Sublet or assign: choose the correct process
Sublet: The manufactured-home owner remains the original park tenant, rents the home or site to the proposed subtenant, and remains responsible to the park owner for rent and tenancy conditions. Assign: A tenancy agreement is transferred to the purchaser of the manufactured home; use RTB-10 instead. Some parks or tenancy agreements restrict subletting; read the original site tenancy and park rules before making a request.
Complete sections A–F
- A — Park owner: Enter the legal owner or authorized agent, park name, full service address, telephone and any consented email service address.
- B — Manufactured-home owner: Enter all home owners' names, current site address and contact information.
- C — Consent request: Name each proposed subtenant and the intended effective date of the sublet. Home owners sign and date.
- D — Owner declaration: Confirm continued responsibility for site rent and the original site tenancy, and confirm the sublease incorporates relevant terms and park rules without conflicts. Each required home owner signs.
- E — Subtenant details: The proposed subtenant provides current and previous addresses, residence periods, relevant landlord details, two personal references, any additional occupants, and a signed authorization to check references. If the park lawfully operates as age 55+, provide the requested age evidence.
- F — Park owner's response: The park owner checks consent given or withheld, explains any lawful ground for refusal, signs and dates the decision, and returns it to the home owner.
10-day response period and deemed consent
Regulation sections 44–46 set out the formal request and response process. The park owner must ensure the home owner receives the response no later than the tenth day after the park owner received or is deemed to have received the properly served request, unless a different response date is agreed in writing. If the home owner does not receive the response by the deadline, consent is conclusively deemed given where the regulation's conditions are met. Proof of proper service and an approved-form request is crucial: an informal inquiry may not trigger the statutory ten-day clock. The official form notes use of RTB-25 is not always mandatory, but a park owner may require it, and regulation section 44 ties deemed consent to a request in an approved form.
When may a park owner withhold consent?
Consent cannot be withheld arbitrarily. Regulation section 48 lists permitted grounds that may include relevant negative references suggesting a likely breach, an enforceable no-sublet term in the tenancy, failure to meet a lawful 55-plus requirement, a proposed subtenant's intended business use or ownership situation, certain missing references despite prompt efforts, an unsafe or noncompliant home, or specified arrears. The official form provides the grounds in detail; a refusal must identify its actual justification. The home owner may seek dispute resolution if consent is unreasonably or unlawfully withheld.
Before serving the request
Give the proposed subtenant a copy of relevant original tenancy terms and the park rules as required by regulation section 43. Allow ample lead time for legal service and the response period; keep a signed copy of RTB-25, the proposed sublease, any supporting documents and proof of when the park owner received the request. If more parties need to be listed, use RTB-26.
Common mistakes
Using the assignment form for a sublet, assuming silence counts as approval without a properly served approved-form request, omitting the subtenant's references or signed declarations, overlooking the original owner's continued liability, or failing to account for the park owner's legally permitted grounds for refusal.