Consumer protections | Iowa Senate Democrats

Who owns Iowa’s manufactured homes parks?

5 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Issues, Official

Who is buying up Iowa’s manufactured home parks?

Click through for a complete list compiled by Iowa’s nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency.

Sen. Wahls on Iowa’s need for Manufactured Home Reform

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Issues, Official, Post includes video

An out-of-state corporation called Haven Park Capital has acquired several mobile home parks across Iowa. This company is raising the rents on folks in some communities by 70 percent with only about 60 days’ notice.

News Conference: Iowans demand fix to state’s mobile home laws

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Issues, Official, Post includes video

Struggling mobile home residents held a news conference with Senators Zach Wahls and Kevin Kinney on ways to fix Iowa’s broken mobile home laws.

KCCI on Waukee park’s planned 69% rent increase

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Issues, Official, Post includes video

Cynthia Fodor of KCCI News on Iowa legislators’ efforts to combat the sudden spike in mobile home park rents facing Iowans throughout the state.

John Oliver tackles the mobile home park crisis

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Issues, Official, Post includes video

Mobile homes may seem like an affordable housing option, but large investment companies are making them less and less so. On HBO’s Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver takes a deep dive into the problem.

Is rationing health care the Iowa GOP’s secret plan to “fix” Medicaid mess?

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Fiscal responsibility, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official, Quality of life

A Northwest Iowa legislator may have mistakenly released the Republican Party of Iowa’s secret plan to “fix” the Medicaid privatization mess. During a forum, State Senator Jim Carlin of Sioux City proposed rationing health care for Medicaid recipients, saying lawmakers should “look into limiting the number of doctor visits” by people on Medicaid.

Petersen: Medicaid increase is GOP’s ‘gut punch’ to Iowa taxpayers

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Fiscal responsibility, Health care, Issues, Official, Quality of life

Statement from Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen on GOP’s ‘gut punch’ to Iowa taxpayers “Iowa families, health care providers and taxpayers received a gut punch today because of the mismanagement of privatized Medicaid by Governor Reynolds, Senate Republicans and House Republicans. “Taxpayers are being hurt because they must now pay ...

Two new laws will help protect your credit

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Issues, Official, Safer communities, Working families

Credit reporting agencies can no longer charge fees when you freeze checks on your credit reports, and tougher penalties are now in place for criminals who use technology to steal your credit card.

Governor: Reveal the numbers behind Medicaid savings claims

6 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Consumer protections, Fiscal responsibility, Health care, Issues, News releases, Official, Transparency & accountability

“We all know for-profit Medicaid has been a disaster for Iowa families and health care providers,” said Jochum. “I believe it has also been a disaster for the state budget. Governor Reynolds, I look forward to a public review of the hundreds of millions of dollars Iowa has spent on privatized Medicaid and the reforms that will start fixing Iowa’s Medicaid mess.”

2018 End-of-Session Report

7 years ago by ContentAdmin · Ag & Farming, Blog, Consumer protections, Education, Energy & Enviroment, Fiscal responsibility, Health care, Issues, Jobs & Economy, Official, Quality of life, Safer communities, Transparency & accountability, Veterans & service members, Working families

This session, we heard from thousands of Iowans who work hard but struggle to get by. They just want a decent-paying job and the chance to lead a happy, healthy life. Our job in the Legislature is to listen and work to improve the lives of everyday Iowans.

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