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Standish voters will decide on mobile home park rent control ordinance
['Madeleine Kaptein', 'More Madeleine Kaptein', 'Staff Writer']
The Portland Press Herald
A group of residents of Pine Tree Estates in Standish collected enough signatures to get a mobile home park rent control ordinance on the November ballot.
(Madeleine Kaptein/Staff Writer)Community organizers have collected enough signatures to place a mobile home park rent control ordinance on the November ballot in Standish.
If approved by voters, the ordinance would restrict mobile home park rent increases in Standish to once a year and limit the amount of the increase while maintaining a reasonable rate of return for owners.
His rent at Pine Tree Estates started at $385 in 2020 and is now $705.
AdvertisementGuilford said that many Pine Tree Estates residents she spoke with could not sign the petition despite their support because they were not registered to vote.