Tag Archives: seniors

Grandview West MHP decision is not well received

Posted on May 27, 2010 by comocal

http://www.newsmirror.net/articles/2010/05/28/news/doc4bfd8b35a5c4c300249143.txt By NOELLE KIELY Staff Reporter Published: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:11 PM PDT Grandview West Mobile Home Park residents lost the legal battle against a rent increase and the Yucaipa City Council says there is nothing they can do … Continue reading →

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Fremont mobile home park residents again face major rent increase or park closure

Posted on May 24, 2010 by comocal

 http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_15152678 By Matthew Artz Oakland Tribune Posted: 05/24/2010 03:38:55 PM PDT FREMONT — Residents of an over-55 mobile home park once again are being threatened with the park’s closure unless the owners are granted a major rent increase. The owners … Continue reading →

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Elderly trailer park residents lose battle against rent hike

Posted on May 18, 2010 by comocal

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_15113821?nclick_check=1 Wesley G. Hughes, Staff Writer Posted: 05/18/2010 08:12:42 PM PDT YUCAIPA – The aged residents of Grandview West Mobile Home Park here are likely feeling they should have stayed mum after a double whammy of rent hikes hit their … Continue reading →

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Hayward Moves to Fortify Rights of Mobile Home Owners

Posted on April 26, 2010 by comocal

http://www.eastbaycitizen.com/2010/04/hayward-moves-to-fortifiy-rights-of.html Monday, April 26, 2010 LOW-INCOME SENIORS MAKE UP MOST OF 5,000 MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS IN HAYWARD By STEVEN TAVARES The Citizen HAYWARDMobile home parks are like “little cities,” Hayward City Attorney Michael Lawson said last week when the city … Continue reading →

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Democratic Lawmakers Selling Out Renters

Posted on April 2, 2010 by comocal

http://citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3378 PAY TO PLAY? By Dean Preston   (Posted first at beyondchron.com) A lot of attention in recent months has focused on the “pay to play” problem in Washington D.C., with political leaders holding health care reform hostage for months in … Continue reading →

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Tensions high at mobile home showdown…

Posted on July 29, 2007 by comocal

A contentious public meeting at the Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga last week revealed that mobile home park residents and owners are still far from reaching an accord on rent stabilization in Calistoga. Seniors who live in mobile home parks … Continue reading →

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Park owners squeezing the elderly

Posted on March 17, 2007 by comocal

The state of California, counties and cities are facing a housing crisis, and owners of manufactured homes require legislative and local communities’ intervention to prevent loss of our homes.   The state and many cities have no rent-stabilization ordinances, resulting … Continue reading →

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MODESTO BEE “LETTERS TO THE EDITOR”

Posted on August 6, 2006 by comocal

I am one of the many senior citizens that is also disabled. I have lived in a senior mobile home park for 13 years. I received notice on July 27 to vacate my home by Sept. 1. Apparently, they are … Continue reading →

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