Manufactured home park tenants often have no protection when new owners bring new fees

By: Cole Hanson

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: August 14, 2026

Words: 2,166

Last Updated: 4 days, 9 hours ago

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On February 28, 2023, Katherine Kilbride logged on to pay her lot rent at her manufactured home park and was startled to see a new charge: $161, with this explanation: “Damage Fee. Cost to replace and install new water meter.”

“How am I supposed to pay rent with an extra charge of 161?” she wrote to management a day later. “I never signed a meter agreement or an amended lease.”

She never got an answer. …

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