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Stanton residents press council on steep mobile‑home space‑rent hikes; council opts for resource briefings rather than town hall
Summary
Dozens of Stanton mobile‑home residents described rising space‑rent increases and requested city action. Council debated a town‑hall request but voted unanimously to direct staff to invite outside resource agencies to brief council and make resident support information available.
Dozens of Stanton residents, many identifying themselves as long‑time or fixed‑income residents of local mobile‑home parks, urged the City Council on June 10 to act after several parks announced steep space‑rent increases since 2021.
Speakers at the council meeting described repeated, cumulative rent hikes and said the increases are forcing families and seniors toward economic hardship. Residents from Fernwood Mobile Home Park, Plaza Pines and other parks described multi‑hundred‑dollar and cumulative increases that, several said, raised monthly space rents by roughly $1,000 or more since 2021.
“We need help,” said Steven R. Berger, who described a more…
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