Desin and several other residents Erie News Now spoke with say they have been written up for minor violations inside of their apartments.

He says lot rent increases have been around 13-15% annually since the parks purchase three years ago.
Residents want to see hearings and an eventual vote on both House Bill 805 and Senate Bill 861.

They live in the Summit Heights Mobile Home Park. and since new, out of town owners took over,
lot fees have gone up to the point of making living there, a financial hardship.

Erie News Now reached out to the park manager at Lexington Heights, but did not receive a response before the story aired.

It would put a 10 percent cap on lot fees at all Pennsylvania manufactured home parks under 3 conditions that would include the hike being advertised in a suitable amount of time, and that it does not exceed the consumer price index.

The owners of Summit Heights own more than one park, locally. The lot fee increase is not just happening here, it's an issue across Pennsylvania.

Erie News Now was on the scene on Friday, Feb. 9 and got a first hand look at the project. 

Karen Slaven has put up a passionate fight, hoping to get additional benefits for her father. She believes her dad should have been classified with a disability of 100 percent as a result of his service in the Korean War.

Here are just two examples of the 252 blighted properties found throughout the city. 160 of those properties are considered vacant and abandoned.

Since 1970, 90 PennDOT employees have been killed in the line of duty.