NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – You could be out of luck if someone purchases the land your mobile home sits on and decides to raise the rent or neglects the property. That's why New Mexicans are fighting to protect their communities from out-of-state or third-party buyers. Story continues below Weather: Hazardous winds leave a trail of destruction in New Mexico Crime: ABQ police take 11-year-old into custody in connection to fatal hit and run Entertainment: These movies were filmed in Santa Fe. Have you seen them? "It’s a get-rich-quick thing all the way around and it's just not right,” said Flo Dean who lives in a mobile home community in Alamogordo. "I'm almost 95 and I know that there are at least three other people here who are over 90. And we're blessed to be able to live alone and take care of ourselves,” said Dean. In June, Dean and her neighbors were left without gas for months. "It was six months before we got gas utility back again,” said Dean. This came after an out-of-state investor bought their land. They regained heat only after the New Mexico Attorney General intervened. And for Mary Kay Brady, who lives in a manufactured home community in Las Cruces, while the quality during her six-year stay has been up to standard, she worries it could get worse. "That quality might slip if it's a private equity organization because they're interested in the bottom line. How much can we get out of these people with soaring rents, and how little can we maintain the infrastructure?” said Brady. That's why she has been urging legislators to pass House Bill 426. "It would be an opportunity that the residents of the manufactured home park could actually buy the land if the landlord decided he or she wanted to sell,” said Brady. At least 51% of residents in the community would need to create a co-op type group, to apply for the funding to meet the asking price. This opportunity to buy would be presented to residents before a third-party offer. "I think it's just something to give our seniors, our solo agers like myself, just some security in this investment that we've made in the manufactured home itself,” said Brady. With just a few days left in the session, sponsors say its chances of being signed into law are bleak. "Although yes, of course, I'm a little disheartened, I am mostly very positive to see how much support we've gotten on this bill,” said Rep. Cristina Parajón (D-Albuquerque). If the bill does not make its way to the governor's desk, the sponsor of the bill plans to reintroduce it in the next legislative session. ...read more read less