On April 6th, residents of Table Mound Mobile Home Park in Dubuque, Iowa awakened to eviction notices on their doors from Impact Communities. During an unprecedented health crisis that is impacting millions of families across the country and a statewide eviction moratorium in Iowa, this is an unconscionable move by a corporate owner that has been the subject of resident complaints and stories of mistreatment for years.

Given the egregiousness of Impact's actions and this clear illustration that they are have grossly mismanaged their communities during the COVID-19 epidemic, we are immediately calling for Impact Communities to:

1) Withdraw all eviction notices posted in April and notify residents who received the notices that they are immediately void and that Impact apologizes for mishandling the management of the community during this time period.

2) Cancel April lot rent and monthly fees for all residents of Table Mound who received the eviction notices for attempting to evict families during an state-ordered eviction moratorium and global pandemic.

3) Cancel May and June lot rent and monthly fees for all residents of Table Mound who are suffering under the health and financial impacts of COVID-19, worsened by the community-wide, emotional stress caused by the company's immoral behavior.

4) Enter into immediate negotiations with Table Mound residents and residents living in all Impact-owned communities to sell Impact-owned communities to qualified non-profit entities or for resident-owned-cooperatives.

We are also calling upon the Iowa Manufactured Home Association and Manufactured Housing Institute, the industry trade groups of which Impact Communities is a member, to immediately revoke Impact's membership and send written notes to their entire membership, clarifying the need to abide by all eviction moratoriums and tenant protections that have been enacted at the local, state, and federal level.

Update: Impact Communities admitted to making a "mistake". We believe it's impossible to take Impact Communities at their word given numerous complaints involving their past business practices in multiple states. Let's keep the pressure on!

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El 6 de abril, muchos de mis vecinos en Table Mound Mobile Home Park en Dubuque, Iowa, despertaron con avisos de desalojo de Impact Comunidades en sus puertas. Durante una crisis financiera y de salud que está impactando a millones de familias en todo el país y una moratoria de desalojo en Iowa, esta es una jugada inaceptable por parte de un propietario corporativo que, durante años, ha sido motivo quejas y ha tenido historias de maltrato a residentes.

La atrocidad de los comportamientos de Impact ilustra claramente lo mal que están administrando sus comunidades durante la epidemia de COVID-19. Por favor firme hoy nuestra petición que hace un llamado a Impact Communities a:

1) Retirar todos los avisos de desalojo entregados en abril y notificar a los residentes que recibieron esos avisos que los avisos están inmediatamente anulados y que Impact se disculpa por mal manejo de la administración de la comunidad durante la crisis de COVID-19.

2) Condonar el alquiler del lote y las tarifas mensuales de abril a todos los residentes de Table Mound que recibieron los avisos de desalojo por tratar de desalojar a las familias durante una moratoria de desalojo ordenada por el estado y una pandemia mundial.

3) Condonar el alquiler del lote de mayo y junio y las tarifas mensuales para todos los residentes de Table Mound que están sufriendo los efectos sanitarios y financieros de COVID-19, agudizado por el estrés emocional generalizado en la comunidad, debido al comportamiento inmoral de la empresa.

4) Iniciar negociaciones inmediatas con los residentes de Table Mound y los residentes que viven en todas las comunidades pertenecientes a Impact para vender dichas propiedades a entidades sin fines de lucro calificadas o a cooperativas pertenecientes a los residentes.

También estamos haciendo un llamado a Iowa Manufactured Home Association y a Manufactured Housing Institute,  los gremios industriales de los cuales Impact Communities es miembro, para que revoquen inmediatamente la membresía de Impact y envíen notas por escrito a toda su membresía aclarando la necesidad de cumplir con todas las moratorias de desalojo y de acatar las protecciones de los inquilinos que se han promulgado a nivel local, estatal y federal.