Enduring the stifling Arizona heat without relief has been a harsh reality for residents of Redwood Mobile Home Park in Tucson. Recent action by Attorney General Kris Mayes seeks to bring immediate aid to these individuals. Mayes has moved to secure a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and Preliminary Injunction against the park's owners, Redwood Thunderbird MHPS, LLC, and BoaVida Communities, LLC, as reported yesterday, September 4 by the Arizona Attorney General's Office. The aim is to compel the owners to hastily repair the failing electrical system or offer alternative housing for impacted residents.
According to Attorney General Mayes, "Families at Redwood Mobile Home Park have been forced to live in sweltering, unsafe conditions while corporate landlords ignored their duty to provide safe and habitable living conditions." The lawsuit initiated by Mayes follows a cease and desist issued earlier this summer, which the park owners seemingly disregarded. The consequence has been repeated power outages, which have cut off essential air conditioning during periods of extreme heat, presenting serious health and safety threats. The motion for the TRO, including the proposed order and the motion for the permanent injunction, are publicly accessible through provided links on the Attorney General’s website.
The lawsuit suggests a history of negligence by the park operators, with a staggering range of residents suffering—many are children, seniors, and veterans. Allegations point to years of such outages known to the park operators, who, despite complaints and official warnings, have refrained from undertaking urgent repairs. "Landlords, including mobile home park operators, cannot omit critical information from prospective renters – that is consumer fraud," Mayes articulated in a statement on the Arizona Attorney General's Office, dedicating herself to ensure landlords don’t shirk their responsibilities.
Attorney General Mayes's office has not hesitated to label the conduct of the mobile park operators as a consumer fraud issue and has promised to aggressively enforce state law to hold landlords accountable.
