Stop Lot Rent Increases at Westview Village
The Issue
Keep Westview affordable for the people who already call it home.
Join Our Facebook Group: Westview Village Community Voice
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1045605514910763
At the very bottom of the petition, you’ll find a printable STOP LOT RENT INCREASES AT WESTVIEW VILLAGE sign — save it, print it, put it in your window, display it on your property, or anywhere around the community you have permission. Help us get it in front of every Westview resident.
DIRECTED TO
M. SHAPIRO REAL ESTATE GROUP / M. SHAPIRO MANAGEMENT COMPANY
31550 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 220
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334, USA
248-865-0066
Mickey Shapiro — Owner / Principal
Mark Kassab — Senior Vice President, M. Shapiro Management Company
mkassab@mshapirorealestate.com
WESTVIEW VILLAGE
10770 Winterburn Road NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5S 1T7
780-447-3345
manager@westviewvillage.com
THE PETITION
We, the undersigned residents and supporters of Westview Village, are calling for something simple:
STOP THE CYCLE OF LOT-RENT INCREASES.
This is not merely about this year's $30.
Residents have watched the increases themselves grow from roughly $15, to $25, and now $30 per month.
So not only does the rent keep increasing — the size of the increase is increasing too.
Where does this end?
Westview is where we live. It is where families come home at night, where children grow up, where seniors planned to retire, and where people invested years of savings so they could finally own a home.
A home is supposed to provide peace, security and stability.
It should not leave its owner wondering every year:
“How much more will I have to pay just to keep my home sitting here?”
WE OWN THE HOMES — WESTVIEW DOES NOT
Residents buy their own homes, residents pay to repair them.
Residents replace their own roofs, furnaces, windows, plumbing, siding, appliances and everything else that eventually breaks.
Residents maintain their own lots, lawns, fences and driveways.
Residents pay their own electricity, gas, internet, water, wastewater, garbage charges and other household expenses.
Residents also pay property taxes associated with the manufactured homes they own.
If our grass is too long, our fence needs painting, our yard does not meet Westview's standards, or we violate one of the extensive park rules, we get the notice, we have to fix it, and we pay for it. Westview has people whose job includes driving around the community inspecting properties and enforcing those rules.
And the restrictions go far beyond maintaining a clean property. We own these homes, but we do not have the freedom most people associate with actually owning a home. We cannot simply buy a home here and rent it if we choose — Westview requires the owner to live there. We face additional restrictions on RVs, boats, quads, all-terrain vehicles and other uses of our own property. In many ways, residents carry all the financial responsibility of homeowners while living under an additional layer of HOA-like rules and enforcement controlling property we paid for.
Think about that arrangement: we buy the home, maintain the home, repair the home, insure the home, maintain the yard, maintain the fence, pay all the utilities, pay for garbage collection, Pay property taxes, follow Westview's additional rules, and can receive violations when we do not meet their standards — AND still have no control over what the land underneath our home will cost us next year.
All while resources can be found to hire people to plant and maintain flowers and to inspect residents' properties and issue violations, residents are asking where that same commitment is when it comes to protecting and maintaining the community itself. We are paying to live in what is supposed to be a private, well-maintained community, yet residents are walking past infrastructure and safety problems that would be embarrassing anywhere — never mind in a community collecting roughly $10 million a year in lot rent.
We have a wooden playground that has been here for more than 30 years, with sand where residents have found broken glass, cigarette butts, cat feces, drugs, needles and other garbage where children are supposed to play. We have a basketball court with lopsided poles and Pad with missing nets. We have deteriorating pavement and driveways, crumbling walking paths in greenbelts. Residents have identified roughly 25 large holes around the park, most deep enough that somebody walking through the area could step into one and seriously injure or break a leg. There are mangled and exposed culverts sticking out of the ground beside walking areas, creating another completely unnecessary injury hazard.
Then look at the trees and ponds. Instead of properly removing trees that have been cut down, residents have watched the westview workers cut and dump directly into the pond near the play park. Around the large pond, trees have been heavily chewed and damaged by animals and left standing, including trees residents are concerned could eventually come down on somebody and kill them. These are not cosmetic complaints. These are basic maintenance and safety issues in areas residents and children actually use.
Even the entrance tells the story. We have had a “PRIVATE PROPERTY” sign sitting upside down at the main entrance to a community where residents are paying millions of dollars every year. That might sound small, but it perfectly captures the problem: residents are being held to extremely specific standards while obvious problems on the community side can simply sit there. And get worse while continuing to drain your pockets from all your hard earned money.
Then there is security. Westview is supposed to be a private community, yet residents are dealing with homeless people and other strangers roaming through the neighbourhood, trespassing, looking into backyards and onto residents' property, along with ongoing theft and safety concerns. The 7-Eleven that served this community 24 hours a day now closes at 11 p.m. amid repeated theft, robbery and safety problems. Residents have watched a basic service we had for years disappear because the area is no longer considered safe.
That is where the contrast becomes impossible to ignore. There is money to employ someone specifically to plant and maintain flowers. There is money to have people drive around inspecting residents' properties and handing out violations for grass, fences and other park rules. But where is the person protecting the community? Where is the security presence keeping trespassers out, discouraging theft, protecting residents' property and helping keep the store safe enough to stay open overnight?
Also why are they putting all these extra rules on us the city of Edmonton would not? Let us breathe and live and relax in our own homes!!
Right now, too many parts of Westview look and feel like a community being allowed to get older, less maintained and less secure while the people living in it are continually being asked to pay more.
LOOK AT THE SCALE OF THE MONEY
Westview Village has roughly 1,050 homes.
Current lot rents are roughly $790–$820 per month.
That means residents collectively pay approximately:
$829,500–$861,000 EVERY MONTH
or roughly: $10 MILLION EVERY YEAR in lot rent.
Now add another $30 per home.
That is approximately:
$31,500 MORE EVERY MONTH
$378,000 MORE EVERY YEAR
for the same community. And one that gets worse every year!!
So before asking roughly 1,050 households for another $378,000 every single year, residents have every right to ask:
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE EXTRA $378,000 FOR?
That is not an unreasonable question.
That is what customers ask when a business raises its price.
And make no mistake:
WE ARE THE CUSTOMERS FUNDING THIS BUSINESS.
Saying “they are a business” does not end the conversation.
Of course they are a business.
M. Shapiro's own corporate material describes its manufactured-housing management as developing business plans focused on “maximizing profitability.”
That may be their business objective.
But to us: THIS IS HOME.
And let me ask you this. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU LIVE IN A $10-MILLION-A-YEAR COMMUNITY?
Look at what residents actually see around Westview.
playground infrastructure that has been here for decades
basketball poles that are bent and hoops without nets
broken glass in the sand at children's play areas
deteriorating pavement and poor driveway work
roughly two dozen significant holes around green spaces and walking areas where somebody could be injured
damaged and mangled culverts protruding near sidewalks and walking areas
dead and damaged trees
trees near the large pond that have been heavily chewed by animals and left standing despite concerns that they could eventually fall
felled trees being left in the ponds instead of properly removed
aging infrastructure
reduced services
trespassing and theft concerns inside our private community, also resulting in the 7-Eleven now closing at 11 p.m.
All while, residents see plenty of resources devoted to seasonal flowers, landscaping and enforcement of community rules.
Management can find somebody to inspect a resident's grass.
Management can issue a notice about a fence. Management can enforce property standards.
Then residents are entitled to ask:
Where is that same urgency when a culvert is mangled beside a sidewalk?
Where is that same urgency when there is broken glass where children play?
Where is that same urgency when holes create walking hazards?
Where is that same urgency when damaged trees may create a safety risk?
Where is that same urgency when residents are concerned about trespassing, theft and security?
Flowers are nice.
But flowers do not fix the many problems this community has, and not hidden problems, clear obvious out in the open problems.
And they do not explain why the same residents should provide another $378,000 every year.
Westview publicly advertises its basketball court, playgrounds and landscaped grounds as community amenities.
Then those amenities should be maintained like amenities residents are paying millions of dollars a year to live around.
WHAT ARE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY RECEIVING FOR THE INCREASE?
WHAT CHANGED ENOUGH TO REQUIRE ANOTHER $378,000 A YEAR?
SHOW US.
Because it becomes the new rent.
Then another increase can be added on top of it.
Residents have already watched increases move from approximately:
$15 → $25 → $30
The increase itself has doubled from the earlier $15 level.
If another $30 were added each year:
4 increases = $120 more every month
10 increases = $300 more every month
That is:
$3,600 MORE EVERY YEAR FOR ONE HOUSEHOLD
Across roughly 1,050 homes:
$3.78 MILLION MORE EVERY YEAR
Over ten years of repeated $30 increases, the added payments would total approximately:
$20.79 MILLION
So the issue is not whether somebody happens to have another thirty dollars in their wallet today.
The question is:
WHEN DOES ENOUGH BECOME ENOUGH?
Maybe another $30 does not hurt you personally. Maybe you can afford it without thinking twice. But sign this petition for the neighbour who cannot. Sign it for the senior trying to remain in the home they planned to retire in. Sign it for the person living on disability or a fixed income. Sign it for the single parent trying to keep a roof over their children's heads. Sign it for the family already being squeezed by groceries, utilities, property taxes and every other rising cost. Sign it for the resident who worked for years to finally own a home and should not have to wonder whether they will eventually be priced out of the land underneath it. And sign it for the next person who buys your home, because every increase accepted today becomes part of what they will be expected to pay tomorrow.
This is bigger than whether one person can afford another thirty dollars. A community means standing beside your neighbours before the problem becomes unbearable for you personally. If we wait until lot rent reaches the point where everybody is struggling, we waited too long. The increases have already gone from roughly $15, to $25, to $30. The rent keeps climbing, the increases themselves are getting larger, and too many parts of the community residents are paying for are getting older, less maintained and less secure at the same time.
Our homes must never become leverage against us. We bought these homes. Our savings are tied up in them. We repair them, maintain them, insure them, pay the taxes, pay the utilities, follow Westview's additional rules and accept restrictions that most homeowners outside this community do not live under. We cannot simply choose to rent our homes out and leave. We cannot simply pick up an entire manufactured home whenever the lot rent becomes too expensive. The fact that our homes are tied to this land must never become an excuse to keep increasing the price of staying in a home we already own.
Homeownership is supposed to create stability. It is supposed to mean finally having something that belongs to you and somewhere you can breathe, relax and feel secure. It should not mean owning the building while somebody else controls the land underneath it, imposes another layer of rules over how you live, limits what you can do with your own property, and then decides year after year that remaining there will cost more.
We are not asking for luxury. We are asking for fairness, affordability, safety, proper maintenance, reasonable freedom in our own homes and a community that actually reflects the millions of dollars residents already pay every year.
WHAT WE ARE DEMANDING
We, the undersigned residents and supporters of Westview Village, call on Westview Village ownership and M. Shapiro Management Company / M. Shapiro Real Estate Group to:
FIX AND PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR. Address the aging playground, broken glass, needles and garbage in children's play areas, damaged basketball equipment, deteriorating pavement and driveways, crumbling greenbelt paths, dangerous holes, exposed and mangled culverts, damaged trees, trees left standing could fall, clear felled trees being dumped or left in the ponds.
TAKE COMMUNITY SECURITY SERIOUSLY. Residents should not be expected to live with ongoing trespassing, theft, strangers wandering through the neighbourhood and looking into residents' yards while a private community has no meaningful security presence. If resources exist to inspect lawns, enforce fence rules and issue violations, resources should also exist to help protect the people and property inside the community.
ADDRESS THE LOSS AND DECLINE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, INCLUDING THE SECURITY CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE 7-ELEVEN THAT SERVED WESTVIEW 24 HOURS A DAY AND NOW CLOSES AT 11 P.M. Residents should be seeing services improve — not watching services disappear.
WITHDRAW THE CURRENT $30-PER-MONTH LOT-RENT INCREASE.
STOP TREATING YEARLY LOT-RENT INCREASES AS AUTOMATIC, NORMAL OR INEVITABLE. Residents have already watched increases grow from roughly $15, to $25, to $30. The cycle needs to stop before affordable homeownership here disappears.
DO NOT IMPOSE ANOTHER LOT-RENT INCREASE UNLESS THERE IS A REAL, SUBSTANTIAL AND DOCUMENTED FINANCIAL NEED FOR IT. If Westview requires more money, explain exactly why before demanding it from residents.
SHOW RESIDENTS WHAT REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER $378,000 EVERY YEAR. Identify the actual increases in taxes, insurance, staffing, maintenance, infrastructure, utilities, management costs or other expenses being used to justify taking hundreds of thousands of additional dollars from this community.
IDENTIFY THE EXACT “MARKET RATES,” “AFFORDABILITY INDEXES” AND CALCULATIONS BEING USED TO DETERMINE LOT RENT. Residents should not receive vague explanations while being expected to permanently pay more.
REVIEW THE EXTRA RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON WESTVIEW HOMEOWNERS AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY RULES THAT GO BEYOND WHAT RESIDENTS WOULD NORMALLY FACE AS EDMONTON HOMEOWNERS. People who bought their homes should be able to breathe, live and relax in them without an HOA-like layer of unnecessary control over ordinary use of their own property.
HOLD WESTVIEW TO THE SAME STANDARD WESTVIEW DEMANDS FROM ITS RESIDENTS. If residents are expected to maintain their grass, fences, yards and homes and immediately correct violations, obvious hazards and deterioration on the community side should not be allowed to sit year after year.
RECOGNIZE THAT OUR HOMES MUST NEVER BECOME LEVERAGE AGAINST US. The difficulty of moving a manufactured home, the restrictions placed on renting it out, and the amount of residents' savings tied up in their homes must never become an opportunity to continually increase what homeowners have to pay simply to remain on the land underneath them.
⬇️ SAVE • PRINT • SHARE ⬇️
86
The Issue
Keep Westview affordable for the people who already call it home.
Join Our Facebook Group: Westview Village Community Voice
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1045605514910763
At the very bottom of the petition, you’ll find a printable STOP LOT RENT INCREASES AT WESTVIEW VILLAGE sign — save it, print it, put it in your window, display it on your property, or anywhere around the community you have permission. Help us get it in front of every Westview resident.
DIRECTED TO
M. SHAPIRO REAL ESTATE GROUP / M. SHAPIRO MANAGEMENT COMPANY
31550 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 220
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334, USA
248-865-0066
Mickey Shapiro — Owner / Principal
Mark Kassab — Senior Vice President, M. Shapiro Management Company
mkassab@mshapirorealestate.com
WESTVIEW VILLAGE
10770 Winterburn Road NW
Edmonton, Alberta T5S 1T7
780-447-3345
manager@westviewvillage.com
THE PETITION
We, the undersigned residents and supporters of Westview Village, are calling for something simple:
STOP THE CYCLE OF LOT-RENT INCREASES.
This is not merely about this year's $30.
Residents have watched the increases themselves grow from roughly $15, to $25, and now $30 per month.
So not only does the rent keep increasing — the size of the increase is increasing too.
Where does this end?
Westview is where we live. It is where families come home at night, where children grow up, where seniors planned to retire, and where people invested years of savings so they could finally own a home.
A home is supposed to provide peace, security and stability.
It should not leave its owner wondering every year:
“How much more will I have to pay just to keep my home sitting here?”
WE OWN THE HOMES — WESTVIEW DOES NOT
Residents buy their own homes, residents pay to repair them.
Residents replace their own roofs, furnaces, windows, plumbing, siding, appliances and everything else that eventually breaks.
Residents maintain their own lots, lawns, fences and driveways.
Residents pay their own electricity, gas, internet, water, wastewater, garbage charges and other household expenses.
Residents also pay property taxes associated with the manufactured homes they own.
If our grass is too long, our fence needs painting, our yard does not meet Westview's standards, or we violate one of the extensive park rules, we get the notice, we have to fix it, and we pay for it. Westview has people whose job includes driving around the community inspecting properties and enforcing those rules.
And the restrictions go far beyond maintaining a clean property. We own these homes, but we do not have the freedom most people associate with actually owning a home. We cannot simply buy a home here and rent it if we choose — Westview requires the owner to live there. We face additional restrictions on RVs, boats, quads, all-terrain vehicles and other uses of our own property. In many ways, residents carry all the financial responsibility of homeowners while living under an additional layer of HOA-like rules and enforcement controlling property we paid for.
Think about that arrangement: we buy the home, maintain the home, repair the home, insure the home, maintain the yard, maintain the fence, pay all the utilities, pay for garbage collection, Pay property taxes, follow Westview's additional rules, and can receive violations when we do not meet their standards — AND still have no control over what the land underneath our home will cost us next year.
All while resources can be found to hire people to plant and maintain flowers and to inspect residents' properties and issue violations, residents are asking where that same commitment is when it comes to protecting and maintaining the community itself. We are paying to live in what is supposed to be a private, well-maintained community, yet residents are walking past infrastructure and safety problems that would be embarrassing anywhere — never mind in a community collecting roughly $10 million a year in lot rent.
We have a wooden playground that has been here for more than 30 years, with sand where residents have found broken glass, cigarette butts, cat feces, drugs, needles and other garbage where children are supposed to play. We have a basketball court with lopsided poles and Pad with missing nets. We have deteriorating pavement and driveways, crumbling walking paths in greenbelts. Residents have identified roughly 25 large holes around the park, most deep enough that somebody walking through the area could step into one and seriously injure or break a leg. There are mangled and exposed culverts sticking out of the ground beside walking areas, creating another completely unnecessary injury hazard.
Then look at the trees and ponds. Instead of properly removing trees that have been cut down, residents have watched the westview workers cut and dump directly into the pond near the play park. Around the large pond, trees have been heavily chewed and damaged by animals and left standing, including trees residents are concerned could eventually come down on somebody and kill them. These are not cosmetic complaints. These are basic maintenance and safety issues in areas residents and children actually use.
Even the entrance tells the story. We have had a “PRIVATE PROPERTY” sign sitting upside down at the main entrance to a community where residents are paying millions of dollars every year. That might sound small, but it perfectly captures the problem: residents are being held to extremely specific standards while obvious problems on the community side can simply sit there. And get worse while continuing to drain your pockets from all your hard earned money.
Then there is security. Westview is supposed to be a private community, yet residents are dealing with homeless people and other strangers roaming through the neighbourhood, trespassing, looking into backyards and onto residents' property, along with ongoing theft and safety concerns. The 7-Eleven that served this community 24 hours a day now closes at 11 p.m. amid repeated theft, robbery and safety problems. Residents have watched a basic service we had for years disappear because the area is no longer considered safe.
That is where the contrast becomes impossible to ignore. There is money to employ someone specifically to plant and maintain flowers. There is money to have people drive around inspecting residents' properties and handing out violations for grass, fences and other park rules. But where is the person protecting the community? Where is the security presence keeping trespassers out, discouraging theft, protecting residents' property and helping keep the store safe enough to stay open overnight?
Also why are they putting all these extra rules on us the city of Edmonton would not? Let us breathe and live and relax in our own homes!!
Right now, too many parts of Westview look and feel like a community being allowed to get older, less maintained and less secure while the people living in it are continually being asked to pay more.
LOOK AT THE SCALE OF THE MONEY
Westview Village has roughly 1,050 homes.
Current lot rents are roughly $790–$820 per month.
That means residents collectively pay approximately:
$829,500–$861,000 EVERY MONTH
or roughly: $10 MILLION EVERY YEAR in lot rent.
Now add another $30 per home.
That is approximately:
$31,500 MORE EVERY MONTH
$378,000 MORE EVERY YEAR
for the same community. And one that gets worse every year!!
So before asking roughly 1,050 households for another $378,000 every single year, residents have every right to ask:
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE EXTRA $378,000 FOR?
That is not an unreasonable question.
That is what customers ask when a business raises its price.
And make no mistake:
WE ARE THE CUSTOMERS FUNDING THIS BUSINESS.
Saying “they are a business” does not end the conversation.
Of course they are a business.
M. Shapiro's own corporate material describes its manufactured-housing management as developing business plans focused on “maximizing profitability.”
That may be their business objective.
But to us: THIS IS HOME.
And let me ask you this. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU LIVE IN A $10-MILLION-A-YEAR COMMUNITY?
Look at what residents actually see around Westview.
playground infrastructure that has been here for decades
basketball poles that are bent and hoops without nets
broken glass in the sand at children's play areas
deteriorating pavement and poor driveway work
roughly two dozen significant holes around green spaces and walking areas where somebody could be injured
damaged and mangled culverts protruding near sidewalks and walking areas
dead and damaged trees
trees near the large pond that have been heavily chewed by animals and left standing despite concerns that they could eventually fall
felled trees being left in the ponds instead of properly removed
aging infrastructure
reduced services
trespassing and theft concerns inside our private community, also resulting in the 7-Eleven now closing at 11 p.m.
All while, residents see plenty of resources devoted to seasonal flowers, landscaping and enforcement of community rules.
Management can find somebody to inspect a resident's grass.
Management can issue a notice about a fence. Management can enforce property standards.
Then residents are entitled to ask:
Where is that same urgency when a culvert is mangled beside a sidewalk?
Where is that same urgency when there is broken glass where children play?
Where is that same urgency when holes create walking hazards?
Where is that same urgency when damaged trees may create a safety risk?
Where is that same urgency when residents are concerned about trespassing, theft and security?
Flowers are nice.
But flowers do not fix the many problems this community has, and not hidden problems, clear obvious out in the open problems.
And they do not explain why the same residents should provide another $378,000 every year.
Westview publicly advertises its basketball court, playgrounds and landscaped grounds as community amenities.
Then those amenities should be maintained like amenities residents are paying millions of dollars a year to live around.
WHAT ARE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY RECEIVING FOR THE INCREASE?
WHAT CHANGED ENOUGH TO REQUIRE ANOTHER $378,000 A YEAR?
SHOW US.
Because it becomes the new rent.
Then another increase can be added on top of it.
Residents have already watched increases move from approximately:
$15 → $25 → $30
The increase itself has doubled from the earlier $15 level.
If another $30 were added each year:
4 increases = $120 more every month
10 increases = $300 more every month
That is:
$3,600 MORE EVERY YEAR FOR ONE HOUSEHOLD
Across roughly 1,050 homes:
$3.78 MILLION MORE EVERY YEAR
Over ten years of repeated $30 increases, the added payments would total approximately:
$20.79 MILLION
So the issue is not whether somebody happens to have another thirty dollars in their wallet today.
The question is:
WHEN DOES ENOUGH BECOME ENOUGH?
Maybe another $30 does not hurt you personally. Maybe you can afford it without thinking twice. But sign this petition for the neighbour who cannot. Sign it for the senior trying to remain in the home they planned to retire in. Sign it for the person living on disability or a fixed income. Sign it for the single parent trying to keep a roof over their children's heads. Sign it for the family already being squeezed by groceries, utilities, property taxes and every other rising cost. Sign it for the resident who worked for years to finally own a home and should not have to wonder whether they will eventually be priced out of the land underneath it. And sign it for the next person who buys your home, because every increase accepted today becomes part of what they will be expected to pay tomorrow.
This is bigger than whether one person can afford another thirty dollars. A community means standing beside your neighbours before the problem becomes unbearable for you personally. If we wait until lot rent reaches the point where everybody is struggling, we waited too long. The increases have already gone from roughly $15, to $25, to $30. The rent keeps climbing, the increases themselves are getting larger, and too many parts of the community residents are paying for are getting older, less maintained and less secure at the same time.
Our homes must never become leverage against us. We bought these homes. Our savings are tied up in them. We repair them, maintain them, insure them, pay the taxes, pay the utilities, follow Westview's additional rules and accept restrictions that most homeowners outside this community do not live under. We cannot simply choose to rent our homes out and leave. We cannot simply pick up an entire manufactured home whenever the lot rent becomes too expensive. The fact that our homes are tied to this land must never become an excuse to keep increasing the price of staying in a home we already own.
Homeownership is supposed to create stability. It is supposed to mean finally having something that belongs to you and somewhere you can breathe, relax and feel secure. It should not mean owning the building while somebody else controls the land underneath it, imposes another layer of rules over how you live, limits what you can do with your own property, and then decides year after year that remaining there will cost more.
We are not asking for luxury. We are asking for fairness, affordability, safety, proper maintenance, reasonable freedom in our own homes and a community that actually reflects the millions of dollars residents already pay every year.
WHAT WE ARE DEMANDING
We, the undersigned residents and supporters of Westview Village, call on Westview Village ownership and M. Shapiro Management Company / M. Shapiro Real Estate Group to:
FIX AND PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY PAYING FOR. Address the aging playground, broken glass, needles and garbage in children's play areas, damaged basketball equipment, deteriorating pavement and driveways, crumbling greenbelt paths, dangerous holes, exposed and mangled culverts, damaged trees, trees left standing could fall, clear felled trees being dumped or left in the ponds.
TAKE COMMUNITY SECURITY SERIOUSLY. Residents should not be expected to live with ongoing trespassing, theft, strangers wandering through the neighbourhood and looking into residents' yards while a private community has no meaningful security presence. If resources exist to inspect lawns, enforce fence rules and issue violations, resources should also exist to help protect the people and property inside the community.
ADDRESS THE LOSS AND DECLINE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, INCLUDING THE SECURITY CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE 7-ELEVEN THAT SERVED WESTVIEW 24 HOURS A DAY AND NOW CLOSES AT 11 P.M. Residents should be seeing services improve — not watching services disappear.
WITHDRAW THE CURRENT $30-PER-MONTH LOT-RENT INCREASE.
STOP TREATING YEARLY LOT-RENT INCREASES AS AUTOMATIC, NORMAL OR INEVITABLE. Residents have already watched increases grow from roughly $15, to $25, to $30. The cycle needs to stop before affordable homeownership here disappears.
DO NOT IMPOSE ANOTHER LOT-RENT INCREASE UNLESS THERE IS A REAL, SUBSTANTIAL AND DOCUMENTED FINANCIAL NEED FOR IT. If Westview requires more money, explain exactly why before demanding it from residents.
SHOW RESIDENTS WHAT REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER $378,000 EVERY YEAR. Identify the actual increases in taxes, insurance, staffing, maintenance, infrastructure, utilities, management costs or other expenses being used to justify taking hundreds of thousands of additional dollars from this community.
IDENTIFY THE EXACT “MARKET RATES,” “AFFORDABILITY INDEXES” AND CALCULATIONS BEING USED TO DETERMINE LOT RENT. Residents should not receive vague explanations while being expected to permanently pay more.
REVIEW THE EXTRA RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON WESTVIEW HOMEOWNERS AND REMOVE UNNECESSARY RULES THAT GO BEYOND WHAT RESIDENTS WOULD NORMALLY FACE AS EDMONTON HOMEOWNERS. People who bought their homes should be able to breathe, live and relax in them without an HOA-like layer of unnecessary control over ordinary use of their own property.
HOLD WESTVIEW TO THE SAME STANDARD WESTVIEW DEMANDS FROM ITS RESIDENTS. If residents are expected to maintain their grass, fences, yards and homes and immediately correct violations, obvious hazards and deterioration on the community side should not be allowed to sit year after year.
RECOGNIZE THAT OUR HOMES MUST NEVER BECOME LEVERAGE AGAINST US. The difficulty of moving a manufactured home, the restrictions placed on renting it out, and the amount of residents' savings tied up in their homes must never become an opportunity to continually increase what homeowners have to pay simply to remain on the land underneath them.
⬇️ SAVE • PRINT • SHARE ⬇️
Supporter Voices
Petition Updates
Share this petition
Petition created on August 16, 2026