Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4781 - Ohio Manufactured Homes Program
Chapter 4781-12 - Manufactured Home Parks
Section 4781-12-28 - Manufactured home parks; resident's remedies; retaliation prohibited
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Subject to section 4781.37 of the Revised Code, a park operator shall not retaliate against a resident by increasing the resident's rent, decreasing services that are due to the resident, refusing to renew or threatening to refuse to renew the rental agreement with the resident, or bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession of the resident's premises because:
(B) If a park operator acts in violation of paragraph (A) of this rule, the resident may:
In addition, the resident may recover from the park operator any actual damages together with reasonable attorneys' fees.
(C) Nothing in paragraph (A) of this rule prohibits a park operator from increasing the rent to reflect the cost of improvements installed by the park operator in or about the premises or to reflect an increase in other costs of operation of the premises.
(D) In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a park operator has violated division (A) of section 4781.36 of the Revised Code, the division shall consider such violation a violation of this rule and may take action pursuant to section 4781.121 of the Revised Code.