Jay, Maine voters to decide on capping mobile home park lot rent increases
Voters in Jay, Maine will decide Nov. 3 whether to tie mobile home park lot rent increases to the Northeast Consumer Price Index.
Key facts
- Jay voters will decide the lot rent ordinance as Article 2 on the Nov. 3 ballot.
- Lorri Nandrea of the Maine Labor Climate Council said some households have faced lot rent increases of $50 to $200 per month.
- The ordinance would generally hold yearly increases to the change in the Northeast Consumer Price Index, with petitioned increases capped at 10% and vacancy increases of up to 5%.
- Hidden Circle residents completed a $1 million cooperative purchase of their park on July 30, while Guardian Communities acquired Pine Haven and Lambert Street, according to Nandrea.
- The rules would apply retroactively to Dec. 8, 2025, and would exempt cooperative parks where residents control rents.
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Source: As Jay lot rent vote nears, residents face rising housing costs — Lewiston Sun Journal, October 12, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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