Saratogan reports Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is suing the owners of Saratoga Springs NY based Morgan RV Resorts, alleging the company is intimidating members to collect exorbitant fees in their Cape Cod manufactured housing community. According to Coakley’s press release, the company’s sales team “aggressively solicited homeowners at Peters Pond to pay up to $16,000 as a membership fee to remain in the community.” The fee was allegedly on top of the $6,000 annual fee owners paid for their land lease at the Sandwich, Mass., housing community. AG Coakley’s lawsuit seeks to end the collection and also return the fees already paid by residents. Coakley alleges the practices are a violation of the Consumer Protection Act and the Manufactured Housing Act. According to the lawsuit, nearly 100 homeowners have paid to join the club out of fear that they would lose their home. Morgans RV Resorts officials did not respond to a message seeking comment by the reporting publiser’s press time.
(Coakley file photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
3 thoughts on “Massachusetts AG sues manufactured home community owner”
Ron Bunner
Well done Martha….Its the correct thing to do.
Happycamper
IT is not a manufactured housing community.u00a0u00a0 It is a campground!u00a0u00a0 This is a horrible lawsuit that will cost the AG her career.u00a0u00a0u00a0 Stay posted.u00a0u00a0
Michelle
Thank you so very much for standing up to a frightening example of corporate greed. To threaten to economically evict these homeowners is unthinkable. This is an extreme example, but one that is happening all over our nation. Manufactured Home communities are being pillaged by greedy LLC’s with invisible owners, sending our veterans and seniors out to be taken care of by our dwindling social programs or relatives who are already strapped. Thank you, Thank you. We need more politicians who are and will be sensitive to the need for affordable housing for the most vulnerable members of our society…seniors, disabled, veterans, etc.
Well done Martha….Its the correct thing to do.
IT is not a manufactured housing community.u00a0u00a0 It is a campground!u00a0u00a0 This is a horrible lawsuit that will cost the AG her career.u00a0u00a0u00a0 Stay posted.u00a0u00a0
Thank you so very much for standing up to a frightening example of corporate greed. To threaten to economically evict these homeowners is unthinkable. This is an extreme example, but one that is happening all over our nation. Manufactured Home communities are being pillaged by greedy LLC’s with invisible owners, sending our veterans and seniors out to be taken care of by our dwindling social programs or relatives who are already strapped. Thank you, Thank you. We need more politicians who are and will be sensitive to the need for affordable housing for the most vulnerable members of our society…seniors, disabled, veterans, etc.