Residents asked city councilors Monday night to freeze rent increases and spoke about lackluster park conditions.
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State recommends major changes for Maine’s mobile home parks
A report from the governor’s office suggesting changes to financing, construction and oversight of manufactured housing communities could serve as a roadmap for legislators in the upcoming session.
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Auburn mobile home park residents to seek moratorium on rent increases
Residents want the City Council to implement rent stability measures as mobile home parks across the state continue to experience rent increases.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News
Jay to draft retroactive moratorium on rents at mobile home parks
Jay’s Select Board voted Monday to draft a moratorium on mobile home park rent increases, retroactive to the meeting date and subject to voter approval in April.
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Maine communities explore rent control to slow costs in mobile home parks
Sanford is expected to consider a proposed moratorium on mobile home lot rent increases Tuesday. Other towns, including Old Orchard Beach, Waterville and Brunswick, have taken or are considering similar measures.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News
Sabattus trailer park residents face steep rent increase
The park owners cite state rent control legislation as the reason they are being forced to raise rents. But the law itself says otherwise.
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Maine lawmakers give mobile homeowners a leg up in park purchases
Legislators passed a bill to give mobile homeowners the ‘right of first refusal’ when their parks go up for sale.
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More money could be headed to help Maine mobile home residents
Lawmakers supported a bill to add $3 million to a fund to help residents purchase their mobile home parks. But its fate hinges on whether it makes it into the budget.
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Mobile homeowners back bill to help them fight sales to investors
Maine lawmakers are weighing several bills designed to protect mobile homeowners, including one that would give residents the right of first refusal if their park comes up for sale.
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Maine mobile home owners are pushing back against private investors
Residents are buying their parks and proposing rent control ordinances to fend off cost increases that have been introduced after parks have sold to capital equity firms.