We Stand with MHP Mobile Home Park Residents: Stop Predatory Rent Hikes and Displacement in Burke County
Gvest Capital and MHP Properties
The Situation
For years, mobile home parks across Burke County and in the surrounding region, like Idlewild Acres and Mobile Cottage, were decent, affordable places for working families, single mothers, and retirees to live. But since these properties were bought by wealthy out-of-town investors looking to extract massive profits from working people, the residents are being ripped off big time. Across MHP-owned properties, lot rents that used to be $100 to $150 a month are skyrocketing to $600 and $700 by August 1st. We are watching private equity extraction happen right in our backyard, and it is pricing our neighbors out of their own homes.
The Trap
While the rent goes up, basic maintenance across these parks has stopped. The lot rent doesn't even cover water, trash pickup, or lawn care anymore. Worse, when homes fell into dangerous disrepair—like floors literally falling through—management gave long-time renters a cruel ultimatum: "Buy the home as-is, or move."
They used the threat of homelessness to trap residents in deceptive lease-to-purchase agreements, or sold the units to third-party investors, just to wash their hands of the maintenance they legally owed. Now, these communities are fragmented, with residents saddled with broken homes while still being squeezed for astronomical lot fees.
Join the Fight
A roof over your head shouldn’t depend on someone else’s greed. We cannot let out-of-town investors hollow out our community. Add your name to show the owners and local officials that Burke County stands together and has the tenants' backs.
To:
Gvest Capital and MHP Properties
From:
[Your Name]
Our Demands
This is a top vs. bottom fight, and we are standing in solidarity with the newly organized tenants of Idlewild Acres, Mobile Cottage, and all MHP residents in Burke County. We demand that park management:
- Roll Back the Lot Rent: Return the lot fees to a fair market rate that accurately reflects the lack of amenities and maintenance, and halt these unjustified, predatory price hikes.
- Fix the Parks: Fulfill the legal obligation to maintain the community infrastructure, ensure basic habitability, and address the safety hazards that have been ignored.
- Negotiate in Good Faith: End the deceptive "buy or move" coercion tactics and sit down with the newly formed tenant union to agree on a fair path forward.
