Longtime residents of a Valley manufactured home community are worried about the impact of lot rental hikes on elderly neighbors and families struggling to get by.People living in the Coppersun 55+ manufactured home community in El Mirage received notices this month of rent increases for the lots private homes sit on. One notice shared with ABC15 showed a projected increase from roughly $600 to over $1,100.“Oh my god, I’m going to have a heart attack,” resident Paul Bodjanac said.Many residents, with similar letters, expressed their frustration and anxiety at the initial letter.“I wanted to cry,” Mary Noard said.The community offered a concession agreement to those who had been living at the park for a long time.According to the lease addendum, it would bring all residents up to market rates over the course of seven years, decreasing the cash given back by the company to renters per month each year, while also still adjusting the rent to annual market increases.“They gave us mitigation prices for the next seven years, but who knows what the market rate is going to be then, and where am I going to get that money to pay the rent?” Noard said.With the additional agreement, Bodjanac calculated that his rent would still increase by 15 percent come January.
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