Lawsuit challenges new management at Aztec mobile home park

Six residents of San Juan Mobile Home Park sued the park's corporate owners in state district court on December 18, 2025, alleging a pattern of illegal rule changes, unlawful fees and wrongful eviction attempts. The complaint names Aztec MHC LLC and Capital Communities PM LLC, the latter a company based in Tennessee, and seeks court enforcement of state law and damages for the residents affected.

Park residents say the property was purchased in April 2025 by Aztec MHC LLC and that management implemented new rules soon after the sale. The lawsuit contends the defendants issued sudden rule changes, provided unclear violation notices and levied unexpected fees. Plaintiffs say those actions created financial pressure and increased the risk of eviction, despite histories of timely lot rent payments. Some community members left because they feared eviction after rent increases, while others who tried to move their manufactured homes encountered high costs or damage during relocation.

The complaint invokes New Mexico's Mobile Home Park Act, which requires specific procedures for rulemaking or evictions involving lot renters who own their homes. Plaintiffs are represented by the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, DNA People’s Legal Services and Treinen Law Office. They are asking the court to enforce statutory protections and to award damages related to the alleged conduct.

The case underscores broader concerns about outside investors acquiring manufactured home communities and swiftly changing policies or rents, a trend that has prompted legal action in multiple states. Locally, the dispute raises immediate public health and social equity concerns. Housing instability can disrupt access to health care, fracture social supports and increase stress and mental health burdens for residents. For San Juan County, displacement of low income homeowners can shift demand onto emergency and social services, strain nonprofit legal assistance and deepen economic precarity for families on fixed incomes.

As the lawsuit moves forward, the community will watch whether the court affirms procedural protections under state law and how the ruling could affect management practices in other manufactured home communities. The case remains pending in state district court.