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The laws governing the owning and renting of mobile homes are different to those governing the owning and renting of traditional 'bricks and mortar' properties. This section explains your rights if you own or rent a mobile home such as a caravan or park home, or you rent a pitch to station it on.
Mobile homes can vary greatly in size and type. A mobile home could be:
- a caravan
- a motorhome
- a prefabricated bungalow, or park home.
The section on finding a mobile home has more information on different kinds of mobile home.
In addition to reading this section, you can download the leaflet Mobile homes: a guide for residents and site owners from the ODPM website.
About mobile homes and sites
If you live in a mobile home, your tenancy rights will depend on whether or not your property meets the legal definition of a mobile home, and whether or not you live on a protected site. This page explains what these terms mean. Read more 
Renting a mobile home
This page helps you work out what kind of tenancy you may have if you rent a mobile home from a landlord. You need to know what kind of tenancy you have in order to understand your rights. Read more
Common law rights
If you rent a mobile home or you rent a pitch for a mobile home that you own, you will have certain rights under common law. Read more
Renting a pitch
Unless you have your own land, you will need to rent a pitch on a site to station your mobile home. Your rights will depend on whether you rent a pitch on a protected site or an unprotected site. Read more
Owning a mobile home
Most people who own their mobile homes still need to rent a pitch to station it on. If you own a mobile home on a rented pitch, your rights are determined by the law and by your agreement with the site owner. Read more
Responsibilities
As the owner or tenant of a mobile home, you have certain responsibilities as well as rights. Read more
Problems on site
This section looks at common problems you may encounter living on a mobile home site, including what you can do if you aren't happy with conditions on the site or the supply of services and how to deal with harassment or nuisance neighbours. Read more
Housing benefit
This page discusses how mobile homes are treated in relation to housing benefit. Read more
Council tax
If you live in a mobile home, you will still be liable to pay council tax. Read more
