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DOZENS of seniors living in a mobile home village are fighting eviction from their properties.
Locals at the Imperial Avalon Mobile Estates Park have faced uncertainty for years after a property company bought the site in 2019 and announced plans to redevelop the land.
Residents of the mobile home site faced a looming eviction on November 1, but this has since been delayed following a court ruling, per the ABC affiliate KABC.
Seniors own their homes but do not own the land underneath them in the park in Carson, California, outside Los Angeles.
They also face having to leave their homes behind because the buildings are tricky to move.
The land was bought in 2019, and the risk of eviction has loomed over residents for years.
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Some residents have already left the site, though others remain.
Seniors have previously expressed fears that they could be left homeless.
“It seems like we have to look for homes if we can afford it. Otherwise, we’ll be out on the street,” Mona Borotesana told KABC in 2020.
In 2021, Adelina Willis revealed she was offered a pay-out but said it wouldn’t be enough for another mobile home, per Spectrum News.
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The company that bought the land, Imperial Avalon LLC, has said residents will be able to return to low-income rentals once the property is developed.
“We are making sure that every resident has the one-on-one attention, care, and understanding they deserve," Imperial Avalon's Darren Embry told the outlet.
“The site is ultimately planned for a mixed-use residential project with for-sale and rental units, to which the current residents can return, again at low-income rental rates.”
A letter sent by Embry and seen by The U.S. Sun revealed: "Imperial Avalon residents will receive the most generous relocation benefits package ever provided in Southern California and to-date the entire State."
It said: "The wellbeing of Carson residents is our property."
Lawyer Tim Tatro, who represents the Imperial Avalon Mobile Estates Homeowner's Association, said the low-income earners struggle to rent another place.
Attorney Boyd Hill, of Imperial Avalon, told the court: “We have tried for more than three years to assist the remaining residents, and today, a judge ruled that those residents are now required to meet with our relocation specialists."
Lula Davis-Holmes, the mayor of Carson, said the deals that have been offered to residents are fair.
“The package was designed to make sure not only every single senior citizen, but all the residents of the park, would have a place to live at the affordable rents they were paying for at least 20 years," she said.
"No one will be homeless.”
The new development site is expected to consist of more than 300 townhomes and 800 apartments that can be rented out.
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Around 180 of the apartments would be reserved for seniors and there will be a mixture of studio, one and two-bedroom apartments, per Urbanize Los Angeles.
The U.S. Sun has approached Tim Tatro, Boyd Hill, and Darren Embry for comment.
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