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AUGUSTA (WGME) – A lengthy list of bills regarding mobile home parks were up for debate at the State House Tuesday.
One of them is LD 1145.
It would add additional protections for residents of mobile home parks.
It was the topic of a work session Tuesday afternoon.
The bill gives a group of homeowners or a mobile homeowners association the right of first refusal when it comes to purchasing a park that's being sold.
Committee members signed off on several amendments, ultimately voting 6 to 4 in favor of the bill.
“This bill would go to exactly the heart of what has prevented some successful and very potentially helpful sales to happen,”...
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The bill gives a group of homeowners or a mobile homeowners association the right of first refusal when it comes to purchasing a park that's being sold.
This leaves out all the negative articles that are suddenly surfacing regarding the “tenant-owned” concept that is simply not working according to plan. It’s crazy that the state that brought you the no-nonsense L.L. Bean label has lost their common sense.