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Normal, they get rid of trailer parks all the time. We have one in my area that is on top of a hill in the city, very prime RE, some of the trailers are just plain junk.

At Santa Monica Village, where rents on mobile homes still range from $370 to $410 a month (in a city where apartments rent for five or even 10 times that much), the living was easy — until recently.

I see the government wants to get rid of any available affordable housing! Brilliant!

That and the proposal to build only 400 apartments/condos seems modest to me, given how much they sell for in that area.

Same thing with rents going up during the housing bust, guess who's complicit? City aldermen, mayors, etc. get paid off by developers to get rid of the trailer parks. Indeed they are cheap living for the poorer among us. I have often considered moving into a trailer park myself, you can buy a near newer huge trailer for 5-10k, or even the older ones remodel nicely, all ready to go.

Sure, it's throw away housing, and so are are the modular, but we live in a throw away society. In China, they might build cities nobody lives in, but they build the apartments out of concrete, and build it to last, whereas look at Detroit, same kind of thing.

OK... so my trailer looks like junk to you. I work and pay taxes.
it's my home... WTF?

lisalisa says

OK... so my trailer looks like junk to you. I work and pay taxes.
it's my home... WTF?

Doesn't matter because the city can get more property taxes from 400 apartmants/condos than 47 trailers so, the trailers gotta go. At least that's how the politicians think.

As usual, it's all about the money.

Now if they offered these current trailer park residents and new condo in exchange for their trailer, it might be a fair deal.

zzyzzx says

Now if they offered these current trailer park residents and new condo in exchange for their trailer, it might be a fair deal.

From the article; who knows how much of it is true, though:

"If the park is closed, Luzzatto has offered residents as much as $20,000 to relocate, as well as the opportunity to move into one of the new apartments after they're built. He says he'd subsidize rent for up to five years so they'd pay the same amount as now."

"In addition, [. . .] he and his partners will offer to buy new mobile homes for every displaced resident who wants one and put them in what would be the city's last mobile home park [. . . . ]"

lisalisa says

OK... so my trailer looks like junk to you. I work and pay taxes.
it's my home... WTF?

No, you're a deadbeat if you live in a trailer. You're not part of God's Elect, and you deserve to live in a cardboard box until you die. God Bless America. ;-)

zzyzzx says

I see the government wants to get rid of any available affordable housing! Brilliant!

everything says

City aldermen, mayors, etc. get paid off by developers to get rid of the trailer parks. Indeed they are cheap living for the poorer among us. I have often considered moving into a trailer park myself, you can buy a near newer huge trailer for 5-10k, or even the older ones remodel nicely, all ready to go.

See above.

An interesting observation from Santa Monica, I was there two weeks ago with a friend, we drove a few blocks past the 3rd street promenade to find parking and a more 'Zen' place to watch the sunset.

Walking back to the car on the other side of the street, to my surprise, if not shock, were two older, but in decent shape, boarded up ocean view apartment buildings! I had trouble processing it. What are they foreclosures? no investor snatched them up yet? More bank owned properties left to rot?

This real estate market is weird.

If the democrats really cared about the poor/middle class they would be allowing trailer parks everywhere. Instead they buy up private land with government (taxpayer)money then declare it 'free space' or a park and no one can build there ever. Then the local city governments destroy the trailer parks like this case - and there is no where to live except a 500k condo/apartment with a zero down FHA loan.

Philistine says

From the article; who knows how much of it is true, though:

"If the park is closed, Luzzatto has offered residents as much as $20,000 to relocate, as well as the opportunity to move into one of the new apartments after they're built. He says he'd subsidize rent for up to five years so they'd pay the same amount as now."

"In addition, [. . .] he and his partners will offer to buy new mobile homes for every displaced resident who wants one and put them in what would be the city's last mobile home park [. . . . ]"

What are these people supposed to do after 5 years?
Is there room in that other mobile home park? What's the rent there?

zzyzzx says

I see the government wants to get rid of any available affordable housing! Brilliant!

I heard that some Liberal in LA city hall was wanting to tax Bums on the size of their refrigerator Box, and the location they set up shop. Make them take out occupation license for panhandling and tax them 50%.

PockyClipsNow says

Then the local city governments destroy the trailer parks like this case - and there is no where to live except a 500k condo/apartment with a zero down FHA loan.

See the following thread:

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