June 12, 2025 (SAINT PAUL) - Today, Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that Sun Communities, Inc., the former owner and operator of a manufactured home park community located in Stewartville, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $135,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the Minnesota False Claims Act by submitting false and fraudulent claims to the Minnesota Housing and Finance Agency ("MHFA") in connection with the RentHelpMN program between 2021 and 2022. As part of the settlement, Sun Communities has also agreed to permanent injunctive terms requiring Sun to provide its residents with a 30-day notice prior to filing any eviction action.
RentHelpMN was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent evictions by paying rent and utility expenses for families struggling financially. In order to receive RentHelp payments, property owners were required to certify that they would not evict tenants for nonpayment of rent during the time period covered by the RentHelp payments they received. Property owners were also required to certify that they would not start any new eviction process against a tenant within 30 days of receiving a RentHelp payment on behalf of that tenant.
The State of Minnesota alleges that, in several instances, Sun Communities sought to evict tenants for non-payment when Sun Communities had in fact received payment from RentHelp for those very same months-in violation of Sun Communities' certifications to the State. In other instances, Sun...
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