Old trailer parks are being torn down, driving up homelessness as one of the last options for low-income renters fades away
by $4 million in federal money. It aims to help park owners prepare vacant or abandoned lots for new mobile homes, and help mobile homeowners install new foundations and make their dwellings more habitable.
"The state laws don't protect us," said Jason Williams, who sold his mobile home for half what he asked for and will now live in a motorhome.Florida City Campsite and RV Camp was built decades ago for vacationers headed to the Florida Keys or the Everglades. Cities often don't like older parks because unlike other housing they don't generate property taxes for municipal services. Rundown parks can also be eyesores, depressing the worth of nearby properties even as the value of the land the mobile homes sit on has increased exponentially. it"waited as long as it could" to build new student housing after buying Periwinkle in 2016.
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