A package of bills that would overhaul Michigan's mobile home park cleared the Housing and Human Services Committee in June 2024. (Sarahbeth Maney | MLive.com)Sarahbeth Maney | MLive.com
Holly Hook told lawmakers earlier this year she feels trapped by rising rents.
While testifying before the Housing and Human Services Committee in February, Hook said her lot rent at a Swartz Creek mobile home park has more than doubled in the past six years. It jumped 25% after the park was purchased by new owners in 2018, she said, and has ticked up at least 10% every year since then.
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