According to philly.com, rent controls for the 46 low or moderate-income residents of Tricia Meadows manufactured housing community in Mount Laurel, NJ will expire at the end of the year and become market rate like the other homes in the 400 site community. Built in 1984 by developer Roger Davis and named for his daughter Patricia, site rents will double for those who live in the affordable housing units under a judgment reached with the New Jersey court system 30 years ago. Kevin D. Walsh, of advocacy organization Fair Share Housing Center, says the township could tap into its $6 million Affordable Housing Trust funds, but as MHProNews has learned, Mount Laurel Mayor Linda Bobo says those funds have already been allocated.

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