Goleta Blocks All-Ages Conversion of Senior Mobile Home Park, Harmony Plans Suit
Goleta's city council passed an emergency ordinance blocking Harmony Communities from converting University Mobile Home Park into an all-ages community.
Key facts
- The Goleta City Council passed the emergency ordinance 4-1, with Councilmember Stuart Kasdin voting against it.
- The ordinance creates a zoning overlay for senior mobile home parks and a moratorium on all-ages conversions, lasting 45 days unless the council extends it.
- University Park Manufactured Housing Community, LLC bought the park in October 2025, and Harmony Communities became its manager soon after.
- Harmony proposed a rent increase of about $200 per month, and residents negotiated a total increase of $150 per month spread over five years.
- Harmony Communities said it plans to sue the city, after earlier suing Santa Barbara County over a similar senior overlay adopted in 2024.
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Source: Goleta Passes Emergency Law for Senior Mobile Home Parks — The Santa Barbara Independent, February 18, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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