SUNCOMPLAINTS.COM · COMMUNITY REPORT PAGE
Riverside Drive Park
Augusta, ME · Owner: Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE: SUI)
About this community
| Community | Riverside Drive Park |
|---|---|
| Address | See directory listing (being verified for this page) |
| City / State | Augusta, ME |
| Acquired by Sun | 2020 |
| Sites / lots | 164 (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
No reports have been published from this community yet. Reports are published as the resident's own account, with a verification tier (anonymous / resident-verified / named) and an affidavit option.
Be the first to report from Riverside Drive Park File a complaint now
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.
- Augusta rent-stabilization citizen initiative (Riverside Drive Park) (documented dispute or pattern data — not a filed case)
Local action — ballot measure · City of Augusta, Maine — ballot · Docket: — · Filed: Signatures certified 2026; council hearing Sept 3, 2026
Residents of Riverside Drive Park — where, per resident testimony, lot rent rose from $350 to $550 after Sun's 2020 acquisition — organized a citizen initiative after the City Council declined to act. The proposed ordinance caps annual lot-rent increases at 3% or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower, with exceptions for major improvements and hardship, and exempts resident-owned parks. Signatures exceeding 20% of the prior gubernatorial vote were gathered.
Outcome: Pending — vote scheduled Nov 3, 2026
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.
- news — THIS IS THE PARK BEHIND THE MAINE $350-TO-$550 STORY. Maine AFL-CIO report on Riverside Drive Park (reported as 'Riverside Park') residents addressing the Augusta City Council: residents described how Sun Communities began increasing lot rents and deferring maintenance after it bought the park in 2020. Resident Izabella Milbury testified: 'during our time here, rents have increased from $350 to $550. After Sun Communities bought the park in 2020, they began to implement yearly increases in rent. These increases have been justified under the guise that costs are going up, though we've never been told what specific costs are going up.' Residents - many young families, veterans and elderly Mainers on fixed incomes - rallied with the Maine Labor Climate Council for a temporary rent moratorium and a rent stabilization ordinance. Residents' allegations, as reported. Original source
Themes: rent, maintenance, governance - news — Maine Beacon report on the Augusta citizen initiative that followed: residents gathered enough signatures (over 20% of the prior gubernatorial vote) to put a rent stabilization ordinance on the November ballot capping annual lot rent increases at 3% or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower, with exceptions for major improvements or hardship and an exemption for resident-owned parks. Riverside Drive resident Vanessa Decker said her monthly rent increases every year while services get worse, and alleged that when a neighbor reported a tree about to fall on his home, the owners said it was not their responsibility. Cheryl Parent, a resident of more than 19 years, said residents already pay water, sewer, heat, electricity, home and yard maintenance, administration fees, and property taxes on their buildings on top of lot rent. Organizing began around conditions and rising costs in October; many residents rely on retirement, disability or veterans benefits. Original source
Themes: rent, governance, maintenance, fees, utilities
Fight back in ME
State Attorney General — file a consumer complaint with the ME Attorney General's office: official complaint page · Office phone: 207-626-8800. (Officeholder listings change with elections; this route is to the office, verified October 2025.)
Build an AG-ready packet: a dated, specific account — what happened, when, what it cost you, what management said — carries more weight than a phone call. This portal's report flow turns your account into exactly that, with an optional signed affidavit.
Sun Communities' response
Sun Communities is invited to respond to any report published about this community. Substantive responses are published here, alongside the reports.
Get case updates by email
New findings about your community, regulator actions, and filing deadlines — only when there is something worth your time. Join the SunComplaints resident updates list.