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Lafayette Place
Warren, MI · Owner: Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE: SUI)
About this community
| Community | Lafayette Place |
|---|---|
| Address | See directory listing (being verified for this page) |
| City / State | Warren, MI |
| Acquired by Sun | 1998 |
| Sites / lots | 254 (MHBO directory profile) |
| Year built | 1960 (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.
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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.
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 — Formal complaint letter to the City of Warren commission from resident Mike Whitty (12-14 years in the park, director of the 'Mr. Mike's Neighborhood' organization) requesting an audit of Sun and park manager Nicolette Chamberlain for allegedly not providing a safe community - sidewalks, potholes, snow and ice, trash and maintenance - citing the Michigan Mobile Home Commission Act. Original source
Themes: safety, maintenance, management - other · 2025-11-28 — Whitty's letter to Sun president John McLaren dated Nov 28, 2025. He alleges that in Oct 2022 he informed Sun he was starting a neighborhood association (within his legal right) and was transparent about it; that a directive attributed to Marco Spadoni barred park management from acknowledging, endorsing or communicating with the Lafayette Place Neighborhood Association and with Whitty; that the association was brought down after one year; and that he endured a year of retaliation and humiliation, including excessive citations, privacy invasion with photos, and unanswered emails. All his allegations. Original source
Themes: retaliation, management - other — Whitty's first-person account of living at Lafayette Place (he moved in to care for his mother): he alleges repeated 'that's not our responsibility' responses from the park, and that after his mother died, when he asked for time to sell her home, the response was effectively that if he did not pay her rent, the park would take her home. Original source
Themes: management, sales - google-reviews — Mixed Google reviews for this park: one alleges outrageous rent, refusal to fix things, that it is not safe after dark, and complaints ignored by both the park and corporate; another alleges an application was left unanswered for a week while the home was delisted. A ForRent/Apartments.com review (Jul 22, 2020, 2 stars) alleges a major roach problem and cheaply built houses. Original source
Themes: management, rent, safety, maintenance, sales
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.)
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
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