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.
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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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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
What 4 Maine mobile home residents say about park ownership
Residents of four mobile home parks share how they fought private investors — with varying degrees of success.
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Rent hike at Bowdoin mobile home park worries residents
A resident of Mountain View Estates is concerned over four recent rent hikes since the mobile home park was purchased by an out-of-state corporation.
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Mobile home addition collapse leaves six homeless in Sabattus
SABATTUS — After a mobile home addition collapsed on Cross Road on Sunday night, falling 2 feet to the ground, the Fire Department shut off power to the property because of concerns of an electrical fire, according to Fire Chief Marc Veilleux. The Red Cross said Monday that it was helping six people with food […]
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Firefighters battle flames at Auburn, Lewiston and Norway homes
Firefighters in Lewiston, Auburn and Norway battled flames at three houses over the New Year’s holiday. While structures were damaged, there were no known injuries. A home at 360 Grove St. in Lewiston caught fire just after 7:30 p.m. Monday. The one-and-a-half-story home appeared to have flames coming from the roof, just over the garage. […]