Connecticut lawmakers have proposed legislation that aims to address a loophole in a state law regarding mobile home park resident associations and offer additional protections to people who live in these communities, including rent caps.
The proposal, from Sen. Julie Kushner, D-Danbury, and Rep. Raghib Allie-Brennan, D-Bethel, comes after a rocky launch to the 2023 law that granted manufactured housing residents the right to form an association and make offers to purchase their homes when the parks go up for sale . Under the law, they are required to match competitive offers and have the right of first refusal before other buyers.
But at the Shady Acres Park in Danbury, when residents tried to do just that, the deal fell apart. They weren’t sure why and feared the owner had struck a shared ownership agreement with another company to bypass residents’ rights. The attorney general is looking into the matter…