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MHC/ELS NEWS

LA City Council takes action 8/7/06

Sam Zell in Wikipedia You can add comments on the "talk page"

In Santa Cruz, CA dream becomes reality 7/23/06

Albuquerque deal falls through 7/22/06

A case of greed 7/13/06

San Diego, rent control and Tim Sheahan 7/12/06

"I wouldn't be in another mobile home park if you paid me." 7/06

Good news for ELS residents in Albuquerque 7/9/06

Many Mobile thanks from Barb Eichhorn 5/12/06

Home Sweet Home 5/28/06

Developers encouraged to give occupants a number (one is a number) of months to relocate 5/17/06

The new owner does not intend to operate the park any longer than legally required in Florida 5/17/06

As Lake county, CA rents rise, officials study, study, study...5/17/06

As Bend Oregon parks close, city officials debate, debate, debate...5/17/06

It's time to start telling anyone who will listen that if they're thinking of buying a manufactured home, DON'T.

Oxnard mobilehome owner's future uncertain5/7/06

Standing room only 5/7/06

Residents reassured in California 4/27/06

The dark side in Oregon 4/27/06

Council takes up housing issue in California 4/27/06

Residents at risk in Canada 4/27/06

Help Promised in Pinellas, Florida 4/27/06

Mobilehome park sale could force out seniors in Washington 4/27/06

American Dream Under Fire 4/23/06

Watch the video

Candidates state positions on mobilehome parks 4/06

Join the April 26 Beverly Hills protest Homeowners take aim at Zell 4/14/06

USA Today skims surface, ignores real issues in Paradise found 4/12/06

Bruce Savage is full of BS Location, location and notice the different edit 4/12/06

Residents take ownership in New Hampshire 4/10/06

Priced out in Turlock 4/7/06

Illinois bill headed for governor's desk 4/4/06

Illinois House Bill 5377 4/3/06

NBC 5 in Chicago Seniors take rent rant to capitol 4/2/06

CBS San Francisco "30 Minutes" update on MHC 4/1/06

“We are about to put our senior citizens out of their homes with no place to go,” Turlock seeks rent control 3/31/06

"There's a lot of misinformation and disinformation going around," Florida bill temporarily shelved 3/31/06

"It's like a prison," Tensions grow in St Paul Parks 3/19/06

Tips for organizing your community 3/27/06

Florida bill faces uphill battle 3/27/06

Right of first refusal bill in Florida 3/23/06

Candidates see clout of mobilehome vote 3/21/06

Sales slow at mobile home parks 3/15/06

Rent Hotline in Modesto 3/15/06

Rent hike taking it's toll in Ceres, CA 3/9/06

What have we become?

Delaware Supreme court hears mobilehome case 3/2/06

Open letter to Oregon governor 3/1/06

Election to shape future grownth 2/22/06

Florida Bills to assist mobilehome owners misrepresented 2/22/06

Loophole leave some mobilehome owners homeless 2/22/06

Florida senator faces inquiry 2/10/06

A price on paradise 2/6/06

Help mobilehome residents 2/1/06

Florida Mobile home bill questioned 1/25/06

Florida Seniors Take Action 1/18/06

Monterey county offers ELS $25 million for Monte Del Lago 1/14/06

ELS delivers unjustified rent hikes in Ceres, CA 1/13/06

ELS offers lousy deal to residents in Albuquerque 1/9/06

Oregon leads the pack in mobilehome laws 1/9/06

How to win ownership of your park 12/24/05

"It’s a matter of fairness and equity" Delaware Senator Bunting 12/23/05

Attorney Bruce Stanton successfully defends mobile home residents 12/22/05

Passionate pleas unheeded 12/21/05

In November...they said...forever...then they decided to sell " Brenda Crazybull 12/19/05

Mobile home owners get organized 12/17/05

Park owner evicts families then offers toys for the soon to be homeless children 12/13/05

"We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore"Leo Plenski 12/13/05

Florida Mobile home owners rally 12/13/05

Holding ground in Florida 12/12/05

"How can this be happening in America?" Jeanine Jenkins 12/12/05

"We're not going to go away" Leo Plenski 12/11/05

Not acting means turning our backs on this vulnerable population 12/8/05

Modesto rent hikes 12/6/05

Rents Jump in Modesto 12/6/5

Housing Authority will offer to purchase park in CA 11/30/05

Mobilehome owners seek protections 11/30/05

"Rent control, honestly, has made me a rich person," 11/21/05

So California Rent Control Lawsiut 11/21/05

The state can be as ugly and ruthless as a private landowner.11/15/05

Landlord charged with illegal and immoral acttion that would cause the common man to scream in outrage, Illinois 10/27/05

Schwarzenegger deals blow to Mobile home park residents 11/3/05

"We will not allow this to happen” Jenny Cocciardi 11/2/05

Mobilehome owners Coalition, many on walkers and wheelchairs, represents growing movement 10/30/05

Scwarzenegger sells out mobilehome residents 10/28/05

Dave Hennessey, leader of mobile home owners, dies 10/21/05

Wall of Shame inductee Mayor Gary Paparozzi 10/19/05

Residents buy park in Minnesota 10/19/05

Groundbreaking move in Oregon 10/19/05

Rent through the roof 10/18/05

Mobile home park residents defend threatened homes from development 10/16/05

Sheahan shames North County Times 10/16/05

Oceanside, CA mobile home owners duped by park owner Robber Barons reborn

Please make sure you have an emesis basin near by

Wilsonville, Oregon proposes new ordinance 10/12/05

Mobile Misery in South Carolina 10/12/05

Watsonville,CA Park May be Sold 10/11/05

Fight, Fight, Fight Elderly squeezed out of homes by big money

Shame on Kevin Foley and Sharon Hyman; Susan Bucher earns Lillliputian Hall of Fame status10/07/05

Developer offers chump change 10/06/05

Vanishing Oasis 10/5/5

For Sale 10/5/5

New Residents tricked into paying higher rents 10/05/05

Lilliputian Don Blatchford speaks out in the 4th letter down 10/04/05

Park residents get the jump on developers 10/4/05

A place to call mobilehome 10/2/05

Sale displaces residents 10/1/05

Mobile home park to close 10/ 1/05

Residents want mobile home park 10/ 1 /05

Demise of mobile home parks adds to housing crunch 10/1/05

City leaders don't understand Mobilehome Residency Law 9/30/05

James Jones tells it like it is 9/26/05

More Mobile Home owners must move 9/25/05

Triple Wide tribulation 9/25/05

Florida Judge considers rent hikes 9/24/05

Salt Lake City Celebrates park purchase 9/22/05

Oregon considers new ordinance 9/22/05

Monte Del Lago in CA 9/22/05

Manufactured Home Parks a Booby Trap for buyers 9/19/05

Delaware Mobile Home Park to Close 9/19/05

Santa Maria CA resident happy with fool's gold 9/19/05

75. ELS Park empties out 9/10/05

74. Video from Chicago Mobile home residents feel the pinch 7/21/05

73. Mirrors Shatter Video from Carol Marin in Chicago NBC Channel 5 6/15/05

72. Smoke Clears Video from Manuel Ramos in San Francisco CBS 6/12 05 See Sam run.

71. ELS residents blackmailed in California 7/19/05

68. Delaware Legislation Bunting's Bills 6/23/05

67. New Mexico ELS Park residents organize

66. Channel 8 News Las Vegas, Nevada 6/22/05

65. Santee Rent control stands 5/27/05

64. Zoning Probe focuses on ELS' Casa Village 5/27/05

63. Rep. Schwartzkopf vows to help Last Minute Reprieve from Eviction 5/24/05

62. Delaware AG Jane Brady Fails to understand relationship between Mobile home owners and Landlords 5/25/05

61. Lilliputian Father Joseph Russo Loses Hope Unconscionable Rent Increases in California 4/24/05

60. Lilliputian Leo Plenski vows to unite mobile home owners Protective Legislation Defeated in Florida 4/19/05

59. Picket for Rights Delaware Seniors Protest Huge Rent Hikes 4/15/05

57 Evicted 3/30/05

56. Manufactured Homeowners Vow to continue Fighting For Rights 3/23/05

54. Mobile Home owners seek protection Lawmakers asked to have Landowners Justify huge rent increases Delaware 3/17/05

53. Delaware Tenants seek Housing Board 3/17/05

48 . ELS Under SEC Investigation 3/5/05

47. ELS answers SEC Charges ELS Provides Updated Disclosure 3/5/05

45. "Market Rents?" 3/9/05

44. MHC/ELS told reporter he had wrong number, then hung up 2/25/05

43. Delaware Senator Bunting Proposes Legislation to protect park residents from Corporate Shenanigans 2/20/05

42. Park Owners Disregard Statutes Delaware Legislators Prepare for Battle2/11/05

41. VICTORY FOR MHC RESIDENTS! San Diego, CA District Court Justices Reinstate Rent Control 1/26/05

40. HOMELESSNESS FEARED Would Zell do this to his parents? 1/10/05

39. SHOCKED AND FRIGHTENED Huge Rent Increases for MHC/ELS Seniors 12/31/04

38. RENT GOUGING Montery, CA Considers Taking MHC/ELS Park by Eminent Domain 1/25/05

37. Summary Judgement Dismisses MHC Rent Control Challenge San Diego, CA Jan 22, 2005

36. Florida Legislators : "Mr. Zell will be a little nervous when he sees the state of Florida standing behind you,"

35. MHC/ELS Seniors Evicted

34. VALOR REPAID WITH SCORN Blatchford makes Patriotic Appeal to MHC/ELS's Chairman Sam Zell 12/21/04

33. 42% RENT HIKES MHC Seniors Take Rent protest to Public FL.12/10/04

32. HOA president not optimistic MHC Park Residents Seek to buy Mobile Home Community Dec 2004

31. SENIORS PROMISE ZELL WeWill beFighting Back!

30. CRUELTY TO SENIORS MHC/ELS Seniors Protest Outrageous rent Hikes in Florida, Dec. 12, 2004

29. EVICTIONS MHC/ELS Mobile Home Residents Want Legal Protection, December 7, 2004

28. SENIORS LEFT DEFENSELESS 9th U.S. Circuit Court Erodes Authority of Local Agencies to Protect Seniors from Unfair Rent Increases Nov. 2004

27. Suicide Elderly Cotati Residents See Suicide as Alternative to Eviction and Homelessness 2004

26. Evictions MHC's lawyer John Paradee "personally put eviction notices" Nov, 2004

25. Out with the Old! Relocation Fund Inadequate, Nov '04

24. VISCIOUS RENT SQUEEZE MHC/ELS Residents caught in Viscious Rent Squeeze Nov 23, 2004

22. HARDSHIP FOR ELDERLY MHC/ELP Creates Hardship then offers Chump Change for Home Equity Nov 20, 2004

21. LEGAL ACTION Deanza Santa Cruz Home Owners Association vs MHC, September 2004

19. HUGE RENT INCREASES, Castroville, CA December 24, 2004

18. UNFAIR RENT INCREASES MHC Charged with Unfair Rent Increases and Mistreatment Florida 11/04

17. FORCED OUT BY RISING RENTS October 23, 2004

16. MHC CLUBHOUSE CLOSED More on Opening hearts and closing clubhouses October 6, 2004

15. INTIMIDATION AND HARRASSMENT Delaware Lawsuit Charges Park Owner with Intimidation and Harrassment October 5, 2004

14. MHC code violations ENDANGERING LIVES Visalia, CA 35% Rent Hike Drives out Seniors on Social Security 9/04

13. "I PRAY EVERY DAY GOD WILL TAKE ME BEFORE I HAVE TO MOVE"Sept 2004

12. ENDANGERING LIVES in FL MHC's North Fort Meyers Hurricane Shelter Doors Are now Locked, September 12, 2004

11. LOCKED OUT MHC Lockout Endangers Lives of Florida Residents in Path of Florida Hurricane, September 2004

10. SKYROCKETING RENTS FOR SENIORS Maintenance Deteriorates at MHC Park Modesto, CA Aug 30, 2004

9. RENT HIKES FOR SENIORS Zell Dances Fine Line Between Right and Wrong March, 2004

8. ABUSES NATIONWIDE MHOAA 2004 Convention Focuses on MHC's Abuses

7. OUTRAGEOUS RENT HIKES MHC Mobile-Home Park Draws County's Ire

6. RENT HIKES MHC?ELS Mobile Home Residents Pay the Price

5. RENT HIKES Rent Woes Infect MHC's Willow Lake Estates Illinois

4.LAWSUIT MHC's Contempo Marin Lawsuit Update

3. MHC voted Trouble Maker of Year Second Year Running San Diego May, 2004

2. RENT HIKES FOR SENIORS Seniors Protest Rent Increases, Loss of Amenities MHC's Margate, Florida March, 2004

1. DELAWARE HOUSE RESOLUTION CONDEMNS MHC March, 2004

 

Photo Gallery

RENT HIKES Father Joe fights for MHC's Monte Del Lago Residents Castroville,CA June 2004

Shame on MHC Sheahan's Wall of Shame in Los Angeles May, 2004

LAWSUIT Delaware Seniors Demonstration against MHC March, 2004

LAWSUIT MHC's De Anza Seniors 2001

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No Buyers in sight Owners Walking away and Losing Equity 5/19/05 No mention of ELS's role

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Pleas Fall of Deaf Ears Hundreds turn out 5/18/05 Photo of Grim Reaper by Marc Clary

Dump the People! 5/15/05

Lilliputians Unite Delaware Seniors pack meeting 5/13/05

Up to 70% rent increases 5/13/05

Loans perform better with land as collateral -Kevin Clayton 5/11/05

Developer tells residents move or else 5/6/05

Video On Demand: Changing Laws Could Leave Trailer Park Tenants In Financial Bind 5/5/05

Utah Trailers Trashed 5/5/05

Florida Residents Fear Eviction 5/2/05

New York Times Trailer Park dwellers Fight Evictions from Paradise 5/2/05

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Renters in Mobile Homes Lose the Most, New Hampshire 4/22/05

Florida Legislators Vote to Leave Seniors to the Wolves Florida Protective Legislation Defeated 4/14/05

Own The Land A Mobile Home Park That doesn't Look Like One 4/11/05

Missouri Bill aims for better MH Parks 4/05

Use Restriction Placed On Title Protects Rent Regulation in Perpetuity in NY 4/10/05

NH Park residents get no relief 4/11/05

Arizona Bill passes House 4/5/05

The Tide is Turning Mobile Dwellers Fight for Rights in Colorado 4/8/05

Legislature's special duty Protecting Mobile Homeowners 4/7/05

Mobilehome Park Ordiance Adopted in MN 4/5/05

Landlords run Roughshod in NH 4/5/05

Protecting Rights and Defending Homes Manufactured Homeowners Day, Springfield Illinois

Eviction Single Mother Evicted in Delaware 4/6/05

SENIOR PROTEST Manufactured Homeowners Protest Agressive Evictions Delaware 4/3/05

Homeowners and Tenants Too 4/5/05

3rd largest Bankruptcy in U.S. History Due to Mnaufactured Home Loan Defaults

Banks Exit Manufactured Home Loans; to take $120M Loss3/23/05

Delaware Rent Increases

CA Residents Protest Evictions 3/5/05

Aptos, CA Mobile Home Park Bought by Residents 2/25/05

New Jersey Battles Mobile Home Park Owners 2/10/05

A Boost up for Mobile Home Owners 8/5/03

DISPLACED RESIDENTS 9/04

Manufactured Home Owners fair game 2/21/05

Longtime residents forced from Mobile Home Parks 2/18/05

Eminent Domain Supreme Court Considers Property Owner's Rights 2/23/05

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FLOOD OF FORECLOSURES AND REPOS Problems in Manufactured Housing Industry by Neil Morse

ZELL'S INVESTORS LOSE Investors in EOP left holding the bag, August 2004

LAWSUIT Residents Sue Park Owners in Minnesota October 7, 2004

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Manufactured Homeowners Desperately Need Help

Zell Convicted of Fraud and Racketeering Then wins appeal 1999

Vox Populi

The Dow Jones & Your Home

Legal Help and Ideas

CA Office of Mobilehome Ombudsman

EVERY STATE NEEDS ONE! Nevada Department of Business and Industry Manufactured Housing Division NEW 2/5/05

Michigan Manufactured Housing Commision Complaint Website

Rent Control Ordinance in San Diego, CA

Laws Determine Park Owner Obligations

ROP Resident Owned Parks, Inc.

AARP Manufactured Housing Communities, Shifting the Balance of Power 2004

Consumers Union Report on Lack of Basic Rights for Manufactured Homeowners Who Rent Lots

What Colorado Tried

Colorado House Bill 1058

New York Legislation to Protect Property Rights Of Manufactured Homeowners 2/5/05

Manufactured Homeowners Association Links

Coral Lake Mobile Home Park in Florida New 9/11/05

Bay Pines Mobile Home Park HOA

Creekside Estates, Michigan

Mobile Home Owners of America Inc.(MHOA)

Manufactured Home Owners Association of America, Inc. (MHOAA)

Sea Air Homeowners Association (SAHOA)

Sonoma County Mobilehome Owners Association (SCMAO)

Mobile Manufactured Homeowners Website, Antelope, CA

California Mobilehome Resource and Action Association (CMRAA)

Delaware Manufactured Home Owners Association (DMHOA)

Barclay Farms Homeowners Civic Association, Delaware (BFHCA)

Contempo Marin Homeowners Association Website, California (CMHOA)

Mid Florida Lakes VillageYacht Club HOA

Mid Florida Lakes Village Homeowners Association

Mobile Home Owners of Oregon (MHOO)

Manufactured Home Owners Legislative Association of Michigan, Inc.(MOLA)

Manufactured Home Owners Association of Illinois (MHOAI)

Golden State Maufactured Homeowners League (GSMOL)

Colorado Coalition for Mobile/Manufactured Home Residents Rights (CCMMRR)

Miscellaneous Manufactured Homeowners Organizations Links

Federation of Maufactured Homeowners of Florida

Manufactured Home Owners Network

Contact your Legislators

Florida State Representative John Legg

Florida State Senator Mike Fasano

California Senator Joseph Dunn, Chair of Senate Select Committee on Mobile and Manufactured Homes

New York Attorney General, Eliott Spitzer

Arizona Legislature

California Legislature

Colorado General Assembly

Delaware General Assembly

Florida Legislaure

Illinois General Assembly

Nevada Legislature

Oregon Legislature

Virginia General Assembly

 

Recommended Reading

Ellen Kelleher's Amicus Brief Disputing California Mobile Home Rent Control 1/25/05 (36 pg pdf)

MHC Annual Report 2001 DeAnza Legal Proceedings Pg 12-14

MHC/ELS Yahoo Message Board

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