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Tenants at two Colorado Springs properties for seniors call for change
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Tenants at two Colorado Springs properties for seniors call for change

The Gazette·Debbie Kelley·4 days ago
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Ardene Hagadorn lives in a Colorado Springs mobile home park for older adults, where more than half the 225 residents have banded together to fight what they say are safety concerns and cost-prohibitive lease increases under new ownership.

“The predatory landlord and unresponsive management are making it near impossible to live here anymore,” she said. “People are facing homelessness.”

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That’s why the 125 members of a newly formed tenants’ union at Circle Drive Mobile Home Park will demonstrate on Saturday, calling for the property owner and management to negotiate with residents for improved living conditions.

“We’re seniors. We came here to live out our lives in a beautiful community.…

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