Delaware DOJ Warns MHC Owners Against Stacking Lot Rent Increases
Delaware's DOJ has told manufactured housing community landlords that combining CPI-U and market rent lot increases in one year violates state law.
Key facts
- The Delaware Attorney General's Consumer Protection Unit received multiple resident complaints about recent lot rent increases.
- Residents say owners combined a CPI-U increase with a phased-in market rent increase in the same year.
- Under 25 Del. C. § 7051(a), lot rent may rise no more than once in any 12-month period.
- Section 7052A, created in 2022, requires market rent increases to be phased in equally over seven or ten years.
- The DOJ letter, released with comments from Consumer Protection Director Victoria Finkle, says owners who stacked increases should take corrective action or face a Consumer Protection Unit enforcement action.
- Delaware has about 170 manufactured housing communities; the Delaware Manufactured Home Owners Association president says they house more than 20,000 households, mostly in Sussex County (Delaware Public Media).
Create a free account to read the full summary and the RISE take
A free account gives you the full summary of every story, the RISE take on what it means for owners, and the whole news archive with filters and search.
Takes about a minute. We email you a link to confirm; open it and you come straight back here.
Read the original at WGMD (opens in a new tab)
Source: Consumer Complaints to DOJ about Manufactured Home Community Rent Increases — WGMD, October 19, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
Related Stories
- Washington Park Owners Sue Over Lot Rent Cap as Small Operators Weigh Selling
- Jay, Maine voters to decide on capping mobile home park lot rent increases
- Saco weighed ending its lot rent moratorium after park owner offered phased increases
- Pennsylvania Senate Weighs a CPI-Linked Cap on Mobile Home Lot Rent Increases
- Sanford, Maine caps annual lot rent increases at manufactured housing parks