Can a mobile home park owner charge everyone in the park a flat fee of water usage that we are not using?
Question Details: We have water meters in our homes that was being metered and he's now claiming they don't work. We are paying for broken water mains as well. How can he do this and is this legal when we are not seeing how much water consumption is coming into the park? The City will not let us see what we are paying for! Then he charges a late fee if we don't pay it. The city charges xx amount for up to so many gallons to residents in the town. We are being charged $20 over the minimum when here are home owners using less than the minimum. Do we have a civil suit against him for this?
Whether or not a mobile home park owner is entitled to charge everyone in the park a flat fee for water usage that is not being used by the tenants depends upon what the presumed written lease states for all tenants. As such, you need to carefully read the written lease that you presumaby signed in that its terms and conditions control the obligations you owe the landlord and vice versa.
If the charge is not stated in your lese then presumably you are not obligated to pay for it contractually. I suggest that you consult further with a landlord tenant attorney about the situation you are writing about to see what legal recourse you may have.
