In this era of economic hard times, we need people like Senator Bruce Ennis to present bills like he is proposing to keep lot rents affordable for mobile home parks. I would also like to see a bill that offers a settlement to whom these increases are a hardship.
I remember when a mobile home park on Long Neck Road adjusted their lot rents to ridiculous amounts. Now there are a lot of for sale signs and abandoned mobile homes in these parks.
I live in Massey's Landing Mobile Home Park. My 2013 lot rent increased significantly. Are you ready for this? Our lot rents went up 35 percent to almost 50 percent. As a senior myself and on a fixed income, I don't know where to scrape together more money to pay additional lot rent.
I understand that Massey's Landing, Inc. is a business but this is my home, my life savings is in this home. Where do we go for help?
Please support Senator Ennis's bill to limit lot rent increases to a reasonable amount.
Lewis H. Newman
Millsboro