I have been following the case of the Cottonwood Heights Mobile Home Residents who are facing losing their homes due to development of the property on which they reside. Residents and supporters pleaded their case before the Cottonwood Heights Council last night in an effort to at least get the deadline extended for their eviction from their homes.
Today’s Salt Lake Tribune has an update on this situation.
Meadows[Mobile Home Park] resident Brian Godfrey said that 274 people are affected by the sale of the 50-year-old park to Gust. Most of the residents believed the area was protected by a family trust and would remain a mobile-home community in perpetuity.
“There are many in the park who have no means to move their homes. Those homes will be fodder for the bulldozer,” Godfrey said. Some of the mobile homes were built before 1976 and federal law says they cannot be moved to other parks.
Susan Johnston, president of the Meadows residents association, asked for more time and resources – and requested that any promises be put in writing.
“It costs up to $10,000 to move these homes. This is an extreme hardship,” she said. “Many of these residents will be bankrupt and some of the senior citizens will lose their independence.”
A decision is planned to be made about extending the deadline in October.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 