America’s Last Affordable Housing Is Under Threat

Across the US, corporate buyers are purchasing mobile home parks and driving up rents for those on the brink of being homeless. VICE News went to Fresno, California, where one such company is attempting to buy a park called Trails End, and residents fear the worst.
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[@UserOne371]

Regressive

[@OrsoGabriel]

Just so you guys know... in April Harmony announced they will close the park in 12 months and redevelop the land... Thanks Judge Kristi 🤡and thanks Mark 🤡 !

[@GalacticTradingPost]

evict these losers and build luxury condos on their lots.

[@jeffgo5742]

You know things are getting bad when people can’t even afford a trailer

[@theonlineanimal6009]

Eat the rich

[@lisahertel2415]

They didn’t plan well

[@Cammi-Cat-XIII]

Trailers have always been more expensive than apartments

[@lonnied.585]

How many of them to you think spend extra money on smoking, drinking, vape, and possibly drugs. Say $5 a day for cigs that's $140 a month... Could save it. Nothing wrong with any of that but if you can't afford a trailer you can't afford those extra non essential expenses.

[@georgecabrera9039]

@@lonnied.585 So be stuck at home doing absolutely nothing and work yourself to death until your last breath? Is that what your suggesting?

[@FPOAK]

Update: as predicted, the corporate landlord has evicted everyone and put the park up for sale. A local self-storage company owner has expressed interest in buying the land and turning it into storage sheds. These were already some of the cheapest rents in the city and the housing shortage here is dire so all these people will presumably become homeless now because their homes didn't pencil out compared to the profitability of storage sheds

[@frankieslittlemonster132]

Thank you for the update. How absolutely horrific.

[@JosrRocks]

Thank you for the update, this is horrible and why and example of why we need to remove this abundant corporate power in the housing industry, food industry, and education industry.

[@StinkyBlack1]

The reality is these same people would be the first ones to sue the city for not enforcing the codes when they get injured, see how that works? Its not as simple as turning a blind eye.

[@NotSoCrazyNinja]

Sounds about right. The city wants the trailer park gone. Once they do and have the backing of the richer people in the city, they will make it go away one way or another. Who cares about the people living there, they can "find somewhere else to live". This is happening a lot where I live on the east cost. Every so many years you will hear of a trailer park that has been purchased by some corporation who then doubles or triples rent or simply kicks everyone out and sells the land to some other corporation turning a nice profit for them. All these poor people then have to find new homes, if they can. Homelessness here is high all around the area. The only affordable housing left is literally in high-crime ghettos in a mid-sized city near here. Everywhere else it just costs too much to have shelter anymore for many people.

[@Yosef9438]

@@StinkyBlack1 What the hell are you talking about? Some hypothetical? Guess what? These people actually got kicked out. It wasn't some situation people just invented. Your "reason" for not caring about them is stupid.

[@antoni9909]

There has to be more to life than just working yourself dead just to pay rent. This has to change

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

How else is the owner class supposed to get wealthier than they already are. They are entitled to your hard earned mone. Stop eating Avocado toast and pay your rent instead. /s

[@Yosef9438]

@@maythesciencebewithyou This is the country handed to us by our corporate shill parents and grandparents. They will go elsewhere in the world when the paradigm changes.

[@LavenderSkyla]

If you just never ate avocado toast n never bought a sugary coffee n worked hard you'd have a half million to 3 million dollar 2 bdrm rambler and hour within your job. Lazy millennial! 😂 Oh and make sure you never question why the hospital can charge you 200 for a bag of saline n 75 for a bandaid if you ever get hurt. Oh and gas is almost 6 bucks to save the planet.

[@americagoddess5472]

Welcome to capitalism!

[@polarbearsrus6980]

Improve your education and get a decent job... I did.

[@parrish8386]

I think a housing crash will happen because all those people who bought homes over asking price, although it was at a low interest rate, they are over their heads. They have no equity if the housing prices continue to go down, and if for whatever reason they cannot afford the house anymore and it goes into foreclosure because even if they try to sell, they will not make any money. I think this will happen to a lot of people especially with the massive layoff predicted for the future and the cost of living rising at a high speed.

[@leojack9090]

I suggest you offset your real estate and get into stocks, A recession as bad it can be, provides good buying opportunities in the markets if you’re careful and it can also create volatility giving great short time buy and sell opportunities too. This is not financial advise but get buying, cash isn’t king at all in this time!

[@TomD226]

You are right! I’ve diversified my $70K portfolio across various market with the aid of an investment coach, I have been able to generate a little bit above $190k in net profit across high dividend yield stocks, ETF and bonds.

[@lowcostfresh2266]

@@TomD226 Impressive can you share more info?

[@TomD226]

@lowcostfresh2266 There are many financial coaches who excel in their profession, but for the time being, I employ Laurel Dell Sroufe because I adore her methods. You can make research and find out more.

[@alexsmith-ob3lu]

There won’t be a housing crash because the U.S Dollar continues to drop in value. The increase in housing costs is not because homes are “getting expensive”, but because the dollar is declining.

[@turdferguson2982]

I moved into an apartment 5 years ago for $530.00 a month, which included the utilities. They sold out to another company and raised the rent to 850 a month and told me that I have to also pay the utilities, effectively doubling the cost of living. Nobody but section 8 residents were able to afford the apartments anymore after that. Seems like what they're doing is turning the working class into the homeless class and the homeless class into the exterminated class.

[@Elemblue2]

Except they cant actually kill the homeless. So their driving down the value of everything by forcing the people surrounding it to be desperate. The actions of those who cannot see the long view. Parasites.

[@42killac]

Wow 😮 I never looked at it like that

[@LuzMaria95]

You’re absolutely right. I couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@johntran1352]

You mean $1400 check Biden gave didn't cover the inflation?

[@kareboantario9295]

State Rent control ikke in Europe!!

[@laughingdaisies]

My mother-in-law and her entire mobile home park once they found out their mobile home park was up for sale all the residents took out a loan together and added it to their space rent (which was only a extra $125.00 a month for my mother-in-law, some paid more depending on the size of their mobile home) and they bought the mobile home park! It took 3 years to pay off the loan. It is a mobile home park located in California. So I wish someone who understands finances could’ve helped these low income mobile home residents figure this out. My mother-in-law was definitely low income and they all were helped by one of their own residence within the park to become the owners of the land instead of just owning their mobile homes.

[@emilyherr5986]

This is amazing! Good for them, wish everyone had the educational respurces and opportunity to own both their homes and their land. There is real power in that!

[@youknowme8578]

👍

[@amystrawberries890]

That is awesome! That truly is aspiring to folks who are in this situation..I hope that more people can find a way to come together, to keep their homes.. These corporations are more evil and greedy than ever before.. If people can unite, and come together with a solution, there is some hope that things can improve. Thank you for sharing. ❤❤☮

[@Tails_Trades]

That's incredible!

[@soldbyToosdae]

I can put that deal together for them. people alone might not be able to do something but if they're willing to work together you'd be surprised what can be accomplished.

[@chandlerfreeman1633]

That old man repeats the line " law is the Law" but forgets to mention that by "lobbying" corporates make those "suitable laws", constitution guarantees "right to life including pursuit of happiness" thats something Americans should draw the line and not the "so called law" bought and made to profit the rich at the cost of working Americans.

[@jillclarke7264]

April 2023 Harmony Homes notifies all residents they are closing the park and they have one year to leave. Mr. Receivership was a complete liar.

[@weirdshibainu]

Unfortunately, we're living in a period where the rich are becoming wealthier, not through innovation or the creation of something new, but by taking from those that are unable to defend themselves-the trademark of a third world country. A society doesn't exist long under such circumstances.

[@laturista1000]

And you too can be rich! Nobody is stopping you! It is called Capitalism. You don't like it, then create your own business, get rich too. The rich are not taking anything from the poor. They are trying to raise the tide to lift all ships out of the water of poverty. Raising the rent and implementing strict laws raises standards for society.

[@laturista1000]

The real issue is our monetary system. There is too much money printing and the FED is manipulating the markets. Other than that I see no problem what that landlord is doing. He is trying to clean up that poor community and raise living standards. Pigs don't know that pigs stink.

[@cgmason7568]

We're living in an Era when big city residents won't let developers build apartments and multifamily homes

[@cctrue305]

Absolutely true! There will be a major homeless issue in the coming years...so this obvious GREED will only add to our society's downfall. We are in for even harder times ahead.

[@wmcbarker4155]

@@cctrue305 and many States are allowing guns

[@Magnulus76]

They are doing this with apartments also, they are taking advantage of people having no choices in affordable housing.

[@ab.6031]

Yes. People think that’s it’s going to get better but it’s not. It’s going to be hard to be single and get An affordable and nice place to leave

[@pastoryoda2789]

@@ab.6031 my city has the most homeless people now more than ever

[@User-54631]

Have a theory that low supply with high demand = high cost

[@Mischa21xo]

@@User-54631 yes because they buy up everything and make you think it is in short supply so then you are forced to pay a higher cost. Just like what that scammer did when it comes to diamonds, he bought up everywhere that diamonds were being mined and basically hoarded them and made everyone think they were really rare and worth a lot, and still to this day they are extremely overpriced as if they are so rare and special, which they actually never were.

[@nathaniellindner313]

"Supply and demand" is a good enough model for many items, but when applied to necessities such as housing, food, and healthcare, create an inelastic situation that can and will be easily manipulated by speculators. The resulting mass impoverishment of large swaths of people for the sake of a few investors destabilizes society, which is what we've seen in the US since about 2000, and across the world since 2007. In the end, dogmatically clinging to economic philosophies of any type instead of tempering them to adjust to the real world situation that evolves after they're implemented always leads to disaster, which is what all these money-making schemes push us closer and closer to.

[@misslawless6021]

Lot rent really screws a lot of decent folks out of these homes. I had a neighbor who lived off of his pension and was forced to move because lot rent doubled. He was the cleanest and quietest man and helped everyone with their needs like food, lawn care, even building decks that were originally rotting away.

[@BarHawa]

That's so sad,things are really going to trash in this country. The poor are becoming homeless at an alarming rate because the cost of living is just unbearable

[@youtubesucks1499]

And did the taxes stay the same? Insurance? Maintenance?

[@plbeckman]

Im 44 and ive never met a decent landlord. They are ruthless and heartless.

[@bsfishing7073]

Too be honest they have to be if they are sweet people who good manipulators they would just make up a sad story and then you have to pay for them remember that we live in a fallen world and they are ways of doing things and a wrong way and yes jacking up the rent on innocent people is not the way it would only jack up the rent on people who don’t pay for there rent but it would never make others people who have been honest about it pay more money 😢I just know from personal experience that if you are a true gentle man who care about what you are going through this is what happened to make you think differently

[@drawingmomentum]

Corporations are not living beings, yet granted rights as if they were. I'm disgusted by this blatant greed and injustice, and I feel for these people bc i know from experience; my family was homeless for several yrs. This country has a sickness that needs to be seriously addressed.

[@RasheedKhan-he6xx]

Everyone says that but no one votes for it. This is the paradox of American democracy - you have the tools but refuse to use them.

[@Locutus]

Corporations should definitely be treated as a person. They should have rights and responsibilities, like a normal person has. Their rights and responsibilities don't have to conflict with our rights. I believe corporations need harsher penalties, to stop bad behaviour. The EU can fine corporations 5% of their total worldwide revenue. If you're a company like Google, or Apple, that's nothing, it's an accounting error! Fine them 75% of their annual revenue, and you will soon see a change in their behaviour!

[@tremors536]

You are dead on buddy. Corporations only care about the bottom line, that’s it. They only care when it affects the bottom line. Public outcry is necessary to stop these parasites and they need to be held accountable and that starts with local laws. People need to stop bitching and stand up and be heard to change these laws that allow them to be predatory.

[@parrabobby]

I seriously agree

[@danielbrealey2924]

Yes, that sickness is called capitalism... Capitalism always ends like this, but what other model do we have to operate under? Clearly communism isn't the answer either

[@laurenanderson7330]

That guy is definitely on a power trip. Not saying he’s totally in the wrong, but you can tell he enjoys the authority he has. And that’s not healthy.

[@Kawaii_Rockie]

It’s definitely not healthy. Because he’s being petty and picking on ppl.

[@elchapojr6219]

There might be a better way to talk to people

[@legendofsonic1000]

Na, he is in the wrong. Hes kicking out people into homelessness

[@mckymcobvious3043]

I was frustrated when he just repeated himself abt how the track record of the company wasn't relevant instead of answering... as if a _random guy_ on the phone with **him** making a verbal promise could in ANY WAY guarantee that they're not gonna just, you kno, keep doing exactly what they're doing already.

[@sdsurfgirl60]

@@mckymcobvious3043 exactly. That guy reverted to word salad but he said one thing that I heard loud and clear. When asked how he cared about the residents future he said that didn't concern him.. because.... He is not concerned for renters.

[@IsmaelChamu]

I grew up in and out of trailer parks (garages, vans and eventually a little run down RV) . My family went homeless after the park got bought out, increased rent and our tiny RV was considered a 'Nuissance'. We fought the eviction in court but lost. We became homeless once again and lived in our van. Thankfully now I live in a nice Bay Area home and work at a major tech company where I make good money. These stories are real and we must put a stop to the greed of the wealthy. I am a child of a trailer parks and I'm proud of it. I didn't have much but they raised me. I'm happy that people put up a fight and as the lawyer said, the fight is not over! All power to the people who live in these communities. (Also, the arrogant Receiver guy speaking down to the woman at the beginning of the video, YOU are coming into THEIR community telling THEM what to do. GTFO)

[@chillwill5080]

You work for the wealthy, you literally prop them up in exchange for a cut of the pie. So is that corruption and greed, or honest pay for honest work? How many unfortunate people do you shelter in your expensive home?

[@reenakemp9132]

Not only do you work for the people you are saying you hate... but I guarantee you NEVER go back to living like that.. so wtf are you going on about? Can you not agree that trashy neighborhoods need to be cleaned up?

[@isobignugget7497]

Investment groups want to buy ALL of the property in the US, and have YOU pay the rent for it. Even if they have to overpay by bidding way up on the property at auction, it doesn't matter. They'll just pass the extra cost to you with much higher rents. This is the new America.

[@marcnystrom5720]

I sell mobile homes for a living and my parents have owned the company for 30 years. Corporations acquiring the parks have been horrible. They run the park like a dictatorship with no leniency and Jack up the lot rent sometime 300-400 when they come in. They exploit the people who need the financial support the most. It's disgusting.

[@simp2234]

Time to live in a 🚗

[@victorianmelody46]

@@simp2234 Coming to a neighborhood near you.

[@minhvan1216]

ok

[@Amor1990]

Democrat ran

[@JABroc]

Do you discount your mobile home or reduce your comission for everyone that you feel needs financial support? Even when they're rude or lack personal responsibility?

[@charlesfoster9530]

As a former "employee" of Harmony communities, I can say that any park you visit under their ownership would fail honest inspections 9/10 times. They violate the law constantly and when people make noise about it, they retaliate by more rent, or less facility access, until people acquiesce to their demands. I'll also say that there is a massssssssive lawsuit going on against them rn and they're scrambling to settle privately.

[@chinaboss6683]

Sounds like you sued them for wrongful termination.

[@james21666ify]

FULL OF CRAP

[@charlesfoster9530]

@@james21666ify prove me wrong. Harmony Communities, formerly Partners Property management. The owners name is Matthew Davies, currently fighting a case in San Joaquin County California for assaulting a man and his family with a beer bottle on Halloween of 2018 in the city of Stockton. He's previously done time for running a cannabis manufacturing operation in the late 90s or early 2000s. Easy to research, but I guess running your mouth with no context is easier.

[@LAWeather]

This is corruption at its best. The courts are in on the scams. It seems like the government is OK with the system of creating homelessness.

[@Eazy_Bruh]

@@charlesfoster9530 Damn son. You just owned that guy. Thanks for this knowledge.

[@Dr_KW]

The entire state of CA has this problem- it's not just trailer parks, it's apartments, condos and houses. Corporations are artificially raising the prices of living while state and local governments just sit idly by and wonder why we're having so many issues.

[@mediterraneanworld]

one of the main issues in California was that most residential housing was zoned as single unit - little room for apartment blocks and multi-unit dwellings, subdivisions are and always have been evil!

[@chrisbronson5341]

Like it has been said ' we have enough for the needy...but never enough for the greedy .'

[@rickyism1576]

Biggest regret in life is not buying a home back in 2012 when I got out of the military. I'm literally making more than I've ever made yet still living one paycheck away from being homeless. Priced out of my hometown with nowhere to go...

[@mr.joshua204]

I bought a home as soon as I left commifornia. Bought it for 190, it's now worth 330.

[@gvs6462]

Bought a home for 350k in 2014 now valued at 800k. I keep wondering who in their right mind would buy my house, and yet my neighbourhood is selling and the houses are going for 820k - $1M. Idk where ppl are finding the money to pay for this inflated housing market. After years of working, I can’t even envision myself ever applying for an 800k mortgage. That’s like a dream to me, and yet someone sees my house at that value where the real value is actually much lower.

[@proudamerican2133]

@@gvs6462 just sold my house, after thinking exactly the same way as you. Never could I afford the mortgage these people will now have on my old house. I'm in an apartment now, paying 1/2 what I was in mortgage. The taxes doubled since we built the home 25 years ago. Thousands more than they were. I dont think people realize how easily they can lose their jobs, and default on a mortgage, or have a tax lien put on the house. Even if you have paid your home off, there is no control over property tax increases. There are waiting lists for apartments right now too. At any time apartment properties can be sold, and rents raised beyond affordability for fixed income residents. Young people just starting out in life are paying as much as mortgages on 1 or 2 bedroom apartments with no utilities included, which makes it impossible to save for a single family home. These are people with 2 incomes no less.

[@mmarmrcz6770]

@@gvs6462 Same here, my house value was reassessed last year and this year. The town assessor loves jacking up everyone's house value, that's how they can 'legally' steal more money out of your pockets for school tax and property tax. If the yearly tax rate increase isn't enough, they just raise your house value and the homeowners PAYS!

[@littlebigcommentaries9833]

Good bless America

[@milolouis]

$900 for a small plot of land in a Trailer Park? Pure Predators.

[@kanaanlopz]

It’s not the land your buying it’s the trailer itself. That’s why they can charge you up the ass with “lot fees” and 90% of people can’t afford to move the trailer, so when they do get evicted cause of high rent or “lot fees” they are forced to leave something that is 100% there’s. What a sick system

[@mexicanrighteous9862]

$1500-2000 in LA County

[@communitygardener17]

Parasites.

[@ricosaurus]

@@AustinGDesigns lot of agricultural work there

[@EVtripper]

Can politicians be forced to wear their corporate sponsors like Nascar drivers? I want to know who owns my local politician.

[@bsfishing7073]

Amen 😅that would be great idea

[@jdax21]

This is happening to my uncle right now. He's a veteran and he lives in a retirement trailer park for seniors in Tampa. Over the last couple of years, a very rich corporation has been buying all the living space in the area and jacking up the rents. Finally, they got around to his trailer park a few months ago. My uncle still has a job so he has been able to manage the rent increases so far, but many of his neighbors are on fixed incomes and are really suffering right now. The buyer doesn't seem to give a damn that they are forcing seniors, many of them veterans, into homelessness. It's sick.

[@royharper2003]

unfortunately renters have to face these kinds of consequences, that is why it is better buy and own your own home and land

[@margaretscully8684]

Satan is the ruler of this world, he offered. it to Jesus on the mountain, and Jesus said ,my kindgom is not of this world, that why God will soon put an end to all our suffering

[@reenakemp9132]

They should buy a home instead of rent then they wouldn't have to worry about that

[@kathyred3310]

My mother lived in a 55+ mobile home park in Florida. She bought a double wide trailer in 1989. The deal was that you picked out the house you wanted and they will build it and deliver it to the site. Because it was a new park, when you signed on with them, your rent would never go up. My mother had lifetime rent of $175 and she lived there for 31 years. The “only” thing they asked was to keep your rental property neat and clean.

[@richardsmith5394]

What are rents currently I wonder.

[@jaedevrick6621]

That’s fair

[@jaysonclark2203]

So either get extremely lucky or you're fucked. Great system

[@maryjanegreen7601]

Now a place I'm looking at wants a month to month lease, and the home is 60k. wth

[@bunk95]

Slaves dont rent even when theyre marketed as citizens. Did anyone ever tell you thats untrue?

[@editorsanimationVlogs]

The fact that you can buy a house but not own the land is ridiculous

[@Dana-ie2bh]

Even when you buy the land you don't own it.

[@Drumsgoon]

It is not, and it is cheaper because the land is not included.

[@ladycp2287]

U have to pay a separate taxon the land but trust they ll find a way to say you don't own it

[@zg1483]

the pope owns all the land. gotta take alloidal title back from the dagon false prophet

[@nathaniellindner313]

Condominiums work on a similar principle, although in their case the land is held in common for the residents by an HOA and not subject to be bought up by an outside party for rent-seeking.

[@convairb-3656]

I hope these greedy corporates realize their money won't save them when their time for judgment comes.

[@margaretscully8684]

they will get their reward, in Hell

[@chloereid7503]

My mom and I used to live in Boise, ID before I moved away for college. At the time (2020) her rent for a 2 bed 1 bath, 2 story apartment was $650. Then new owners bought out the property in 2021 and increased the rent to insane pricing. The exact apartment she used to live in now goes for over $1400 a month. A studio apartment at the same complex now goes for over $1000. It might still be cheaper than some other cities, but doubling the rent in under a year caused a huge shock to the community and forced a ton of people (my mom included) to relocate to other areas. It's sad how expensive the cost of living has gotten in such a short time.

[@NotSoCrazyNinja]

Studio apartments where I live have been over $1000 a month for years. Last I checked, a studio apartment here runs from $1200 to $2500 a month depending on the city you decide to rent in. In my city, studio apartments haven't been $650 since like 2003 or so. Our minimum wage is still the federal minimum wage too.

[@margaretscully8684]

yes, so sad, Im lucky I bought my house in 1999 when prices were still cheap, but im 74 on SS and I can bearly get by, my ex will not retire, because he doesnt want me getting half of his retirement. He loves money and is going to take it to his grave

[@darksparklez-IcU812]

It's sad that our government would rather see people living on the streets and under bridges literally than in tiny homes and alternative housing structures ( i.e. tiny homes, converted sheds and barns, cob houses, earthbag houses, strawbale houses, etc)

[@nintenbeer64]

and they don't even want us living in our cars or on the streets anymore. They want us living in prison cells. They're felonzing homelessness while making shelter unaffordable.

[@drawingwithezra4212]

It’s not the government, but they do need to start regulating this stuff. Well, they needed to start regulating it about 12 years ago…wealth hoarders see every inch on earth as potential profit for them.

[@nintenbeer64]

@@drawingwithezra4212 It's not just the government, its also a bunch of petty bourgeoise that call themselves 'real estate investors' and 'landlords'. They want us to own nothing and shut up and act happy, all while making their pockets fat! Then you have the governments not regulating these petty housing dictators and criminalizing any way around the system.

[@lam7499]

@@drawingwithezra4212 wealth hoarders hide behind the government to give themselves a false sense of legitimacy They are one in the same at the end of the day

[@svenjorgensenn8418]

It's investment companies

[@robinwiese3357]

This just breaks my heart. I read the first thing they did was raise rent by 72% and when the residents complained about it violating the rent control law, they said the law didn't apply to mobile home parks (they weren't paying rent ... they were *leasing*). So that jerk who said the residents were protected was lying out his arse. I don't like to judge and never cared for revenge, but in this case I hope karma gets them good. Those poor people 😭

[@perpetualgrimace]

Such a predictable outcome. That dude was really acting like he was the good guy in the situation 😡

[@Jedi-Nite]

Harmony paid for the guys suggestion

[@neverfinding2703]

Of coarse that receiver guy was a jerk, he must get some nice compensation for getting that deal through.

[@thisisme3238]

Greed is never satisfied. 🤔

[@tubro007]

Karma ain't getting no one. Notice who that guy is in his fancy joggers; this is the way they get rich and it's been going on for longer than you've been alive. Wake up already. "Karma" buh ha ha ha!

[@alexiscanet9009]

My heart hurts, a trailer was my immigrant mom's starter home...new generations can't even have that.

[@johnjohnson6435]

I had this exact same thing happen to me back in like 2017. There's a company on the east coast called UMH . All through Pennsylvania where I live, that's been buying up parks and doing this. They come in, and do everything they can to get anybody out that they can . This enables them to put the trailers they sale themselves, because they conveniently own mobile home dealerships. Then they charge 2-3 times what people have paid . If you refuse to move, they find ways to charge you fees . If that doesn't work they find reasons to take you to court and stack legal fees against you till you simply can't afford it and tap out. Giving them room for their trailers. It's tragic. I was a single father and had to give up our home. Worse yet, I watched as folks who spent their entire lives there lose everything.

[@nunyabuziness8421]

People don't realize when you sign a lease it says in the lease you and the park owners have a right to terminate the lease at any time and if you own the home if you can't afford to move it then you lose it

[@Chris-mu3wk]

Life is so short. But we have people worried about the basic needs everyday until their life is over. I couldn’t imagine the pain these people feel on a daily basis.

[@gangigooga7710]

What a sad but true statement. And it’s scary how many people live like this across the world.

[@corndorn]

That’s life though. The struggle for survival.

[@23_Beans]

@@corndorn That's life here in this country. Not in others I've lived though. In some countries there is no homelessness. In many school is free as is Healthcare. Life is still a struggle sure but they're not struggling for the very basics to be able to succeed at it.

[@genestarwind4610]

@@corndorn No its not. We aren't living in loin clothes. It a matter of will.

[@Adrian-zd4cs]

@@corndorn no, not in the 21st century should the struggle for basic needs but normal. That way of thinking is part of the problem.

[@xKryptonik]

There needs to be a policy in place that prevents businesses from using their excess income to purchase so many homes and deeply manipulate the housing market. If it is illegal to fix the stock market it should be illegal to manipulate the housing market. People's lives are at stake and it seems like this will never stop.

[@CarlosBadCo]

The worst part is those who are elected don't care either. When you send them a notice about your concern they just send you back a reply saying thank you for visiting and hope to see you again. The reason we should limit politicians right here because if they had to endure the same living things would change very quick. Those who make the laws allow the circumstances over the people it's not those who enforce but those who start this idea of "it'll be good for ppl as long as we think it does"

[@nenmaster5218]

@Bee 🌸 Stop pretending nothing can be done. HEY! Do you WANT Homelessness to exist? If not, maybe use the extremly valueable Info-Sources that are the Housing-Videos and Homelessness-Coverage of Second Thought, Gravel Institute, and Illuminaughtii. And what about Unions? And Strikes? Who Some-More-News proved are demonized by the Super-Rich to screw-with-us?

[@admirationlakes8994]

@@CarlosBadCo Have you contacted Assemblyman Arambula? He might be commie Democrat, but he was an ER Physician first....he knows the problems lack of housing can cause for any human and/or family of humans. Maybe he might be interested in hearing us out & introduce new legislation to limit these 'corporate acquisitions.' Keep the corporations out the valley and outta real estate wherever possible! look at what already plagued our agriculture....will we just sit and passively let it happen to our residential-real-estate as well?

[@angrycannibal6625]

THE STOCK MARKET IS FIXED TOO!

[@crystalmasters8582]

This needs to be next elections thing

[@Hashsmokingthugg4]

Harmony just bought the trailer park I live in and now there's all these rules and you can't have anything outside your home and the rent is going up and they are kicking the old people out, it's so sad

[@shawj7876]

I live in Fresno and I see these MH parks, some are kept nice and others can use a facelift but what’s most important is the health and safety of its community. The city should be able to split these lots and give the homeowners the opportunity to buy the land/lot their house sits on.

[@MamaAdventures365]

Something similar is happening to my home and I have a 6 month old baby. Lot rent and bills are already almost $700 a month and we own our trailer. We just got a note last week on the door that said they are planning to remove all existing trailers and put in brand new manufactured homes. There will be a lot less homes here and the rent will be significantly increased. I'm guessing, considering the price of rent in my area it will be about $2,500-3,000 a month. Or they will possibly turn the whole place into air BnBs. I don't understand.... Where are we all supposed to go? This is the second time in my life that this has happened. I grew up in a trailer park that was closed down and sold to a big corporation.. they said they were turning it into a parking lot ... Yet it still sits exactly the same just nobody lives there. Where are we supposed to go? It seems like they want to "get rid of the slums" but the next option is like what we have going on in Oregon and San Francisco... Tent cities... How is that not worse? And those individuals are so depressed they are just using drugs to get by... Maybe they think we will all die off because of how much "blues" they are giving the lower class. Maybe they are right. Or they plan on putting everyone in prison and making even more money off that. I don't even know who "they" is. Everything and everyone just seems so divided. United we stand and divided we fall. I don't think money brings happiness.... However having your basic needs met is the foundation for happiness in my opinion. (Sorry for the rant that was kinda all over the place) my heart hurts. Praying for everyone.

[@Estherbethe1...]

Nah sis you got it right and hit the major points accurately... Pushing people into poverty is very lucrative business especially for the for profit prison system because poverty will only naturally push people to crime out of despair and desperation. 💔 This is not the country we were told about in our indoctrination as youths.

[@melanieg6957]

We are at a breaking point. May you receive support from an unexpected source. May your life improve dramatically.

[@flyboytheprince]

This makes people go on a killing spree.

[@cliffkonkle3467]

TRUTH

[@princesstriceestar]

You're very right. because lots of cities are passing laws for it to be illegal to be unhoused/tent city. So you'll end up in prison where slavery is legal. It all comes full circle

[@radicalaccounting]

It's a crisis of greed. My friend's mobile home park got sold. They've raised the rents 50%, do zero maintainence, are nasty to everyone, and now issued new rules that everyone has to take their sheds down at their own cost so they can put corporate sheds here and rent them out too, not just the land. I found out for her that WA State Attorney General's office has an entire division for problems with mobile home parks, it's so ubiquitos. Greed is ruining the USA.

[@mastersitorou8289]

Greed causes chaos, and it causes a collapse on lower-middle class residents. It's going to hell in one of those countries. Greed is a very sinful act.

[@chihirostargazer6573]

Greed is ruining the world and destroying the environment... it's not just the USA, but it has always been a particularly huge problem there. Greed has been keeping our society and civilization from evolving into something better since the beginning.

[@emmavero6307]

@captain patriarchy does that guy still exist?

[@toordog1753]

Wait, crisis of greed? So its greedy for the owner to sell but not greedy for the renters to have whats not theirs? Sounds like an entitlement crisis to me....

[@rae7564]

@@toordog1753 Greed is increasing rent to the point of homelessness. Un-checked capitalism is a very bad thing. It's disgusting. A lot of these people work hard to make sure you can put food on your table. They have every right to feel safe, have a roof over their heads, and take care of their families. You and people like you are what's wrong with this country.

[@danielepepin4257]

This is exactly what happened to me last year in South West FL. A corporate co from NY bought our RV park/campground, TRIPLED the monthly fees so much that many of us who OWNED OUR TRAILERS were forced to leave. Mine was owned but considered too old to stay or sell so I was basically told to leave by a certain date. No options. Many others were treated the same. I admit that this was a seasonal home, but as a Senior I could afford the low fees until these out of state guys came and took over. This is happening all over America. I and many other Seniors had to make some sudden & often difficult decisions to relocate without any warning -or much time to make arrangements..

[@OrsoGabriel]

HAHAHA Congratulations Mark Adams and Judge Kristi........ HARMONY is closing the park "Residents of La Hacienda Mobile Estates in northeast Fresno, formerly known as Trails End Mobile Home Park, all received notice on Friday from Harmony Communities, that the park is set to close in 12 months, ending their tenancies. The news came via letter, dated April 14 and signed by Erika Roman on behalf of La Hacienda Mobile Estates, LLC. Residents were further advised that within the next year, they are required to quit and “remove or sell the mobilehome and deliver up possession” to Harmony’s agent. “We have come to the sad realization that the structural issues facing La Hacienda have created a situation in which it makes the most sense to close the park,” wrote Sherrie Johnston, Harmony’s chief operating officer, in an April 17 email to Fresnoland."

[@SuperDev1n]

It's amazing how the rich could never have enough, to the point where they're taking what little the poor have for their own financial gain. It's sad that I KNEW what the judges decision would be as soon as I saw her walk out; Greed is insatiable and gentrification is real💯

[@calebfairchild1830]

@Hòmè Ďeçoŕè stop it. This is not the time.

[@innocentgoitseone3715]

The strong eat the weak. That's the norm. That's how the things have been and still are.

[@RT710.]

@@innocentgoitseone3715 rich people aren’t strong, they are unjustly privileged by a corrupt government

[@Lightscribe225]

I don't think the rich even know. The biggest companies doing this have countless investors who have no idea what the company actually does, only that it has consistent dividend payments.

[@kellikelli4413]

I knew over about 20 years ago there was trouble ahead when a book called "Greed Is Good" made the best seller list 📃

[@dostagirl9551]

This has happened to my mother. She’s been in her park since 1997, and it’s a nice area with mostly respectful residents who are retired seniors or low income. Then last year it (and several others in the area) were bought by an investment firm out of New York. The first thing they did was cut all amenities such as lawn care and trash and then increase rent, not once but twice. It’s now double what it was with hints of increasing again at the end of this year. It seems as though they are trying to find what the maximum threshold they can reach before residents abandon their homes. Because it’s not just moving the homes that is expensive. In our area, not any land can be used for a mobile home. You have to have a minimum of five acres, and then there’s the added expensive of installing a septic tank and making the site mobile-home ready - that’s if you can get a bank to finance the process. Moving to another park is a gamble because most have been bought by the same company with no guarantees that any remaining establishments won’t sell in the future. In addition to the rent increase, the new management sent out a notice that all residents must unilaterally agree to every rule or vacate and that new rules can be released at any time, and it is up to the residents to seek out and inform themselves of any additional regulations. Fines are attached to everything, and now they are demanding that residents foot the cost of maintaining and repairing the septic system their homes are attached to, even though multiple homes share a single system, as well as any and all external pipes and wiring that are not under the purview of the utility company. People I’ve known for years are terrified as they are on a fixed income and are now trying to find ways to cut back on living or medical expenses. One neighbor is a retired school custodian. Another is retired military who is caring for his wife who suffers from MS. These are good people, and it seems like no one is able or willing to help them. This is happening in Crow’s Mobile Home Park in Ray City Georgia.

[@anonymousjohnson976]

I think these people are raising everything (rent, food, etc.) just because they want the money, not because of inflation.

[@luly2369]

@@monacojones4367 Just by what you said, they are trying to create a more lux, higher income neighborhood for higher income residents

[@chillwill5080]

Move your mom in with you.

[@katelee670]

Once you are out of the house they fix it up rent it back out to rich people people that can afford lots and lots of money that's what it is money that's all these people

[@praetorianstride5948]

Landlords aren’t people.

[@brianbuswell6112]

Sad it's really like that , rent is so high people just simply can't afford it even working full time.

[@sct4040]

Everything in America is being corporatized. Hospitals, homes, mobile park, commercial real estates, etc.

[@Botanica2012]

The minute I saw the judge I knew where this was going. I sometimes get the impression that judges are there to protect the ability of corporations to make profits. That's their job. Otherwise they will not have a career.

[@rootstorising7348]

The way she left the court room, she looked like she was pissed that this was all recorded and she had to look at the tenants faces while she did it.

[@brettmastema7056]

If you see the republican agenda in texas. they over and over mention how many breaks they plan to give property owners. They want to basically make it so there will always be a poor class desperate on the verge of losing it all which they can exploit its disgusting this is not supposed to be what america stands for

[@Vanlifecrisis]

I dont know, she seemed more upset that the charity failed to submit a plan like she requested. She pretty much said if they had she would have considered them for the sale.

[@theCosmicQueen]

bullshit. judges are elected in most states. They are answerable to the people and nobody else. She is just like the receiver, far removed from poor people and couldn't careless for them. This case should have had an equal emphasis on serving the residents and preventing homelessness. It's a bad case and decision, the city failed to consider the residents as part of thier criteria, and should be appealed. City attorney serves the city, but the judge serves the community and laws. The residents should have brought a case and had Legal Aid attorneys for themselves.

[@itsmesteve1081]

Personally, I think they just want to go home and forget about it like everybody else at work.

[@OChem928]

This reminds me of my home country, Nigeria. Rich people take everything including poor people’s homes , while poor people take nothing. This is the wicked world we live in .

[@User-54631]

Yea it pretty much the same. The average wage in Nigeria is 60% less. 2 years ago it was reported by national statistical office the homeownership in Nigeria is the highest it has ever been and increasing every year for 30 years. There are almost 3x more homeowners in Nigeria now then in 1990. So 🤷‍♂️

[@simp2234]

Because public housing is not solve

[@TheyCallMeJTK]

Maybe you shouldn't be poor

[@Will-pl4tp]

@@TheyCallMeJTK damn that's a pretty good idea

[@trailblazer8276]

I have friends who live in Abakaliki. They say the same as you have. Here in the middle of the United States, housing has become unfordable. Only people with deep pockets buy up and overbid others. Rent has increased immorally for us Seniors on fixed income. God sees the wickedness and He will avenge His people, Read Isaiah 45:2-3 amen!

[@user-qr5vb3vm6e]

Economy is pushing people to the streets again. I feel the pressure. I'm a 70 years experienced physically disabled male homeowner. Paid in full. Otherwise broke. Praying and hoping for the best.

[@alexblackburn9657]

Something these parks do to people is evict them from their home and force them to continue paying rent. When they cannot pay the rent anymore and haven’t sold it yet the park will take possession on the home. They target vulnerable family’s for profit.

[@amimi92]

I could literally feel the heartbreak of the residents after the judge's ruling. It's not fair at all.

[@NotfromDetroit]

The judge may have been persuaded to favor owner.

[@roshelltannen9698]

So how long should they pay $395? Over a decade isn't long enough? These people need to get out of they can't afford $700 in California.

[@cosmicllama6910]

@@roshelltannen9698 you know a lot of these people in trailers are older people on fixed incomes, or people taking care of family with a lot of medical expenses? I hope you're not implying everyone should be able to just "hustle" their way out of this.

[@ilikecinema1234]

@@NotfromDetroit The judge was most definitely bought, all judges in America are. Everything in America has a price and its what normalized corruption around the world. Every world government would love to be the American government, there is nothing more corrupt

[@ilikecinema1234]

@@wintermoon5194 it isn't that rent is going up, the value of the dollar is so diluted. "Everything is going up" no the value of the dollar is just nothing, America is gonna end soon it wasn't built to last

[@edwardweber5655]

I agree with her the lawyer. That old guy doesn't care. He's getting paid. That why he's their. And he talked to the company that buying the park. He said that they wouldn't raise the rent. After they raise the rent he'll say they lied. And walk away.

[@User-54631]

So Id assume you care more and do for more strangers then yourself?

[@edwardweber5655]

@@User-54631 Now why would you say something like that. I care for myself. But that doesn't mean I don't care for others. What you are looking at is greed. I like share but I don't need yours

[@marflore8891]

@@User-54631 His job was to find the best buyer for the community, not for the corp or himself.

[@ryerye9019]

If a company doesn't put their promises in writing, we know and he knows it's a lie.

[@anitakristensen4679]

I am sorry, but the lady with the dog . She is one reason that ruins it for everyone. Rules are rules.

[@AmsterdamEats]

That receivership guy is 100% getting a kickback

[@orobinczaia5527]

A mobile home park in Boulder, Colorado challenged a 'hostile takeover' ultimately forming a cooperative that bought their own park and passing laws statewide to combat this.

[@margaretscully8684]

Good to hear

[@JeffKCAL]

She’s right, something has to give. I live in Southern California, I have a college degree, make a fair income, and I’m seriously worried about being homeless if something doesn’t change. Corporate greed has made having a roof over my head a luxury, not a necessity. This is neither a blue nor red issue, we all need to come together to force our “leaders” to start looking out for their constituents, not corporate interests. There’s power in numbers, folks.

[@paulharper7185]

Corporate donations far out-weigh your vote. You cannot "force" our 2 big money parties to ignore their donorship. All we have is 3rd party to make them understand. The 2 big money parties pretend fight over social issues, while being lock step on financial ones. Our governments would much prefer a large corporation own the properties, as they are better investors.....er I mean donors, over a non-profit that will never donate to thier "cause". Until people give up the fear of the other also corrupt side winning, this is our future.

[@ElGeneralDelAire]

Why stay in Cali? Mexico n overseas is cheaper. OUr dollar expands 3 to 1.

[@geebee8989]

Yes this is a blue issue. Moral and values matter; they determine who you vote for to run your district, city, nation. Your too blind with feelings to see the truth. Feelings comes and go and it changes nothing. Buzzwords are useless, only actions and results from said actions matter. Government is a corporation, yet you ignore it.

[@jamminwrenches860]

So many have created this problem while believing they are fixing it. Those in power are making the situation much worse. We tried to tell you this path will lead to many more people losing the ability to support themselves. The biggest problem today is a lack of self responsibility and an overreaching government attempting to keep those irresponsible ones in line or passify them. You cheered at shipping jobs overseas, your politics have created the problem. Keep watching vice and do the opposite of what they say because following vice has created this whole situation.

[@thoughtsfromaidiot5928]

@@ElGeneralDelAire ironically mexicans are complaining about americans moving there.

[@williamdecker3989]

My rent went from $475 to $775 last April for a POS 1 bedroom in Tucson, AZ. My AC went out for 6 months last year & it just went down again yesterday...it's 100 today. I wonder how long it will take to fix this time? Landlords needs to be held accountable for slums they create. I get $820 from SSI & I'm in a wheelchair, how do I live on $45 a month?

[@eyediscovered]

I think you should get a job there's plenty of jobs for people in a wheelchair with work from home and call centers just make sure you don't make over your limit and still qualify for SSI. It's a shame you have to worry about your limits but that's what keeps SSI available for those who really need it. Housing is unaffordable but that is mainly because of zoning and permits created by officials the majority voted for.

[@Smokey42096]

I’m sorry brother I’m from Tucson too. Be strong

[@JamesWilliams-jf3hd]

How? Think about all your life decisions that landed you in your current predicament.

[@rhenry7369]

@ William Decker, I would think that you could legally hold back on paying rent until the landlord returned the unit to a livable space. Wouldn't air conditioning in Tucson be a must-have? Slum-lords need to be held accountable. If the roof were leaking and water was getting into the apartment/house you can hold back on rent until fixed. Depending on the State you live in, there are laws.

[@flyboytheprince]

This is so sad, I wish nothing good for those who put you in that situation I also pray your doing ok and god provides you a better way.

[@user-lz6dm5lk9y]

I agree about the dog being on a lead, but forbidding wind chimes and flower pots is ridiculous.

[@maidsrage]

Being 19 trying to move out of my parents house in fresno is difficult because of the prices right now

[@SilverSunPublishing]

They are a bunch of heartless vultures, including the guy who wants to pretend that Harmony will do the right thing for this particular park. He KNOWS they won't. What a bunch of BS. I truly feel sorry for the people at these parks who thought they were safe in their homes.

[@joeschmoe6306]

Yeah that guy was full of it, not answering the questions, probably getting kickbacks from "harmony". disgusting..

[@jq7844]

Rent was raised by 72%. When residents objected, Harmony used a technical loophole between leasing and renting to get around protections. I really don’t know how these people can justify putting others out of their homes for some palm greasing, where is their moral consciousness?

[@mk1st]

That guy: also probably lobbying for laws to prevent homeless folks from dirtying up his community.

[@depARTmentUhaul]

They are Democrats look it up, all registered Democrats.

[@altitudeadjustment259]

@@joeschmoe6306 the judge too.

[@gl15col]

I live in a small town in Nebraska; they did something worse here. There was one small mobile home park that some people had lived in for 20 years and had no other choices in the town. The city changed the law, made the park illegal and just kicked everyone out and removed all the trailers. They have not done anything with the land to provide more housing, and many people were instantly homeless. Because trailers are not popular with cities.

[@Parkerspuffin]

You should reach out to VICE and get that turned into a story!

[@diostejastierras7898]

@@Parkerspuffin *Reach out to the "Institute for Justice" they are on KZbin too or High Country News. This happens often unfortunately, they pass new zoning, community development, building codes & laws. The next thing you know everything that is your home/land is out of code and can be condemned, and they can remove you from your own property. You think this could never happen, until it happens to you, or you get a call from a friend/family that they have to leave or get fined/arrested. It's happening in every state, and most definitely after natural disasters. I wish you the best! *Take Care and Safe Travels!*

[@diostejastierras7898]

Hello, *Reach out to the "Institute for Justice" they are on KZbin too or High Country News. This happens often unfortunately, they pass new zoning, community development, building codes & laws. The next thing you know everything that is your home/land is out of code and can be condemned, and they can remove you from your own property. You think this could never happen, until it happens to you, or you get a call from a friend/family that they have to leave or get fined/arrested. It's happening in every state, and most definitely after natural disasters. I wish you the best! *Take Care and Safe Travels!*

[@diostejastierras7898]

@@Parkerspuffin great advice, sorry I sent the original commentor a response via your reply.

[@mexicanrighteous9862]

What town is this, I was heading to Nebraska real soon to check out Mobile Home Parks?

[@NicCageForPresident2024]

I remember back when Seattle didn't suck is bad I was able to get a one-bedroom apartment in West Seattle with utilities paid except for electricity for 6 to $800 a month. In a really nice area at that. Now everything is either overpriced or torn down and replaced with overpriced apartments and condos

[@brandoncomer6492]

Easy way to get around a rent control ordinance is to separate rent from utilities and various other fees. That's why they do it that way.

[@pamelapope7053]

I'm 71 and I have become so tired of all this that I have decided to build out a van and live in it. I won't be staying in a park, I'm just going to stay mobile. I can't pay the high rents. I rather live in something I own. I have come to the conclusion that things are going to get a whole lot worse so I'm going to have to do what ever I can to survive in the suppose to be riches country in the world.

[@mariem1064]

Pamela. The best is to find a companion you can tour with!

[@BarelyMakinIt]

It's too bad that those of us who are single parents don't have that option. I looked at building a tiny house on a trailer but it won't do any good. If you don't have a permanent address, CPS can take your kids away. Doesn't matter if you don't drink or do drugs and can still provide food and be there for them. You either have to take a cockroach and mold infested dump that makes everyone who lives there literally sick and takes over half your paycheck, find other people to share a nicer place with (which often isn't an option for people with kids that have special needs), or else they throw your kids into foster care to be abused. If these corporatocrats don't get their boots off our necks, this country is a powder keg looking for a match.

[@juanalvarez6716]

Stay safe whenever u are my good sir.

[@bobknob5726]

May the Lord bless your journey with strength and wisdom! God bless!

[@sgumper4375]

Right there with you.

[@jonathanwilliams1974]

They know they own these people. The owners technically "own" their homes, but they really don't. They can't afford to move them to another location. They are at the mercy of predator corporations like this who take advantage of this circumstance. It's pretty disgusting.

[@nenmaster5218]

Stop pretending nothing can be done, stop ignoring valueable Info-Sources that are the Housing-Videos and Homelessness-Coverage of Second Thought, Gravel Institute, and Illuminaughtii. And what about Unions? Who Some-More-News proved are demonized by the Super-Rich to screw-with-us?

[@jonathanwilliams1974]

@@nenmaster5218 None of what you said made any sense.

[@nenmaster5218]

@@jonathanwilliams1974 Maybe because you have a really bad Intuition for when Words are obviously some KZbin-Channels Name? Could it possibly be you s-ck at realizing somethings a Name and you think its Gibberish therefore?

[@admirationlakes8994]

It is predatory, and if I can prove it in court .... well, then ....

[@jonathanwilliams1974]

@@nenmaster5218 So you expect some random person to know the names of obscure KZbin channels you watch and thus know what you're talking about when you name-drop 5 of them in 2 sentences? That's an interesting communication strategy.

[@boyguapito1]

The hostility that he’s giving is the hostility he is getting. He’s harassing them for every little thing to create a situation on which he will use the law to get these people evicted. Basically, he’s threatening them by using that infamous line _”Do you know who I am?”_ a scare tactic that He hopes will work, which is not going to and this will end REAL BAD for that guy.

[@suisei9040]

Especially if people have nothing to lose. I would have a vendetta against him.

[@2ndamendmentfirst31]

This is sad because I was born and raised in Fresno California and my parents got us the hell out of there and we moved to Albany Oregon in 94, I love it here, it's beautiful friendly and affordable. We are struggling with the same situation and no one seems to care, in 2014 rent went up and I moved into my mom's crib and rented a spare room for 1/2 0f the rent, I initially was paying $525 for a 2 bedroom, new management arrived and now I'm paying $1,050 + new charges for water sewer and garbage

[@jaxsun72]

The only fkn shameful thing about living in a mobile home or a trailer park is how the government stands by and allows folks with sometimes limited choices to be victimized by landlords.

[@daebak7370]

The govt has never helped the ppl about anything EVER. If the world govts put half same amount of effort and energy as they do in growing their own self finances to actually help tge its constituents we would be in much much better situation than we are today.

[@fastwigreviewwithlisabee8598]

this statement makes me want to cry because of how true it is....

[@njm543]

@Pershing can you explain please the trade off for freedom and laws in this case

[@shaggybreeks]

That's right... blame the government. Keep blaming the government. It's exactly what the thieves and leeches want you to do. Blame the government, and don't pay too much attention to the people doing the actual stealing.

[@njm543]

@Pershing what should they exchange the freedom to move for in your opinion ? Like public housing

[@austinrussell32044]

As someone who grew up in a southern California trailer park, this hurts. The people in my community were some of the most hard-working, giving and respectable humans I've ever met. Everyone deserves housing, these people deserve better.

[@User-54631]

The obese lady is hard working? 100% her blood sugar says otherwise.

[@Ti2tu]

Chasing the American dream....... not gonna offer sympathy or condolences... all seems fake in face of hardship n struggle.... when richest country in earth has all the riches saved up for its elite... where change is seen as hindrance of rights... in a wait n hope to b in that list of elites, u accept the long deprivation... freedom n rights r an exaggeration in absence of basic needs... yet the division among all when the hunger growls the same noise in all of us.

[@randomstuffwithnofluff7472]

They do, but there's gotta be rules, or it spirals into lawlessness. Most rules, like it or not are for the safety of eveyone. That fire, which sparked all of this is an example. That big rude heifer that wouldn't put her dog on leash, could be a lawsuit waiting to happen. The result could cause places not to even allow dogs or charge extra for pets.

[@MixologistMilo]

✊👏

[@siddhesh]

I am from Mumbai (Bombay) India.. I am astonished that this kind of cruelty can occur in a democracy like the US. In India, and especially in cities like Bombay, we have income disparity higher than that in Fresno or anywhere else in California...But the lower income group is not this helpless primarily because we live in a democracy. The lower income group of people outnumber the rich by several magnitudes and even outnumber the middle-class.. This group are a powerful "vote-bank" and every politician who wishes to have any chance to win or retain his seat in government needs to downright appease this group.. Whatever downsides this may have (unfair tax burden on middle class), I don't understand how this type of systematic discrimination can work in a democracy ...particularly on economic basis..

[@tylerhale1696]

800 for rent on a small piece of land is insane

[@MrGruffteddybear]

Corporate greed, plain and simple.

[@BurtDavis]

The interviewer was top notch. It's clear what they are doing, and they are just dancing around the laws to make money, at the cost of low income residents.

[@googiegress7459]

I don't know whether interviewers normally accept a non-answer and move on, or do they drill the interviewee and then just edit the unproductive questions out later. But we definitely saw this one putting the screws to his interviewee, which was good to see.

[@angelluisll1033]

The big fish always eats the little fish. This is what the residents need to do pull together and make like the bigger fish.

[@mikeparker6322]

No. Part of the problem is an unwillingness to follow rules. Any rules. The rules do not apply to me. Well if that is your belief then pitch a tent in the middle of the desert. I have been a renter for almost 20 years and even I realize if the landlord or it’s agent tells me to put a leash on my dog then “yes sir”. Also, how difficult is to find a any rental location that allows any pets. This is rather biased story. I am a renter and I have to defend the landlord I this case. This is the current state of the nation and even the world. It sucks but it is what it is.

[@josearturorinconramos2970]

@@mikeparker6322 nah, the landlord is a stupid prick. He called himself a cop at some point. This is the main focus of the story, power hungry sociopath without empathy has the power to evict families without oversight.

[@nicolocorbellani9807]

@@mikeparker6322 you are just a slave then, in other parts of the world such draconian rules(like the proibition of FLOWERS outside of YOUR house) are just uncostitutional. I hope your master will make you suffer while you stay with a smile.

[@parkerfigueroa6682]

i used to live in a trailer park and while it wasn’t the best time in my life there was nothing inherently wrong with it. like she said, i had a bed and shower and everyone in the park was very nice

[@volvo09]

yeah, it all depends where it is. there are plenty i'd live in, and others I'd never even walk through. prices vary extremely by region too. California is overloaded with people in certain areas, it's going to drive up prices. you can buy an entire single family home in a "snowy" area for less than these trailers cost. and if you don't work, what is the difference between govt handouts and the climate.

[@kiraquimby2109]

Mine has a pool a gym and a library and a pond for fishing there are stations for poops bags to pick up after your animals but you have to own your trailer 20,000 later

[@tritamtran4603]

ok

[@bobg.3206]

Did you take care of the things that were yours? The owners don't tear the place up. The residents play a huge role in what kind of place it is to live.

[@Speedster189]

Why would there be anything wrong with it? A home is a home stop being judgemental

[@ivanejpg]

that old man being purposefully obtuse about that shitty company just boils my blood

[@MrSabas15]

Give someone a little bit of power and they act like this guy.

[@TimeBucks]

This breaks my heart

[@morellatovar4151]

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[@morellatovar4151]

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[@ghost....tmc287]

Hi

[@mlislam234]

Nice News

[@mlislam234]

Important News

[@numsixber]

This is happening across the country and these large corporations raise the lot rent so high that people especially seniors living on a fixed income cannot afford to pay it nor that can they afford to move their trailer so they end up signing their trailer over to the park just to get out from under the high lot rent. I personally know a widowed senior who had to sign mobile home over to a park called Spanish Oaks in Ocala Florida and a retired military couple who had to sign theirs over to a park called Rolling Greens because they could no longer afford lot rent that had quadrupled since they moved in making their lot rent higher than my 2400 square-foot homes mortgage payment. It’s is a legal but highly immoral form of theft.

[@orangefield3171]

So when they sign their mobile home over to the park do they still get to stay there for a specific period of time ? Or do you mean that the mobile home satisfies lot rent they are behind in?

[@numsixber]

@@orangefield3171 they were not behind on the rent. When the put their mobile homes in the seniors only parks roughly 8 years earlier the lot rent was around $130 a month and only slightly increased each year until they were bought out by a corporation then their lot rent increased by a couple hundred dollars a year until they could no longer afford to pay anything but the rent. Then when the residents hold their meetings about the astronomical increases a rep show up to tell them they can pay to have the trailer moved, try to sell it ( and who will buy it with a $700 lot rent plus the mortgage payment on the trailer) or you can sign it over to us.

[@orangefield3171]

@@numsixber Thank you for answering my question. I live in a mobile home community but we all own our lots. What a terrible situation for all of these folks to be in because of corporate takeovers. Again thank you for the information.

[@likeablecloud2454]

I own a trailer park and these places aren't cheap. Mine which has 11 lots is literally over 200k guess what. Bill gates buying all that land didn't help the prices. Prices for land in which we can use for this is now limited and inside cities we have much more rules and regulations. It's a joy outside city lines but the moment you enter you are fucked the regulations for us park owners is stupid.

[@stj971]

Legalized thievery

[@lowkeyyluis]

Awesome video that showcases gentrification and displacement. Very interesting as it highlighted a mobile home property which is typically never really talked about.

[@publicroyalty760]

The exact same thing is happening at WHISPERING SANDS in Desert Hot Springs California, currently our rent is not even being accepted!

[@Princesspandapop]

That man didn’t hold his head up high when he walked out of that court room because he knows that he just helped take these peoples homes.

[@user-ww1yg1fq5r]

Looking down to where he is going.

[@Michael-lu2tz]

@@user-ww1yg1fq5r hopefully very soon

[@eckankar7756]

Update October 2022. The City gave residents items they needed to get their trailers up to code. 30% didn't bother and they are being evicted this month. Those that did comply and did repairs still are living there. So far no word on any rent increase.

[@peterpatton2867]

@@user-ww1yg1fq5r 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

[@inkey2]

ANOTHER PROBLEM: These people are screwed because mobile homes over a certain age cannot legally be moved on a road or highway.

[@mr_bmen1116]

Double screw because even if they are legally able to move it cost a lot money and where are they going to go it's a bad situation all around for everyone

[@408drez]

They can in California

[@inkey2]

@@408drez is there an age limit on the mobile homes which can be moved. Would California let a 70 year old mobile home get moved down their highways? Sounds dangerous. But I know it can vary from state to state.

[@hushhh2474]

Do the renters own these homes? Made it sound like they don't. Meaning they wouldn't have to pay to move them. They need to own them to do so. Though could be both here spot renters ( they own the unit) and landlord owned homes.

[@inkey2]

@@hushhh2474 From my experience and I an getting pretty old.......it's a mixed bag in mobile home parks. Some own, some rent. Either way the issue of the cost of your "monthly lot rent" is always an ongoing concern.

[@user-tr6jl5st1t]

Bill Murray out here pretending he ain’t broke lol. “I own shady lakes!?”

[@astridcarolina6449]

I’m a single mother of two and I’m having to live with my children’s grandparents and i long for a place for my children and I we feel so uncomfortable living with them but we have to I have a full time job and still cannot afford living on our own it sucks having to see rent go up more and more and ppl not able to afford anything and seeing this video made me sad the cheapest of homes are becoming unaffordable and families are losing there homes and it’s becoming more complicated to find programs that provide help or “” qualify for there’s so many restrictions policies and so on

[@carlaw9623]

I live in Fresno and I can tell you that the rent has gone up substantially since I moved out on my own as a 19 year old in 2004. I paid $365 monthly for my one bedroom back then. I looked up the same complex and a one bedroom is now $930 monthly. And that is the bad side of town. Where I live now the rent is astronomical. Fresno USED to be one of the cheapest places to live in California. That is no longer the case. Very sad and sickening.

[@genebrooks5824]

Get rid of them now. These people are greedy hoarders and should be treated as such

[@onlyhere101]

This is what happens when you refuse to educate yourself. You make bad choices in voting, refuse to admit you fucked up then keep the ball rolling until you all crash and rely upon the govt.

[@impassable]

Bakersfield has gone up too

[@slowmotion187]

minimum was 6.75 then it's been almost 20 yrs. now is 15 dollars

[@onceuponatimeonearth]

That rent increase from 2004 to now is completely normal and seen everywhere in the world. wages have raised accordingly. it's like comparing grocery prices from 2004 to now, it's normal. If you compare prices and wage income from 1970 to 1990 it's same story.

[@aodhokelly8811]

It used to be that the teacher would say things like "if you don't pull your socks up and do your homework, you'll end up living in a trailer park, or in a van down by the river" now it's turned into, "if you work really hard, do all your homework and get a good job you can rent a trailer or live in a van down by the river"

[@joshlower3520]

I live in a truck down by the RIVER!!!!

[@tomcatt998]

I live in a tent down by the railroad tracks

[@eckankar7756]

It's sad so many seniors never bought a house back in the day when they were so affordable and easy to qualify for. I'm retired, almost all of my friends loved living in apartments for the easy lifestyle. I worked as a single mom hairdresser and could afford a nice house and 5 other rental properties doing haircuts, perms and color. Little reason for a senior to be renting except for failure to participate in their own well being. My properties will go to my kids and grandkids to make their lives easier.

[@joshlower3520]

@@eckankar7756 yeah but I live in a truck DOWN BY THE RIVVVEERRR.

[@Eliastion]

The most insidious part of what's going on in the trailer parks is that the people there aren't even renting their homes - they need to rent the land they stand on. This is a huge difference. If this was rental housing, it would still be pretty bad due to lack of affordable alternatives, but they could conceivably just pack up and leave. That's not the case, however - these "mobile homes" are theirs but they just aren't really mobile. Some can, in theory, be moved - but that's a big up-front expense. Many are in no condition to be relocated at all. This means that moving away isn't just finding a place you can afford, because the moving itself is not affordable either.

[@matthewcardon4447]

I live in Glendale AZ and it's just as bad right now. It's bad all over the Phoenix area and people are becoming homeless with full time jobs. You have to make 70,000 a year just to get approved for a basic one or two bedroom apt. The average one bedroom is 1700. The apartment I first moved in here in 2005 went from 500 to 1700. Wages have not even come close to match that.

[@gardengeek3041]

As a senior barely making it on Social security, this scares the heck out of me. I own a old house but can't afford the repairs and climbing property taxes. Where do we go?

[@user-jb4xv4im9o]

I'm in the same place. My house payments are less than half what rent would be for a 1 bedroom here.. If something big were to go wrong I'll be in trouble. I just pray and even though I'm a woman in her 70s, I do my repairs myself. Thank heaven for free instruction videos on my phone so I can learn how. Getting tired of it though, it's getting harder physically. I'm just thankful I have a roof over my head. I'm really good at living frugal, but It's getting old reusing bathwater to wash clothes by hand and being cold in winter and hot in the summer. What I miss the most is getting away to the mountains or seeing somewhere new. No one to visit because they've died or living with family. Nothing left I can cut back on if something breaks down so I fear I may someday end up on the street.

[@lynnkueh]

My heart dropped for them when the Judge announced Harmony. Why can't it be awarded to the non profit? Not everything is dollars 💵.

[@koriko88]

If a nonprofit took over the mobile home park, where would they get money to maintain the park and make the improvements that the court insists are necessary?

[@patrickdunn7804]

In this video, they said the nonprofit offer hadn't had an adequate plan, but the reason they couldnt have a good plan is cuz the current owner refused to turn over documents and info to them. So the judge kind of had their hands tied.

[@indriadrayton1132]

Lynn Kueh in this country, everything is dollars, including lives.

[@JABroc]

It's awarded to the legally entitled party. In this case a fornprofit business. Not everything is Charity!

[@amartin9293]

Because those judges are for dollars$$$ too.

[@SomeoneElsesStory]

It’s sad that anyone feels belittled because of their living situation. Life is a journey. Where you choose to lay your head to rest along that journey should never leave you feeling shame. I hope we figure out affordable housing for all at some point.

[@basicallyno1722]

The shame comes from that lack of choice in becoming homeless because there is nowhere else to go

[@The.church.of.scientology]

We've figured it out but it doesn't happen to be profitable for these corporations

[@caribbeanqueen4535]

Well said your home is not a structure. It’s what you make of it.

[@firstedition1083]

stop all immigration

[@caribbeanqueen4535]

@@firstedition1083 while we are doing that we should also stop the whole world from turning.

[@kyrstenmarie]

5:25 mobile homes last affordable housing, greatest threat is corporate acquisition

[@judyberes8655]

The problem is Corporate Landlords. No compassion, just profits.

[@fidelabc123]

This is pure fucking evil and I am victim to these rent hikes that I've experienced in multiple apartments in Georgia. I'm an engineer, yet I still can't afford to buy a home to get out of this vicious cycle, especially when my rent is what's keeping me from affording a home. Something needs to be done

[@katel3962]

Stupid system, because I bet your rent is more than any mortgage would be. You'd think that proof of rent payments would be good enough to show financial responsibility.

[@Elemblue2]

@@katel3962 Its horrifying because your right.

[@YummyFoodOnlyPlz]

On an engineer salary, say you make a median income of $60-70k, I am almost certain you can afford to buy a cheap home in more remote areas or a fixer-upper in better locations. Does it entail more work and hustle? Yes. But I am not sympathetic for people who won't work for it.

[@Dan-yh4th]

Lol keep voting democrat and you'll keep getting these results. I know your liberal because otherwise you wouldn't be complaining

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

a big fix to home affordablility would be rent being allowed to be used to "build credit". if you can pay 2000 a month that should go towards showing a bank you can afford to own a home but right now rent is NOT included in credit configuration

[@ichimarutetsu]

Just before finally getting approved for the house I have now, I applied for a 2b1bath house that cost $850 a month in the middle of a drug filled ghetto. Steady employment, no eviction history, and good renting history. I got denied based on a credit score that dipped low because I had to take out a loan just to be able to apply. This is the housing market. It is so broken

[@ichimarutetsu]

And let me go and mention this also. The house I DID get approved on has sooooo many issues and I pay 960 a month to be here. The wiring in my nedroom doesn't work. The AC has to run allll day just to set at 85° if its 90+ outside. The outlets for my stove and washing machine are all jacked and in the wrong place. AND just last month the management company tried to charge my rent twice for the same month. And good luck trying to get someone on the phone to talk to. You have to drive 45min to get to their office. But it was the only thing I could afford and it's a roof over mine and my kids heads.

[@24fretsoffury]

Well, that’s because housing is now a business investment, and there’s been a noted increase in businesses buying up houses to rent out to the people that would have been able to buy them. It’s a scam.

[@pastoryoda2789]

Same problem here I’m not in a drug filled ghetto but it’s not a good part of the city and they increased rent after fixing some bs no one needed

[@anthonymoney9423]

"drug filled ghetto" ? IM SURE EVERYTHING YOU GET YOU EARNED 💩

[@johnnymcblaze]

Lol, it's not broken, it's working exactly as intended. I know you (like most) have heard truth spoken to you by someone, and dismissed it as "conspiracy theory". Now it time for those of us who knew and tried to wake people up, to laugh and say "I told you so."

[@Nikes62]

Texan here who departed California in '07. This is why I will never move back: high crime, high cost of living, incompetent local and state government. and unaffordable housing or lack there of. I mean Fresno, for chrissake. Fresno! This just shouldn't be happening.

[@wabbittrix8284]

I have to agree with the man who told the woman to put her dogs on a leash, an example would be if the dog runs out in front of a construction vehicle or falls into a drain the woman w/o knowing you can tell by her attitude she doesn't work which teaches people about rules, and laws if she worked she would understand rules are applied to everyone and there are no exceptions. That is why they don't want them taking over this would mean they would have to live under rules when rules are applied then the cost of living would go up because expectations come with a price without them people do what they want and throw caring about themselves and others including their hygiene out the window. Show me a place of tenants living without rules that is clean no junk or trash even a junkyard and landfills look better because they follow the rules and laws.

[@user-mx3th9fj4e]

Actually these people are surely quite capable of living and cooperating together. You seem to be missing the fact that they did so long before this condescending browbeating tyrant with no self awareness and a bad attitude -whom I'm sure you admire and relate to-came around and started thinking it was a wise idea to start dictating to grown adults in ways that you don't talk to people-if he knew anything about interacting with people which obviously he doesn't seem to know how to relate to people and know the dynamic of how people work and relate to one another nor I'm sure do you and you certainly got a nerve to state that the woman doesn't work as you have absolutely no knowledge or scope of what her situation is, whether she works whether she doesn't and so you got no place stating as such. And its quite clear why they don't want such lowlifes taking over you because he certainly exemplified it by his rude and low brow attitude towards the residents. That's their community NOT HIS, NOT YOURS, NOT MINE. THEIRS. You frankly really have to be either incredibly arrogant of just have no relatability as to people yourself. As exemplified by your absolutely asinine statement about these people and their "Hygiene going out the window" what is wrong with you? As if the incredible majority of people don't want to be clean. Get a life. I can tell your an unrelenting creep and Frankly, Frankly, if you were even halfway bright you wouldn't need to hug and have a hard on for the "rules" as your addiction to them is expressed above in the number of times you used the word in that short paragraph. Sometimes there needs to be rules but not when their there to be used as a threat to throw someone out on the street for not having a little dog on a leash.Your one of these ridiculous people who live in fear and use all kinds of excuses to side with the status quo bully. "OH the little dog could get loose and run out in front of a construction vehicle"..."OH this could happen"..."OH that could happen over there"..."OH"..."OH"...Well I got news for your partner, the little dogs already loose. That bothers you though Uh...Because like the smug little receiver over there you love the little rules so you can continue living in fear and having someone tell you what to do so you can in turn go and tell somebody else what to do. All because you want to live in false delusions that rules are there for the benefit of people. No most of them are there to control and benefit the select few of the status quo to which they usually don't apply anyway but to those who believe that other humans are supposed to be under them, then they apply now don't they pal?

[@tammileroux3329]

A lot of the same fears people are going through that live in subsidized housing. A lot of companies are coming through and buying the subsidized housing and then raising rents to the point where nobody can afford to live here. My heart goes out to these people.

[@bunnyboo6295]

Isn't there a shortage of that type of house why push more out there isn't enough for the low income as it is

[@OrestesSword]

Even worst, some of the subsidized housing is being renovated and rented out at fair market value, which is no longer subsidized. Low-income renters are promised Section 8 vouchers, but will have difficulty finding housing beccause Section 8 housing is also limited now.

[@virgobro2025]

thotz n mcprayerz

[@firstnamelastname7596]

@@OrestesSword a lot of section 8 voucher holders are incredibly problematic tenants - substance abuse, mental illness, they want what others have but don't want to play by, abide by the rules like that woman with the dog off the leash. They're also harder to evict because of the govt voucher so despite getting a financial incentive to rent to section 8 people, landlords don't want to. There has to be strict rules and good management of buildings/homes that take the vouchers otherwise you'd have units filled with the dog lady.

[@JABroc]

@@OrestesSword their 1st problem is being dependent on the government

[@prepareyourself6728]

Years ago I had to get rid of the big dream house which turned out to be a money pit and too much space for me to handle as I got older. I then had to make a decision to buy a smaller house or rent an apartment (which were very reasonably priced at the time, I also liked the convenience of no upkeep). I decided against the apartment and purchased a smaller home instead. Fast forward, I am so glad I purchased a home because the rents have skyrocketed! I totally understand what these people are going through. The Guy placed in control of the Receivership is not a goodfaith player. He is a corporate hack!

[@eckankar7756]

Good for you, smart move to down size. My friends all bought too much house. I bought a small house and the extra money saved started buying rental properties. I worked as a hairdresser and it was easy to afford and qualify for homes decades ago. I'll leave it all to my kids and grandkids to make their lives easier.

[@prepareyourself6728]

@@eckankar7756 Great financial move!

[@OrsoGabriel]

Just so you guys know... in April Harmony announced they will close the park in 12 months and redevelop the land... Thanks Judge Kristi 🤡and thanks Mark 🤡 !

[@dignifiedamerican8171]

I knew this was coming with mobile parks rent increase due to being acquired by corporations since private equity corporations were already acting on it since early 2000's. That's why I stayed away from purchasing a mobile park. There's many issues to owning a mobile home.. its not even mobile. But this coverage did open up my eyes to the importance of standing up together as a community to say no! I wonder what Harmony plans are? and I hope more are curious and act on that question.

[@crystalashleyyy]

Mobile home parks are extremely predatory and screw over working class and low income communities. It’s the same in AZ but worse since we are a landlord state and have no protections for tenants. It’s disgusting the entitlement of these landlords in implementing rules and rent when people own these trailers. HOAs are also a scam.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

It's disgusting that people are stupid enough to buy trailers to begin with. When you rent land, you don't get to cry when the rent goes up because you were too stupid to realize inflation exists.

[@impassable]

HOA's are the biggest scam in housing

[@phriedokra6158]

All many can find

[@kltnrjnnfr]

I am in arizona and even houses now that were own by landlords have been sold to corporate companies. The one down the street from me had so many homeless people living inside it and they were stripping it for money. I would call the police but the only thing the police could do is tell them to leave. The company doesn't even reside in the state so no one was coming to take care of the house. Finally they cleaned it up but no one lives in it yet. Its no longer landlords dealing with houses. It has finally become a corporate community.

[@zavi1919]

The reporter for this story did an amazing job. Screw these corporations buying up property and homes to artificially inflate home prices. Laws and regulations need to be made on this.

[@laprepper]

The cost of life always increases based on national monetary policy. Most landlords aren’t evil and making a profit on business is to be expected. If you want a stable rent price buy a home. Trailer parks are terrible because lot rent is always $500-$1000 a month even if you own the trailer

[@1cont]

Do you see that the value of having a safe place to live is the reason for the price increase.

[@leahflower9924]

I just saw the John Steinbeck movie in dubious battle it took place during great depression in Cali and nothing even seems that different

[@leahflower9924]

@@laprepper I knew someone from East Germany they had guaranteed housing under communism honestly we need to have that too

[@natalie0155]

Not that I deem all corporations are evil but I think the idea of businessmen trying to make a profit from their businesses is something sensible.

[@dakmycat3688]

When I first moved to California from Texas I was 9. We moved to Malaga, calif into a trailer park called Tall Trees off of golden state. I loved it. My 8 siblings and I would run amuck thru that park. Fast forward 40 years, I live in sac and own my own house.