Clover Commons residents target state senator’s New Kensington office in bid for mobile home rent controlThe folks at Clover Commons are not giving up. With just a few weeks left in the Pennsylvania Senate’s legislative session, residents of Plum’s manufactured home community, Clover Commons, are rallying for one last push to get a rent control bill out of committee and on the state Senate floorPittsburgh Tribune-Review11d agoWhole story →BuildEconomyHR 1250rent control bill push
State representative calls out Senate for ‘stalling’ regarding House bill that would cap certain land rentA rent increase at a senior housing community in Plum has become a partisan issue, according to a state representative who supports capping rent increases statewide. State Rep, Brandon Markosek, a Democrat whose 25th state House District includes a portion of Plum, recently spoke to a gathering of residents ofPittsburgh Tribune-Review18d agoWhole story →BuildHR 1250rent control bill stalled
Editorial: Senate should move on manufactured home protectionsWhat would you do if your rent went up by one-third in just a few years? That kind of price hike isn’t hard to imagine. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says food prices are up about that much over a five-year period. So is gas, according to AAA. The KFFPittsburgh Tribune-Review21d agoWhole story →BuildEconomyHR 1250manufactured home rent protections debate
Senior residents on fixed incomes urge state senators to pass House Bill 1250, ensuring rent doesn’t have to go upNearly 60 residents took to the streets of Clover Commons in Plum last week to protest their rising land rent. The quiet modular-home community in Plum has housed residents 55 and older for nearly 40 years. Now, folks that have lived there for decades are pinching pennies as they bracePittsburgh Tribune-Review23d agoWhole story →BuildEconomyHR 1250rent control legislation
