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Four months after Riverside Mobile Home Park in Toledo, OH, was condemned as “unfit for human habitation,” tenants are still living there. With the water shut off and demolition crews on standby, residents say they have nowhere to go.
“We’re trying all the time to find a place,” Susan Luttrell, one of the residents, told 13 Action News. “We’re not trying to just stay here. ... All the rents are so high. When you’re on Social Security, under $1,000 a month, you can’t pay $800 a month on rent. You can’t do it.”
Meanwhile, the Chicago-based owners are trying to sell the condemned park for $750,000—even as they face nearly a quarter million...
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“We’re not trying to just stay here. ... All the rents are so high. When you’re on Social Security, under $1,000 a month, you can’t pay $800 a month on rent. You can’t do it.”
In a softer, gentler world apparently judges no longer have the guts to say “get out of there” but instead seek every opportunity to coddle folks that game the system on a continual basis. Any sane person can see this is wrong, but nobody with authority does anything about it.
The only thing memorable in this article is the quote shown above. It seems that the tenants always complain about absolutely everything the owner does and then misses them horribly when the park shuts down. It’s a totally dysfunctional relationship. It would be nice if park owners were appreciated while they were still in business, not after. It might cause fewer parks – like this one – to shut down.
And, as always, another park bites the dust.
