Matthew Clevenger and his family signed a rent-to-own lease on a mobile home at Greenmount Station in April because he said the property manager told them about a “new promotion” that would allow them to pay it off in half the time.
The owner, a limited liability company called Homes of America, would apply the $600 lot rent the family pays to lease the land, as well as their $500 monthly payment for the trailer, toward the purchase price, he said.
But Homes of America recently sent notices informing Greenmount Station tenants it is ending all rental leases. Renters can either buy their mobile homes from the company or will be required to move out at the end of their leases, according to the notices…