HEARING OFFICER UPHOLDS RENT HIKE AT PARK; RESIDENTS MAY CONTINUE FIGHT.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Daily News Staff Writer Residents of the Friendly Village Mobile Home Park in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. will be paying higher rents this year after a hearing officer turned down their appeal of rent increases up to $15 a month. Hearing officer Armand Arabian Arabian having some relationship to Arabia, most conspicuously Arabian horses. Darley Arabian the original Arab sire, the founder of the thoroughbred breed, imported into England in 1704. , a retired state Supreme Court Justice, upheld increases for the 64 petitioning park members, saying the hikes were in line with city policy. Letters are being mailed this week to residents of the complex for people 55 and older, notifying no·ti·fy tr.v. no·ti·fied, no·ti·fy·ing, no·ti·fies 1. To give notice to; inform: notified the citizens of the curfew by posting signs. 2. those who had petitioned of the decision. Residents of the park, where average rents are $389 a month and many live on fixed incomes, are considering fighting it further in court, said Hugh Pease pease n. pl. pease or peas·en Archaic A pea. [Middle English; see pea. , 84, who has been the residents' spokesman throughout the appeals process. ``You can imagine what struggle it is for some people in the park to keep their homes,'' Pease said. ``We do have some people, Social Security is all they have.'' Residents have been paying the higher rents since they were put in place in May pending the appeal. They also are responsible now for the $1,100 cost of the appeal hearing. However, Bill Schweinfurth, operations director for Vedder Property Management, which operates the park, said the increases were fair. ``We still offer very fine and affordable housing,'' he said. One city official was concerned about the hike, saying the city should examine alternatives for keeping mobile home parks affordable. ``It's obvious something has to be done,'' said City Councilwoman Barbara Williamson, who attended the appeal hearing last week. ``It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a we stop gouging Gouging can be:
Another mobile-home park is scheduled to appeal a $12 increase next month. At Friendly Village, the increase is the second in two years for most residents of the 221-space park on Tierra Rejada Road, where a $6 rent hike was approved last year by the Mobile Home Rent Mediation mediation, in law, type of intervention in which the disputing parties accept the offer of a third party to recommend a solution for their controversy. Mediation has long been a part of international law, frequently involving the use of an international commission, Board, which oversees rent increases. More than 60 residents appealed the increase last year and won their case before the hearing officer. |
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