Rules & rent controlMaineOrganizations: BoaVida Group, Sun CommunitiesBy RISE Community editorsPosted on RISE
Lewiston weighs cap on mobile home park lot rent increases as Maine residents organize
The Lewiston City Council in Maine was set to hold a public hearing and first vote on Oct. 20 on capping annual mobile home park lot rent increases. The city had not posted the meeting's minutes as of Oct. 28.
Key facts
- Lewiston's proposed ordinance would hold yearly lot rent increases to the lower of inflation or 5%, and owners could seek more to cover major improvements.
- The draft in the council's Oct. 20 packet measures inflation with a Northeast rent index for the 12 months ending June 30, allows one increase a year effective Jan. 1, and sets a lot's base rent at its April 2, 2026 level.
- The agenda asked the council to give the ordinance first passage and continue the public hearing to its next regular meeting, so a final vote would come later.
- Lewiston has 10 mobile home parks with 571 lots, and more than 400 of those lots are owned by BoaVida Group, a California-based private equity firm.
- Farmington voters decide on Nov. 3 whether to approve a citizen-initiated measure limiting yearly lot rent increases to 3%.
- Maine legislation passed in 2025 requires advance notice of lot rent increases and sets up mediation, but it does not impose firm statewide caps.
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Source: Lewiston to vote on mobile home park rent protections as residents organize across Maine — Maine Beacon, October 19, 2026. Summary and commentary by RISE Community; read the full story at the source.
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