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Manufactured-home residents praise council action; attorney warns local rent ordinance may conflict with new state law
Summary
Residents of Jackson's manufactured-home communities thanked council members for local protections while an attorney representing owners urged the township to defer to the state's new manufactured-housing rent statute and cautioned that a proposed local 2.5% cap could be preempted.
Several residents of Jackson Township's manufactured-home communities addressed the council on Feb. 10, praising the council's move to preserve local rent-control protections and describing hardships related to rent increases and property management practices.
Joseph Sullivan, who identified himself as a local resident and tenant advocate, praised the council's unanimous vote on the ordinance to keep local control for manufactured-home rent issues and warned about intimidation…
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