If adopted, the moratorium would prevent landlords from raising mobile home park lot rents for 180 days.
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Saco passes emergency moratorium on mobile home rent increases
After hearing from residents, Saco officials approved a moratorium to help those living in mobile home parks.
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Saco considers moratorium on mobile home rent increases
As state laws struggle to regulate the increases, the city of Saco is considering a stay in order to help residents.
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Sanford enacts 90-day moratorium on mobile home park rent increases
Rent for residents of Marsh Brook Estates, a manufactured housing park in the city owned by a New York company, has nearly doubled over the past 5 years.
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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.
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Brunswick explores mobile home rent stabilization
Residents at Bay Bridge Estates are spearheading an effort to establish rent stabilization in Brunswick.
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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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Maine lawmakers consider bill to stop mobile home park sales for 3 months
The Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee is considering a moratorium on the sale of mobile home parks while lawmakers consider a handful of bills designed to protect residents.
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Residents of Gorham mobile home park could be the latest to buy their community
The owners have an $87.5 million offer for a four-state, eight-park deal, but residents of Friendly Village could decide to buy their park for $22 million.