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Manufactured Home Community Tenant Relocation Assistance Policy

Manufactured home communities provide important affordable housing in the City of Nanaimo. Residents in manufactured home communities can be vulnerable to displacement and may have limited affordable options when their properties are considered for redevelopment. This project is to create a rezoning policy for residents whose tenancy is terminated when a manufactured home park property is considered for redevelopment. While the Province offers some protections for residents facing eviction through the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act (MHPTA) and Residential Tenancy Act (RTA), this project will consider additional relocation protections that can be offered to residents in the event that a manufactured home park property is considered for redevelopment.

 The City of Nanaimo currently has approximately 20 manufactured home park communities that contain approximately 1,700 homes. All of the manufactured home park properties are designated as “Suburban Neighbourhood” in City Plan. The “Suburban Neighbourhood” designation supports single unit dwellings, duplexes, and ground-oriented multi-unit dwellings. Also, all (except one) properties are zoned R12 “Mobile Home Park Residential”, thus a rezoning application would be required for a development proposal that is not a manufactured home park. The rezoning process provides the City with the discretion to consider if the proposed use is consistent with City Plan policy, and with the discretion to impose conditions/requirements that may include additional protections for tenants.

Typical protection requirements and conditions that could be in a rezoning policy include:

  • Communication Plan: Rezoning/development applicant to provide and implement a communication plan to ensure that residents are given ongoing updates about the development application process from start to finish.
  • Relocation Plan: Rezoning/development applicant to provide a viable relocation plan for each resident.
  • Financial Compensation: Rezoning/development applicant to provide financial compensation for each resident, including moving assistance (above the MHPTA).

For more information, please contact Lisa Brinkman, Manager Community Planning: lisa.brinkman@nanaimo.ca.

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  • Progress

    January to June 2025: Financial analysis to determine appropriate tenant relocation and compensation conditions that are suited to the Nanaimo economic market.

    Spring and Fall 2025: Consultation and engagement with manufactured home community stakeholders to determine appropriate rezoning conditions related to a communication plan, relocation plan and financial compensations. Key stakeholders will include residents of mobile home communities, manufactured home park property owners and the development community.

    Fall 2025: Present draft ‘Manufactured Home Community Tenant Relocation Assistance Policy’ to Council for consideration.

    Winter 2025: Develop administrative procedures and build Staff capacity for processing rezoning applications of manufactured home communities. Create communication materials and a process guide to inform and support tenants and the development community.

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  • Background

    City Plan policy encourages “requiring tenant relocation plans as a condition of rezoning or redevelopment of existing mobile home parks and purpose-built rental buildings of four or more units” (C3.2.15).

    An Integrated Action Plan priority action is to “create a tenant relocation policy to support tenants impacted by redevelopment and displacement.”

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