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Residents tell council mobile-home park rent hikes are forcing seniors toward homelessness
Summary
Two residents described dramatic rent increases and alleged harassment at local mobile-home parks, urging state and local representatives to help; staff directed residents to legislative and state resources available at the meeting.
At the start of the Oct. 27 meeting, two residents used the citizens communications period to tell the City Council that recent ownership changes and rent spikes at local mobile-home parks are threatening longtime and elderly residents with displacement.
Glenn Jones, who identified himself as a resident of Westward Hall on Mitchell, alleged that park management raised water and rent…
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