Troy Jackson Backs State Seizure of Mobile Home Parks as Lot Rents Near $850
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 8
Troy Jackson Backs State Seizure of Mobile Home Parks as Lot Rents Near $850
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 8
Summary
Jackson told residents at Blueberry Ridge Mobile Village in Wells that Maine should be able to take over troubled mobile home parks until tenants can form a co-op or another ownership model.
Brown tap water and lot rents approaching $850 drove his argument that landlords were failing on services while private-equity owners squeezed residents.
The proposal drew immediate backlash from Republicans and conservative critics, who cast it as government seizure of private property in Jackson’s Senate campaign.
Maine already gives mobile home residents a first chance to buy parks put up for sale, with 60 days to submit an offer under state law.
Jackson’s remarks also revived comparisons to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose housing agenda similarly backs transferring chronically neglected properties to community stewards.