Georgia Mobile Home Park Rent Control: 2026 Guide

Is mobile home lot rent controlled in Georgia?

No. Georgia does not control mobile home lot rent. There is no statewide rent cap, no percentage limit on increases, and no mobile-home-park-specific rent law. What you can charge for a lot, and how much you can raise it, is set by the lease and the market — not by statute.

Georgia goes a step further than simply having no cap: state law affirmatively blocks local governments from creating one. Under O.C.G.A. §44-7-19, no city or county in Georgia may enact rent control on privately owned residential rental property, which includes mobile home park lots.

The practical limit on an increase is the notice you owe under the tenant's current arrangement. For a fixed-term lease, the rent is locked for the term; for a month-to-month (tenancy-at-will) resident, you change rent by giving the 60-day notice required under O.C.G.A. §44-7-7.

No rent cap and no percentage limit

Georgia has no statewide rent control or rent stabilization law. No Georgia statute sets a maximum lot rent or a maximum increase — there is no 3%, 5%, 10%, or any other percentage ceiling on the books.

Because there is no cap, the amount of an increase is a business decision constrained by your lease terms and proper notice, not by a state-imposed number. A tenant cannot point to a statutory percentage limit, because none exists.

Local rent control is preempted — O.C.G.A. §44-7-19

Even where a city or county might want to regulate lot rents, Georgia law forbids it. O.C.G.A. §44-7-19 states: 'No county or municipal corporation may enact, maintain, or enforce any ordinance or resolution which would regulate in any way the amount of rent to be charged for privately owned, single-family or multiple-unit residential rental property.'

This means a municipality cannot impose a local rent cap or rent-stabilization scheme on your park. The only exception in the statute is for property that the government or a public authority itself owns — it does not reach privately owned parks.

No mobile home park rent act — increases follow the lease and O.C.G.A. §44-7-7

Georgia has no dedicated Mobile Home Park Tenancy Act or lot-rent statute. Mobile home parks are governed by the general landlord-tenant law in O.C.G.A. Title 44, Chapter 7. (Ignore online guides that cite an 'O.C.G.A. §44-7-60 Mobile Home Park Lot Act' with a built-in rent cap — that is not a real Georgia statute. Chapter 7's dispossessory article ends at §44-7-59 and no such act exists.)

During a fixed-term lease, you generally cannot raise the lot rent until the term ends, unless the lease itself provides for it. When the term expires, you set new terms for renewal.

For a month-to-month resident (a tenancy at will), you raise rent by terminating the existing terms with proper notice and offering new terms. O.C.G.A. §44-7-7 requires 60 days' notice from the landlord (and 30 days from the tenant) to terminate a tenancy at will. Build your rent-increase notices around that 60-day window, and put the increase in writing.

Rent-increase rules at a glance in Georgia

• Statewide cap
  None. No Georgia statute caps lot rent or the size of an increase.
• Percentage limit
  None. There is no statutory percent ceiling on increases.
• Local rent control
  Prohibited. O.C.G.A. §44-7-19 bars cities and counties from regulating the amount of rent on private residential property.
• MHP-specific statute
  None. Georgia has no Mobile Home Park Tenancy Act; general Title 44, Chapter 7 landlord-tenant law applies.
• Fixed-term lease
  Rent is locked for the term unless the lease allows a change; raise it at renewal.
• Month-to-month notice
  60 days' notice from the landlord to terminate a tenancy at will and reset terms, under O.C.G.A. §44-7-7 (tenant owes 30 days).
• Watch out
  Some blogs cite a fake 'O.C.G.A. §44-7-60' MHP rent cap — it does not exist; do not rely on it.

Operator best practices in Georgia

• Put every increase in writing
  Deliver a clear written rent-increase or lease-renewal notice; keep proof of delivery and the effective date.
• Honor the 60-day notice
  For month-to-month residents, give at least 60 days' notice before the new rent takes effect, per O.C.G.A. §44-7-7.
• Respect fixed-term leases
  Do not raise rent mid-term unless the signed lease expressly permits it; schedule increases at renewal.
• Don't rely on a local cap
  There is no local rent control to worry about — O.C.G.A. §44-7-19 preempts it — but also do not promise tenants a cap that state law doesn't require.
• Ignore fabricated citations
  Disregard online references to an 'O.C.G.A. §44-7-60 Mobile Home Park Lot Act'; verify any statute against Justia or legis.ga.gov before acting.
• Apply increases consistently
  Use uniform, documented criteria across the park to reduce fair-housing and retaliation exposure.
• Build a relationship with a Georgia MHP attorney
  Have a Georgia mobile-home-park attorney review your lease forms, notice language, and increase process before you roll out changes.