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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.