My name is Bobbi King, and I am a leader in a Mobile Home Resident Coalition. I live in a manufactured home community called Del Mar Estates. We really need help with the unaffordable lot rents in manufactured home communities.

I’m Arthur Estrada Jr. from Skandia Mobile Country Club in Huntington Beach, CA.

A month after I bought my home, the park was sold to Investment Property Group (IPG). Within a month, lot rent for all new residents skyrocketed. IPG claims they incurred extra costs when purchasing the park, which they had to pass on to residents. How can a multi-million dollar company not know their expenses?

My name is Donna Lessard, and I live in Whispering Pines Manufactured Home Community in Titusville, FL. I moved here because I could not keep up with the rising costs of rent in California after I had been deemed disabled.

Before moving to Landmark Estates, my children and I were living with relatives. There were 13 of us living in a three-bedroom home, and I slept in the basement with my three kids. Not only was this move a good financial investment, but buying my home in Landmark Estates cut my commute in half and allowed me to spend a lot more time with my kids.

Unlike many manufactured home buyers, I knew I was walking into a project.

My name is Kristina Steele Friske, and until recently I lived in Independence Woods in Clarkston with my husband and our two teenagers. We loved the quiet community, associating with our neighbors, and having all the kids come to our house to play. The problem was the owners, Kingsley Management.

My name is Rick Smith, and I’ve lived in Lake Suzanne Mobile Home Park in Shiloh, IL for 17 years. My dad wasn’t doing so good, so I volunteered to come down here from Indiana and take care of him. After he died, I bought the place, fixed it up, and my son came to live with me.

My name is Margaret Bucelli. My husband Nick and I are raising our daughter and adopted son here in Valley Estates in Lansing. We have lived here for almost 8 years. We recently decided to move to Pennsylvania to help aging family members, and we found a buyer for the home. We were shocked when Cambio blocked the purchase.

My name is Toccara Rogers and, until recently, I rented a mobile home at Lake Bradford Estates Mobile Home Park in Tallahassee, Florida. During the 7 months I lived there, I paid $1,250 in rent a month

My name is Melanie Payne-Powell and I live in Tallahassee, Florida, at Lake Bradford Estates Mobile Home Park. My husband and I moved into the park in 1989 because, as a multi-racial couple, we loved how diverse it was. It also had great amenities, like a pool, a gym, a sauna, a rec room, and a laundromat. We were renters at first, but when my husband passed away suddenly, I bought a home in the park with his death insurance.

My name is Tiona DeShong and I live in Rapid Estates MHP in Lockport, NY. My family and I were living in a home when our landlord tried to evict us in the middle of the pandemic.

My name is Samantha Tedesco. My family and I moved into our community in February of 2019. Our youngest son was diagnosed with a gross motor deficit in March of 2020. He has to be closely monitored at all times. Cook Properties does not allow us to put any toys outside for him to play with and there are no public play areas for kids in the park.

Hello, my name is Michael Papa. I live in The Woodlands in Lockport, NY, which is owned by Equity Lifestyle Properties. I purchased my home in August 2019. What once seemed like an affordable place to live has gotten unaffordable.

My name is Jill Roberts. I own a home in Ridgeview Manufactured Home Community in Lockport, NY. With the previous owners, there were full time office hours and on-site maintenance. Now, under Cook Properties, the property manager is based over an hour away and is rarely here. There is no office, and maintenance is sparse. There is little to no communication from Cook to Ridgeview.

My name is Jeanne Spontak, and I’m from Candlestick Mobile Home Park in Newburgh, New York. I bought my home in March 2019, just months after Lakeshore purchased the property.

I moved to my home in Akron, NY, in 2017 with my grandson, who had lost both of his parents (my daughter) to a car accident. We moved here because my son lives in Akron with his wife and son and I wanted to make my family whole once again.

My name is Cindy Hoage, and I live in Galvin’s Mobile Home Park in Ontario, NY. KDM Management has been the owner as long as I’ve lived here. Before they bought us out, the previous owners paid for water and worked with residents if we were behind on rent that month. None of that happens anymore.

Lawmakers need to know what life is like living in a manufactured home community. We are owned by a predatory Corporation, RHP Properties. When they bought our community at the end of 2017, that’s when we started to see outrageous lot rent increases, poor maintenance, no respect for tenants, and poor maintenance, including people not being able to leave their homes because of snow not being plowed.

My name is Candi Van Tassel, and I live in Huguenot Estates, a manufactured home community owned by RHP Properties. I moved here because I thought it would be more affordable. I was previously living in NJ and had a house which I was struggling to pay for as a single mother.

My name is Betz Clair and I live in Candlestick Mobile Home Park in Newburgh, NY. Out of the blue, one day in September of 2018, Lakeshore Management went door to door announcing that THEY were the new owners of the park, hastening us to a community meeting they used as an opportunity to criticize, chastise, and intimidate us, and establish their dominion.

I’m Angela Kaufman, I live in Saratoga Springs. I moved into my community in July of 2020.