The Golden Estates Trailer Court in Helena was purchased by an out-of-state property management company in February.

Tenants say in the six months since the change in ownership, conditions have taken a turn for the worse.

In April, the tenants' lot rent increased from $400 a month to nearly $600.

That week, the water shut off for 24 hours.

From July 13 - 18, tenants lost access to water twice. On July 20, a boil - water advisory was placed on a traffic cone on the outskirts of the park. Through those five months, no one was able to reach out to their new property management.

The company, Capital Communities, is based in Tennessee. It also purchased the Dakota Valley Mobile Park in East Helena under the name "Achieve Communities" last year. Dakota Valley residents reported contam

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