Drive through Warren’s Landmark Estates mobile home park on Dequindre Road and you will notice several empty lots and many of the existing homes marked for nuisance abatement.
It is all part of an effort to revitalize dilapidated mobile home parks in the city, according to Warren Building Director James Cummins.
He said there are 11 manufactured or mobile home parks in Warren with four already under redevelopment and the remaining seven slated for future improvements. Shadyline mobile home community on Capitol Avenue near Nine Mile and Dequindre roads is also currently under renovation.
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It’s the same old story. You get the one resident that fancies themselves an “activist” and then browbeats city administrators to do things that they know are wrong but are easier than having to listen to them scream. Here’s a quote from the article:
A Landmark Estates resident, who is an activist for improving mobile home park conditions, acknowledges some upgrades have been made to the Warren park but that conditions for many residents are still far less than ideal. “They worked on the water and they are still tearing out homes, but about half the park is still having issues with water pressure”.
The article says that the park owners have spent $500,000 in upgrades to infrastructure and homes so far but apparently it’s still not enough to satisfy this resident. If the park spent $500 million, it would still not be enough, in all likelihood.
It’s a problem in this nation that a few screaming people – that do not share the thoughts of 99.9% of the population – are able to bully good-natured people into making bad decisions just to shut them up. I don’t know the facts in this case at all, but it seems odd that the city gives so much weight – and journalistic focus -- to one resident.
It kind of reminds me of the assistant professor in Boulder that was able to get roughly 40 media outlets, including John Oliver, to do slam pieces on park owners – an accomplishment she raved about in an interview later. And it goes to show how the media is completely unhinged at this point.