Manufactured Homeowners Legislative Association of Michigan  

Why Join MOLA?

To learn about the laws that  affect you as a homeowner!

Listed below are the Manufactured Homeowners Rights that several Manufactured Homeowners Organizations are TRYING to have passed into Law for the State of Michigan...THE REASON YOU NEED TO JOIN US---IS TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE!

1. RENT INCREASES
Homeowner Associations in communities need to be able to nego-
tiate with the owner/management rent increases and the owner of
the community needs to justify the increases they propose. ( THIS
IS ANOTHER REASON WHY RESIDENTS NEED A HOMEOWNER
ASSOCIATION IN PLACE )

2. SMALL TRUCKS AND COMMERICAL VEHICLES
These vehicles must be allowed to park in the driveway of a resi-
dents home site when they are used in the residents form of earning
an income.

3. HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION
Community residents cannot be harassed or intimidated by the
management. The threat of eviction cannot be used.

4. HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS
All residents must be free to organize and join their homeowner
association. They must have the right, and no interference from
management, to pass out flyers, hold meetings, file complaints, and
recruit new membership.

5. RETALIATION
When a resident asks for maintenance or repairs to the community,
retaliation cannot be used. When a resident or a homeowners
association files a complaint with management, retaliation cannot
be used.

6. FEES
No additional or changed fees may take place without first notifying
the home owners association and all community residents personally
either by mail or a personal delivery at least 90 days before the
change.

7. UTILITIES
The cost of an exchange or installation of a meter by management
servicing the resident may not be charged to the resident. Utilities
are part of the service supplied to the resident in the rent and the
expense of metering is up to the owner of the community.

The community owner cannot make a profit on the utilities used by
the resident.

All utilities to the resident must be metered to the resident.

8. INCENTITIVES
All incentives will apply to current and new residents. Such as,
if a rent reduction is offered to a new resident, a home owner who
sells their home may offer their new resident the same incentive
as if he had purchased from the community and it will be excepted
by management.

9. LICENSED INSTALLERS AND RETAILERS
All persons, who are not the resident, that work on the construction
of the home in any way, must have an installers license with the
State of Michigan. Anyone, other then the owner/resident who is
selling the home must have a retailers license with the State of
Michigan

10. SENIOR CITIZENS
Senior Citizens shall be treated with consideration and respect.
Threats of eviction should be considered illegal and those making
the threat or unlawful motion in court should be prosecuted in the
court system as criminal and civil abuse.

11. COMMUNITY RULES
Community rules must be read before anyone signs a rental
agreement to move into a community. All rules must be fair and
not unreasonable and must be enforced equally to all residents.

12. SALE OF COMMUNITY
Should a community owner want to sell their community the resi-
dents must be offered the" first right of refusal" to purchase the
park. This will be done through the community homeowners asso-
ciation. If the residents refuse they should be given 12 months
to put their affairs in order.

13. EMINENT DOMAIN
Eminent Domain should not be allowed to ever be used in closing
a manufactured home community as it can effect too many lives in
a fragile population.

THESE ARE THE CIVIL RIGHTS THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE FIGHTING FOR IN THE STATE CAPTIAL...WE NEED YOU TO JOIN US IN OUR QUEST! THE MORE VOICES THE LOUDER THE NOISE!