Chicopee Park's Sewer-Related Rent Increase Goes Before Massachusetts' Top Court
Massachusetts' highest court heard a dispute over whether a Chicopee mobile home park can pass sewer connection costs to residents through higher rent.
Key facts
- Rent at BlueBird Acres in Chicopee rose from $296 to $416 a month after the park moved from septic to sewer.
- The park has 170 lots, and residents Katherine Dant and Cindy DeLonge are challenging the increase.
- The Chicopee Mobile Home Rent Control Board approved the owners' request in 2022.
- The city billed the park owner a $1.1 million betterment fee, to be paid across twenty years at $55,000 a year.
- The ruling could matter to the 26 Massachusetts municipalities with similar rent-control boards.
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Source: Chicopee Mobile Home Park Rent Case Hits Mass. High Court — Hoodline, November 3, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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