Updating a story MHProNews.com last posted April 25, 2014 concerning an MHC in Richmond, Maine that was ordered closed due to water and sewer problems because owner Russell Edwards allegedly said he could not afford repairs, residents now want to buy the community. According to wmtw.com, while Edwards is scheduled to go before the state’s Manufactured Housing Board May 7, 2014, the residents of Meadowbrook Park held a conference call with the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI), a nonprofit that assists in buying out the owner and becoming cooperatively owned. A vote is set to be taken Sunday, May 4 about resident ownership

(Photo credit: iberkshires.com–flooded manufactured housing community)