Joyce Bayles, 85, mows the lawn around her home in the Ridgeview Homes mobile home community in Lockport, N.Y. The 85-year-old resident has taken to mowing her own lawn because crews for Ridgeview show up only monthly. Bayles is not participating in a rent strike with other residents of Ridgeview and doesn’t want to get involved. “They’re going to raise the rent, and there’s nothing I can do about it,” said Bayles. (AP PHOTO/LAUREN PETRACCA)
By Michael Casey and Carolyn Thompson Associated Press LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — For as long as anyone can remember, rent increases rarely happened at Ridgeview…
