Promoted as a 55-and-over community, residents have complained to management as well as local officials of drug sales, gunshots, hypodermic needles and human waste littering the community, but allegedly to no avail. In addition, under age 55 squatters have moved into some of the units as well as families with school-age children, although the leases signed by residents allege it is a community for only seniors.
As riverheadlocal tells MHProNews, residents say the community has gone downhill since Kingsley Management Corp. bought the community in 2011, with complaints of prostitution and filthy, decaying abandoned homes. When residents complained of a tree they thought was in danger of falling, they allegedly were told to take care of the problem themselves.
Town Councilwoman Jodi Giglio says there is a lot of fear in the community, noting, “We can’t expect anyone to live in conditions like this, let alone our seniors. There are basic things that should be taken care of as a property owner who is renting space to occupants.”
Residents say they have complained to management, including the corporate office in Utah, but they say management is not responsive. Community management says they are taking violators to court, and are enforcing the rules and lease provisions.
The town can bring violations of code enforcement against the community management but has no control over lease provisions. MHProNews sent an email to Kingsley in Utah ahead of this publication seeking comment on the riverheadlocal article but did not receive a response. ##
(Photo credit: northfieldnews/Kaitlyn Walsh–abandoned manufactured home)
