

The Mobile Home Sites Tenancy Act (MHSTA) sets out the rights and responsibilities that apply to people who own a mobile home and rent the mobile home site from a landlord, including offences and civil litigation items.

Residents of mobile home park sites across Alberta should be afforded the same binding mediation services as offered to other landlord/tenant situations to bring effective and efficient resolution to tenancy issues.  The Residential Tenancies Disputes Resolution Services (RTDRS) is a free service offered under regular tenancy/landlord disputes where a tribunal can make decisions and issue a binding order that is filed at court. This service should be offered under the MHSTA also.

Municipalities have the authority under the MHSTA to form an Advisory Board but this Board has no authority to enforce any provisions or bring issues to a resolution and can be very costly.

Many residents of mobile home parks are at higher risk with limited or no ability to move or leave and have no other option but to pursue an action through the courts which is time consuming and costly.  "Economic eviction" is a term that is known in the industry as when a landlord will impose a higher than normal rent increase for renters as to force that renter to move out.  Targeting of a "trouble" resident through the levying of a higher annual pad rental increase resulting in an "economic eviction" is a tactic that may be used by some landlords.  It is not an offence or prohibited under the MHSTA and without such an amendment, vulnerable residents can be evicted while trying to better the park conditions overall.