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Royal Palm Village
Haines City, FL · Owner: Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE: SUI)
About this community
| Community | Royal Palm Village |
|---|---|
| Address | 3000 Hwy, Haines City, FL 33844 |
| City / State | Haines City, FL |
| Acquired by Sun | 2015 |
| Sites / lots | 396 (MHBO directory profile) |
| Year built | 1982 (MHBO directory profile) |
| Source | Sun Communities FY2025 Form 10-K, Schedule III (SEC filing) |
Directory listing: MHBO community page (third-party directory; address data cross-checked against it).
The numbers reported here
No verified figures have been filed for this community yet. The first residents to report lot-rent history, fees and pass-through charges set the baseline this page tracks — every figure labeled with its source and date.
Resident reports
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Buyback & blocked-sale record
This page tracks reported cases where a resident says the park bought their home, or a sale to an outside buyer was blocked or stalled: what the resident was offered, what independent buyers offered, and what the home later sold for. No cases filed yet for this community.
Court record
Filed cases and agency actions documented for this community, with outcomes stated exactly as the records support them. An allegation is not a finding; a settlement is a compromise, not an admission, unless a court record says otherwise. Full index: The Court Record.
- Royal Palm Village Residents, Inc. v. Slider et al.
Federal court — resident association suit · U.S. District Court, M.D. Fla.; 11th Cir. · Docket: No. 8:19-cv-874-CEH-SPF; 11th Cir. No. 21-13789 · Filed: 2019
The residents' association and named residents alleged fraud through illegally passed-on costs, embellished lot descriptions used to justify rent increases, and false promises to upgrade roads and common areas, pleading claims under federal RICO, Florida RICO, the ADA, FDUTPA, the Florida Mobile Home Act, and unjust enrichment. These were allegations; no liability finding was made.
Outcome: Voluntarily dismissed WITHOUT prejudice by residents (court order Oct 1, 2020); complaints had been dismissed as shotgun pleadings / without prejudice. Fee judgment of $39,613.83 awarded to defendants (incl. Sun entities and American Land Lease) against the residents' association as prevailing party on the Florida Mobile Home Act claim. Owners' appeal of the denial of additional fees on the amended complaints: AFFIRMED (denial stood). Resident loss. · Outcome date: Voluntary dismissal Oct 1, 2020; fee order Aug 2, 2021; 11th Cir. opinion Jan 12, 2023
What residents say elsewhere
Collected from public sources, summarized and attributed, with links to the originals. Summaries describe what reviewers and reporters say; allegations are not findings.
- other · 2023-01-12 — Eleventh Circuit opinion in Royal Palm Village Residents Inc v. Sun Communities Operating Limited Partnership (Case 21-13789, filed Jan 12, 2023). Per the opinion, Haines City residents alleged the owners engaged in fraud, including illegally passing on costs to residents, embellishing lot descriptions to justify increased rents, and falsely promising to upgrade roads and other common areas; claims included federal and Florida RICO, ADA, FDUTPA, the Florida Mobile Home Act and unjust enrichment. The complaints were dismissed as shotgun pleadings; the 2023 appeal decided attorney's fees under Fla. Stat. 723.068, affirming the district court. Allegations in litigation, not fraud findings. Original source
Themes: rent, fees, maintenance - other · 2023-01-12 — Primary source: the Eleventh Circuit's published opinion (PDF) in the Royal Palm Village fee appeal, summarizing the residents' fraud allegations and the procedural history, and affirming that 723.068 fees were unavailable for the voluntarily dismissed amended complaints. Related Middle District of Florida orders (CaseMine) show the defendants, including Sun entities, were awarded $39,613.83 in attorney's fees against the residents' association on the FMHA claim. Original source
Themes: rent, fees
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