Mobile Homeowners Unite

Equity Lifestyle Properties a real estate investment company that specializes in buying up mobil home parks across the nation has mobil home owners in Florida in an uproar. MHvillage a subsidiary of Equity Lifestyle Properties is the primary management division for the mobil home parks they own , and from what the majority claims , they’ve not done a good job.

For the past couple of years specifically, ELS has raised rents at a much higher percentage than previous years and have claimed this is due to the market value in our area. We are in the worse stages of inflation and the interest rates have climbed substantially ,which is supposed to bring market value down and stabilize the economy , but they dont care because we cant just move our home and Equity Lifestyle Properties know this and take advantage of the situation. Its not so much the raising of the rent says one resident , its everything else or lack of . There have been no improvements to our park in years , they are telling us we have to maintain their trees, we have to pay a water bill with no water meter, our park is no longer a 55+ retirement community and it floods every time we get a hard rain. These are just a few of resident complaints.

Mobil home owners in Florida have had enough and their taking their fight to Tallahassee. A planned protest is in the making for a day not yet disclosed . The local news station has agreed to cover the protest that will take place in front of the Division of Timeshares Condos and Mobil Homes and also at the governor’s office.