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Two Bloomington mobile home residents are alleging the Texas-based company that bought the mobile home park they rent land from last year is violating their rights, according to legal documents filed in McLean County.
Oak Wood Properties — which lists itself as the owner of five mobile home parks in Bloomington-Normal — issued new lease agreements and rent increases mid-lease term at Hilltop Mobile Home Park where Stephen Evans lives with his partner Rose McWhorter.
Attorney Erin Duncan with Prairie State Legal Services [PSLS] filed the lawsuit June 13 on Evans and McWhorter’s behalf.
“The crux of our complaint is that this out-of-state...
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I know nothing about this case and the details involved, but the legal issues listed can easily be resolved in court and will probably do nothing more than delay the rent increase for a few months.
But what I take offense to is this quote:
“The crux of our complaint is that this out-of-state company has come into our community and bought up a number of mobile home parks in the area …”
Week after week we get these woke journalists trying to brainwash America that somehow out-of-state landlords are inherently evil as opposed to in-state owners which are better. Why? Of course, the answer it they’re not any different, but it’s all part of some stupid wokester narrative that big private equity groups are going to rule and destroy the earth and, since they are all located in New York, any park that’s not in the “Big Apple” can be slapped with this type of label to somehow hurt private equity group morale and make them cry. It’s about as convincing an effort as those who are now trying to brainwash America that Joe Biden did fine in last week’s debate. It’s just not going to work.