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Independence Commons
Potterville, MI · Owner: Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE: SUI)
About this community
| Community | Independence Commons |
|---|---|
| Address | See directory listing (being verified for this page) |
| City / State | Potterville, MI |
| Acquired by Sun | 2025 |
| Sites / lots | 340 (MHBO directory profile) |
| Year built | 1992 (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.
- Independence Commons (Potterville) drinking-water contamination suit (pre-Sun — not charged to Sun)
State court — PRE-SUN (not charged to Sun) · Eaton County, Michigan (per news reports) · Docket: — · Filed: Jan 9, 2019
Three families sued the City of Potterville and Independence Commons, alleging exposure to fecal-bacteria-contaminated water and air caused serious illness and that complaints went unaddressed. The Michigan DEQ cited the city, whose wastewater plant adjacent to the park was the alleged contamination source, and said the plant was not a health hazard. Sun Communities acquired Independence Commons in 2025 — six years after this suit was filed; the litigation is not a Sun-era matter and is recorded only so it is not misattributed.
Outcome: PRE-SUN — flagged. Suit named the City of Potterville and the park under prior ownership; Sun acquired the park in 2025. Contamination source alleged to be the city's adjacent wastewater plant; MI DEQ cited the city. Outcome vs. Sun: none — Sun was not the owner
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 · 2019-01-14 — FLAG - predates Sun's 2025 acquisition, and the contamination source was the CITY's wastewater plant adjacent to the park: three families sued the City of Potterville and Independence Commons (filed Jan 9, 2019) alleging exposure to fecal-bacteria-contaminated water and air made them sick (alleged symptoms included seizures, rashes and loss of consciousness) and that complaints went unaddressed; the state DEQ cited the city and said the plant was not a health hazard. Original source
Themes: utilities, safety - news · 2019-01-16 — Follow-up coverage of the Independence Commons contamination dispute: city staff to test water at the community. Also pre-dates Sun ownership. Original source
Themes: utilities - other · 2.0 — Apartments.com/ForRent review mirror: a Yelp-sourced set rated 2.0 complains a screen door was removed and not replaced, accuses the office of lying to get people to move in, and criticizes rent prices and customer service. A 2021 review alleges water bills are never correct and that repairs stopped after new management came in. Original source
Themes: utilities, maintenance, management, rent - other · 3.7 (231 reviews) — Via Birdeye aggregate (pool-mixing documented; park attribution uncertain): rated 3.7 across 231 reviews; no park-specific allegation relied on from this pool. Original source
Themes: management
Fight back in MI
State Attorney General — file a consumer complaint with the MI Attorney General's office: official complaint page · Office phone: 517-335-7622. (Officeholder listings change with elections; this route is to the office, verified October 2025.)
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