MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (KCRG) - On Monday, residents of one Mount Vernon apartment complex gathered to discuss the changes they’re seeing after the complex was sold to a new company.

Sara Cunningham lives in one of the units at the Imperial Apartments in Mount Vernon. She called it home for the last three years.

“It’s in the budget, all the utilities paid, they worked with new moms, they worked with all of us,” said Conningham.

She said that all changed when the complex was sold to a new company, Stoddard and Jensen, out of Coralville. Rent used to include utilities and trash, but now, residents said they would be responsible, plus a 5% bump in rent.

Because of these concerns, she decided to get as many residents together as she could. She even went door to door, aiming to make sure people

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