What is New in Mobilehome Parks

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• Housing & Community Development Services: San Diego County Home Repair Program

  Owning a home is a wonderful opportunity to have, but the price for maintaining and keeping a safe living environment can be difficult at times. The Home Repair Program helps provide loans or grants to eligible homeowners for home health & safety repairs.

  To qualify:

  • Homeowners must live in unincorporated San Diego County or in one of the following cities:  Coronado, Del Mar, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove, Poway, or Solana Beach.
  • The homeowner must reside in the home for at least 12 months prior to the approval of the application.
  • The household annual income must be at or below 80% of San Diego’s median income.
  • The waitlist for this program can be up to 3-4 years.  

  Home Repair Grant Program:

  • Eligible mobile homeowners only.
  • Non-repayable grant up to $20,000.

  Home Repair Loan Program:

  • Eligible single-family homes, condominiums or mobilehomes located in a mobilehome park designed as condominium style, townhomes, manufactured or modular homes on private property, duplex, and triplex homeowners.
  • Owners may borrow up to $25,000.
  • Loans provided at a 3% simple interest calculated annually.
  • No monthly payment is required.
  • Total loan amount must be repaid at the sale or transfer of the property, at 30 years, or if the owner ceases to live at the property as their primary residence.

  For more information or to add your name to the program waitlist, please call (858) 694-4847. The waitlist is currently 3-4 years.

• Health and Human Services (HHSA): Aging and Independent Services (AIS)

  The County of San Diego’s AIS provides a wide variety of resources for older adults, persons with disabilities, and their families. The resources range from providing meals through home-delivered meals and dining centers , help with care at home, and family support groups. This program aims to help these individuals live their best life, happy and as independently as possible.  

  For more information about AIS Programs, contact (800) 339-4661.

  County of San Diego Senior Nutrition Centers list

   

  Adult Protective Services (APS) serves adults 60 and older and dependent adults 18 and older, who are harmed, or threatened with harm, to ensure their right to safety and dignity. Common types of abuse include physical, sexual, abandonment, isolation, financial, neglect, self-neglect, mental suffering, and abduction.

  Anyone can report abuse to APS.

  -       Call 911 if a life-threatening situation is happening.

  -       Call (800) 339-4661 to report elder or dependent adult abuse.

• CalFresh: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

  CalFresh is a program that provides assistance to qualifying households with monthly benefits to buy food. CalFresh benefits can help supplement food budget and allow families and individuals to buy nutritious foods. CalFresh benefits are provided on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card and can be used to buy food at participating grocery stores, online stores, and farmers markets.  Eligibility for CalFresh and the amount of benefits issued depends on household size, income, and certain living expenses.

  Applications can be submitted:

  • Online through BenefitsCal.com or GetCalFresh.org .
  • By calling 2-1-1 San Diego or Access to request application forms.
  • In person at any local Family Resource Center (FRC). 

   

  SUN Bucks

  SUN Bucks Summer Food Program has been renewed for 2025! This is a food program to help families with school-age children buy groceries during the summer. Eligible families will receive $40 per month for each eligible child for June, July, and August ($120 total). Most children who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals through a school meal application or Universal Benefits Application, or get CalFresh, CalWORKs, and/or Medi-Cal, are automatically enrolled. Children in foster care, experiencing homelessness, attending Head Start, and/or are considered a runaway are also categorically eligible and are automatically enrolled. SUN Bucks are also issued on its own card, separate from EBT.

  Families with children ages 0-22 who are not automatically enrolled can submit a school meal application or Universal Benefits Application at their school or school administrator’s office by September 1, 2025 to see if they qualify for SUN Bucks.

  Summer Meal Programs

  The California Department of Education provides parents and referral agencies with a list of locations where children may receive free nutritious meals during school vacation and off-track periods. Click here for a list of sites in San Diego County.