Apr 29
- 12:29
- Posted by Emma Bartlett
- comments (1)
Park home laws. Use your MP
Get support from your local MP
I received a letter this week from a residents' association that contacted its local MP and arranged for him to come and visit the park to chat to residents about their perceived short comings of the current park home legislation.
This association's main concern surrounds the 10% commission charge payable to park owners on sale of a park home. After meeting with their MP, residents now feel they've got their point across and feel confident that he will represent their views to Housing Minister Iain Wright in Parliament.
I urge all park home residents who are dissatisfied with current legislation to get together on their park and invite their local MP to come and listen to their concerns. I have attended meetings of the All Party Group for the Welfare of Park Home Residents and can assure you that your voices are being heard at Westminster.
Don't forget, your local MP will be canvassing for votes in the future so would do well to listen to you now.
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Reader comments
Add your commentsJuly 11 07:12
Rod Barnett
With the many problems that Park Home owners have you will always get some residents backing the Site Owner, they get special treatment, help from the site manager when they ask etc etc, and ofcourse those who do not are treated with disgust! I have over the past ten years seen many residents try and change the system but fall by the wayside because they are "Ground Down" by those Residents and site owner continually intimidating them. Your M.P's could help but they like most of the population of England have little idea of the Law and the many problems involved, so Site Owners can continue to please themselves on which law to ignore and which to accept knowing full well only idiots like myself will cause them problems, and by incorperating the Resident's Association to continually point the finger at me as TROUBLE MAKER they believe NO ONE will take any notice. This is the situation on the Park I live on, the law has been broken on many occassions but the Council turn a blind eye and the law does not allow anyone to take the matter further!