Last January residents of two manufactured home communities, in Maryland and New York, received $100+ lot rent increases, in some cases nearly doubling their rent. They soon realized that both of their communities were recently purchased by the same Florida based company, Sunrise Capital Investors.

Sunrise Capital Investors is a new and growing manufactured home community owner, and it's CEO, Kevin Bupp, doesn't seem to understand the impact these drastic rent increases have on the long time residents of the communities he owns.

Residents of Sunrise owned communities are calling on Mr. Bupp to sit down with them, hear how these increases have impacted their lives and negotiate for a solution. Mr. Bupp needs to understand that manufactured home communities are much more than profits on his ledger sheet, they are networks of families, friends and neighbors that are all negatively impacted when members of the community are forced to abandon their homes because they can no longer afford rent.

Residents of Sunrise owned communities are asking other manufactured homeowners to join them in signing this petition to show the support and power of manufactured homeowners nationwide.