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RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
13. I am close to being homeless,
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 02:27 PM
Aug 2012

but I can move in with my son and his wife if I have to.

I live in a mobile home park. I own my mobile home and only pay lot rent. But there is construction right behind me and they are building condos. I have heard a rumor that once that construction is complete that everyone in this mobile home park will have to move because they want to build more condos where we are.

I won't be able to move this trailer because it is a 1982 model and all other parks will not take anything that old. And the park will not pay us the full value of the mobile homes. I have heard that the most we would get would be $1,000. And there are some people with double and triple wides with additions such as closed in patios and garage enclosures. I have a closed-in garage attached to my home. So I will have to take whatever money they offer and walk away.

That is what happened to the people who lived in the mobile park behind me where the construction is. And they were only given 60 days to move, and they all just moved and left their trailers to be mowed down

what's interesting is how many people refuse to realize how close they are ejpoeta Aug 2012 #1
I am technically homeless, chervilant Aug 2012 #2
Chervilant I'm not sure how our current system has spared so many on D.U. from how you are surviving midnight Aug 2012 #4
I have been maintaining an internet connection chervilant Aug 2012 #7
My heart goes out to you. Beacool Aug 2012 #14
I need all the hugs I can get! chervilant Aug 2012 #19
That's the spirit!!! Beacool Aug 2012 #20
I understand the creative side... I wonder if your teaching supplies can be hooked up to a dept. midnight Aug 2012 #17
When I moved back to the Ozarks, chervilant Aug 2012 #25
I read years ago that most Americans are 2 paychecks away from being homeless. Beacool Aug 2012 #3
And what is making being poor even more difficult is in some places it is illegal to feed the poor. midnight Aug 2012 #5
Yes, I was astounded that they arrested the activists who were trying to give them food. Beacool Aug 2012 #6
I always thought that too... I'm not too familiar with what lead to this plight, but I wonder how midnight Aug 2012 #8
Yeah, the decline of the country has been going on for years. Beacool Aug 2012 #9
It seems there is a pattern going on and it started with getting rid of all private unions, and then midnight Aug 2012 #12
I've been unemployed for 7 years They_Live Aug 2012 #10
I wonder why you're on the record as not being unemployed. Is this a numbers game to make midnight Aug 2012 #11
Your story sounds familiar. Beacool Aug 2012 #15
I am close to being homeless, RebelOne Aug 2012 #13
Hang in there, Rebel. StrictlyRockers Aug 2012 #16
Reading this shows me how far removed the city planners are from the people who use your community.. midnight Aug 2012 #18
Fight back!!! Beacool Aug 2012 #21
Financial collapse is the only way this will ever be corrected..... DeSwiss Aug 2012 #22
The cancer that has been feed is the banks... They horde the money and the people live on a mattress midnight Aug 2012 #24
The USA is Third World Mosaic Aug 2012 #23
20 years of Third Wayers dominating our party MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #26
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