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Larkspur rent-control ordinance opponents seek referendum
If the referendum qualifies for the ballot, the City Council must schedule a discussion at the its next meeting, O’Hare said. The council could place the referendum on the ballot for an election or might choose to rescind the rent-control ordinance.
Marin Independent Journal
Oct. 22, 2023
Opinion | The contemptable thievery of gentrification
The latest move by these profiteers is their meanest yet, targeting families with the most tenuous hold on affordable shelter: people living in mobile home parks. Some 20 million Americans — especially vulnerable senior citizens, veterans, the disabled and immigrant workers — make their homes in these inexpensive parks.
AlterNet
Oct.14, 2023
In Attleboro, Sen. Warren slams private equity for buying home parks
Many residents of the Sandcastle manufactured-home park told U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren they are on fixed incomes and have been struggling with rising rents since the previously family-owned complex was sold to a company called Legacy Communities in 2019.
YouTube, WPRI News, Rhode Island
Oct.11, 2023
Pine Haven residents pleading for help
Residents said they are the end of their rope trying to resolve ongoing water, sewer and electric issues, some of which have plagued the community for years.
Cape Gazette
Jan. 5, 2023, Ron MacArthur
Sewage leaks, power outages, dead body: complaints pile up as Ceres residents sue landlord
The body left to decompose in the trailer is among a litany of complaints the tenants at Lazy Wheels make against their landlord in a recent lawsuit filed at Stanislaus Superior Court. Sewage that leaks from pipes, electrical fires and days without water or power are all too common, the lawsuit says.
The Modesto Bee
Dec. 30, 2022, Adam Echelman
FeganScott Announces Investigation into Equity LifeStyle Properties for Widespread, Chronic Neglect of Mobile Home Properties across U.S.
Today consumer-rights law firm FeganScott announced it is broadening its investigation of Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) (NYSE:ELS) to include other mobile home properties owned and operated by ELS across 33 states.
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FeganScott urges residents and homeowners who live in properties managed by ELS to learn more about their rights by contacting the firm at [email protected].
Yahoo Finance
January 17, 2022
West Sacramento mobile home community with at-risk residents spent days without power
WEST SACRAMENTO — During severe storms, utility companies prioritize power for schools hospitals and customers’ medical needs, but one local mobile home park’s power was out for too long and the equipment necessary to keep some residents alive failed.
CBC News Sacramento
Jan. 2, 2022
