Erika Briguglio

1 week ago | clickorlando.com | Erika Briguglio |Louis Bolden

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Federal mortgage giants are helping corporate investors acquire mobile home communities across Florida, leading to dramatic lot rent increases, a News 6 investigation revealed. Florida leads the nation with 235 private equity-owned mobile home parks containing nearly 56,000 lots, according to data from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, a nonprofit research organization. News 6 has been investigating rising lot rents at mobile home parks across Florida.

3 weeks ago | clickorlando.com | Erika Briguglio |Louis Bolden

"Thank you for reaching out and raising this important issue that significantly impacts many of my constituents. I deeply understand the challenges faced by those working hard to make ends meet. As someone who identifies with the working class, I have firsthand experience with the realities of juggling multiple jobs and living paycheck to paycheck. I can certainly relate to the financial struggles your interviewees are facing.

1 month ago | clickorlando.com | Erika Briguglio |Louis Bolden

DELTONA, Fla. - A Volusia County family is left scrambling after their loved one is abruptly dropped from hospice care. To qualify for hospice, patients must have a life expectancy of six months or less. However, for dementia patients, the prognosis can be unpredictable. According to the Hospice Foundation of America, 17% percent of people in 2022 who were admitted to hospice care were discharged.

1 month ago | clickorlando.com | Erika Briguglio

ORLANDO, Fla. - Your home is probably your biggest investment and with the state of Florida's property insurance market, experts advise to start preparing your home before a storm even comes. "Do some things ahead of time and then be ready to do the rest when it's actually coming," said Brian Farr, co-founder of BFARR Contracting. The first thing you should do is document the outside of your home. "We can walk along the perimeter. We're going to check the gutters.

2 months ago | clickorlando.com | Erika Briguglio |Louis Bolden

LEESBURG, FLa. - It was supposed to be an affordable place to live, but now many people are getting priced out of their mobile homes. Residents told News 6 corporations are buying up mobile home parks and then jacking up the lot rent. In many of these parks, homeowners lease the land beneath their homes. News 6 has spotlighted the affordable housing issue in Osceola and Volusia counties, and now residents in Lake County have reached out with their concerns.