The Arundel Select Board has approved language for a mobile home lot rent stabilization ordinance that residents will decide whether to approve in June.

After eight drafts, the board voted 4-1 on Monday night to approve the final language, which includes proposed protections against unnecessary evictions and exorbitant rent hikes.

Arundel residents will decide whether to approve the ordinance at the annual town meeting on June 10.

Jennifer Garneau, a resident of Shady Oaks Mobile Home Park, said that while some residents were hoping for some stricter protections, she was content with the proposed language.

“ I think that we reached a good compromise,” said Garneau, who has helped to lead residents’ efforts to secure more protections.

One of the most important additions to the new language, Garneau said, was the protection from evictions being used as a potential loophole to increase rents — a major concern that residents had raised during the drafting process.

The final language states that in the event of an eviction, the base rent may not be raised.

The language of the ordinance also includes a limitation on how many rent increases lot owners can impose within a year, explicit language on how much advance notice of increases residents must receive, and a formula to calculate rent increases.

Garneau said many residents were hoping for a cap on rent increases for empty lots, but that there are several protections being proposed that feel like a success.

Shady Oaks residents’ next step is to encourage voters to approve the ordinance. They plan on putting up posters and signs urging people to support it.

“ There needs to be some consideration for humanity,” Garneau said. “ We need protections. I mean, there’s retirees, disabled veterans, young couples that are trying to start their lives that can’t afford to live anywhere else.”

Residents of mobile home parks across Maine have been pushing back against rent increases in the past few years, many of them fighting for moratoriums on increases and encouraging their towns to adopt stabilization ordinances like this one.

When residents of Shady Oaks were informed of a rent increase late last year, many voiced concerns about their inability to afford the hikes amid a nationwide housing shortage.

The town meeting when residents will decide whether to pass the ordinance is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on June 10 at Arundel Town Hall, 257 Limerick Road.