The city wants to evict them from their mobile homes. But they're fighting back. | Eviction Notice

You can't fight city hall. Or can you? Residents of a beleaguered mobile home park are about to find out. The City of Calgary has served them with an eviction notice, but some refuse to leave. #CBCShortDocs
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Midfield Mobile Home Park is in a prime Calgary location, a 17-acre inner-city site located at the one of the busiest sections of the city - where the TransCanada Highway meets the city’s main freeway.
For more than four decades, residents saw the city grow up around them, yet the community remained mostly unchanged. Neighbours helped neighbours, gardens were planted, children were raised. Midfield was a small town within a big city.
In 2014, residents received an eviction notice: the park was to be be closed on September 30th, 2017. The date was set for the final battle in a war that had been raging for 20 years.
The City of Calgary cites crumbling infrastructure for the closure. Sewer pipes were placed under the homes in 1968; time and a lack of maintenance have taken their toll. The City has stated it would be too costly to conduct the repairs. Residents of Midfield aren’t buying it.
With homes in the surrounding communities selling for millions of dollars and an aggressive redevelopment plan for the area already approved by City Council, the residents of Midfield Mobile Home Park believe they are sitting on land so valuable, it must come at the cost of their home and their community.
Rudy Prediger, an 83 year-old former long-haul trucker, is not a man who is afraid of a fight. More than half of Midfield’s residents are like Rudy: elderly, poor, with no other place to go. The $10,000 dollar “transitional allowance” the city is offering doesn’t come close to even a down payment in Calgary’s frantic real estate market, and most of the mobile homes are too old to move. A previous plan to build a park on the eastern boundary of the city has disappeared, and no other mobile home parks are taking new units.
Rudy digs in for a fight, using local media and community support to launch a last-ditch effort to save a home he has lived in for 47 years. As the eviction date nears, Rudy risks everything to protect what he holds most dear.
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[@rubencohen2936]

Sad for the home owners !

[@johndicksonkaraoke2554]

This is immoral the City of Calgary could of least gave 60,000 or more for moving, 10,000 is a joke or let the landowners stay. I have a lot of respect for people that stand up to corrupt politicians.

[@melvawilliams4279]

@@johndicksonkaraoke2554 b no

[@greensteelusallc7862]

Can you give us an up6on these people. This is a sad situation. People have no homes, they are seniors or disabled people. Stop this nonsense.

[@lisalastnamesmith]

UPDATE

[@rhondaburke5700]

This is why the homeless problem is so bad. The rich get richer, the poor are thrown on the streets. Greed. It is all greed. Shame on society.😢

[@Makeluvnotwar]

hi so this was in cananda??

[@PhoenixFires9]

@@Makeluvnotwar Yes.

[@carlosdyer5868]

I agree with most of what you say but I want to add that it's the handful of local heartless government officials and Developers, that only have one thing in their mind ,dollar signs $$$$$$.

[@nickhill8612]

That's sad. I thought stuff like this only happens here in the states.

[@shanincoffer6455]

😭It's truly sad in Satan's system.- 1 John 5:19 Peace will come in Paradise earth. But not here. Many are storing all their treasures here but none in heaven.

[@Jessica-kk1cz]

This is rich stealing from poor. Plain and simple. Disgusting.

[@patricksaxon3983]

Remember, if it was not for the rich, you would not have a job.

[@Jessica-kk1cz]

@@patricksaxon3983 That’s a joke, right? The rich would not be rich if it wasn’t for the people who do the actual work that makes them rich.

[@patricksaxon3983]

@@Jessica-kk1cz That is why we all owe it to the rich and wealthy, because we could never afford the expensice warehouses, the machines that runs into the millions of dollars to give us jobs.

[@stacitowery4461]

It might not be the sweetest, but it isn’t stealing.

[@demaskus2016]

Israeli style

[@dondamon443]

They call it "progress". I call it "theft". I live in an apartment in Sacramento California, I'm 72 years young. I'm holding my breath that nothing like this ever happens to me and my wife. Our community is the elderly 55+ years old. So we are all facing the future with uncertainty. I just hope we can live out our lives in peace and without any worries like these folks did up in Canada. So sad.

[@cassidypresley614]

Don Damon ..........it's called the.........Root Of All Evil 😈! Money & Greed..........plain and simple.

[@michaelchambers7691]

I was born in Woodland CA and couldn't do worth a darn in Sacramento for success. I'm age 45 living in Salt Lake County UT working sheetmetal to pay my bills. A lot of people should have a change of life if it really means a better quality of life.

[@thekittycatnetwork]

If the land doesn’t belong to you, you’re future is always uncertain.

[@RandaWise]

Oh wow! I hope you guys are going to be OK. This is sad to see this. God is our only hope Isaiah 65:21 gives comfort and hope to all who are suffering. Be sure to also check out Psalm 37:9-11. This speaks of earth. Heaven doesn't have these problems. Only the earth needs a change.

[@dcg590]

@@cassidypresley614have them move in with you then

[@cassandraclapp6667]

As a person who dreams of owning a home this hurts me. Hurts me to see their lives shattered and hurts to know even if I buy a home this could be my fate.

[@somewhatinformed1208]

don't build on land you can not afford or is not for sale.

[@itsfelicia]

Buy your land.

[@debrawilder9551]

They own the home not the land it sits on why i would never live in one unless i owned my land

[@tomtee4442]

Enimate domain by Government it can happen anywhere in America, Canada and more. Look it up.

[@winniethepoohandeeyore2]

@@tomtee4442 They have to compensate.

[@liyanam7888]

No money, no rights. We are not equal on this world.

[@roxannemoreno2012]

Well said 👏

[@watchinit6530]

Liyana M, The "have nots" are always on the short end of the stick. There's nothing new about this concept. It goes back for not just years, but for centuries even.

[@shanincoffer6455]

EXACTLY

[@godseeker1168]

You know it .

[@godseeker1168]

@Somackyou are soo on point!

[@yoyoland8461]

Something tells me the people down in that golf course didn’t like the view

[@conniewatson6437]

That was my feeling exactly.

[@bonniebell2050]

Ur probably right..

[@Marie-st3pi]

I bet you’re right..... And it’s a sad sick shame

[@czogg99]

You sho ain't lying

[@alishaburton7444]

Absolutely!

[@madambutterfly7513]

This just makes me so sad, I cried. Many of these people had lived there for years, Rudy, 47 years!! It's not right what the city did!! $10 K doesn't compensate for a lifetime of memories

[@angie6649]

How sad that this happened. The city took away everything they worked for. For the system, people are trash; they not only destroyed their homes and placed them in trash containers; the souls of this helpless residents went to the trash too. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!

[@agentchicken3577]

It was never about replacing the water main, it was about pushing the "undesirables" out of view from the rest of the world

[@sharonbell8895]

ye they sort a just blew OFF the whole REASON to Need a new water line ,,,

[@karifredrikson8492]

The City can get More Money through taxes with High Rise Buildings & Developers can squeeze the City for more money. These people are the Victims of Government & Greed of the Developers. Who are these Peoples Advocates?

[@Cgrant65]

Morality in a downward spiral direction. Not sure how the people who make these decisions to make other homeless can sleep at night. Sad that money is more important than the livelihoods of people.

[@pinacoloda226]

Agent Chicken,I agree😔

[@shogged]

Except if you drove by this place you wouldn’t even know it was there lol it was 100% out of sight and out of mind already

[@AJR-zg2py]

For anyone who says "well it's just a trailer park, one less low-income blight to worry about"... shame on you. Not everyone has the same opportunities and privileges. Some folks are dealt a horrible hand. Fall on hard times for a number of reasons. We shouldn't judge. These are people whose HOMES are being taken from them. I know they don't own the land... but it's still sad. What if they can't afford to live anywhere else?

[@johntran1352]

what rights? People must know that the land is not their. You rent 20 years does not make the house yours.

[@chownful]

@@johntran1352 I'm not going to be demolishing elderly and family mobile homes for some god damn golf course developer - that just ain't gonna happen.

[@deedeeotero4475]

@@johntran1352 STFU you ignoramus.

[@robertbrawley5048]

It is about the cheapest way to go lot rents are typically $700 a month for a ground floor apartment size living space with parking right out side the door and enough yard to have a cookout. Even a $2400 apartment couldnt offer those amenities

[@mrmotofy]

Yet all those people were able to find other living arrangements

[@sandralent1108]

Once again, man's inhumanity to man comes to the surface. Thank you for a touching and valuable video.

[@michaelveis8937]

This happens here in the US all the time. More often than any other country on earth, even during this pandemic. Unfortunately, there's nothing these people can do about it. They are powerless, unless the public fights on their side. But in this case, the battle has been lost.

[@pickinforalivin]

They killed a community.

[@AskRemy]

corrupt politicians corrupt judges - rule of law is non-existent

[@kooskoos8181]

So sad :(

[@billjoe39]

but they padded their bank accounts- all that matters to some

[@rowstone3019]

This is America. The people should have more of the wealth but the corrupt make the laws.

[@marialindell9874]

They have been doing this since settlers came there. In NYC, central park there was a POC community driven to displacement and homelessness. They tried to fight, but the city got what they wanted.

[@dmotta2811]

To see that bulldozer knocking down someone’s home was really sad.

[@waynecrothers9441]

Especially Rudy's when he spent thousands on new roof and sidings,all for what

[@somewhatinformed1208]

@@waynecrothers9441 20k bad investment building on land he does not own.

[@dirkplant]

It's very sad, especially went it could've been avoided.. Pay your rent, this isn't fantasy island. Noone lives for free regardless of what lies you tell yourself.

[@dirkplant]

False since of entitlement

[@thelonesurvivor3955]

@@somewhatinformed1208 honestly,the very fact that we never truly own our home and land is an affront to the foundation of this country,it wasn't perfect,but there was an ideal in mind,and the government butting into your home and relationships is unacceptable and is deserving of a revolution. Everyone in the white house needs to be wiped out,classic revolutionary style.

[@ronnieowen5557]

This is very similar to a situation that occurred in 2009. There was a huge subdivision development in which the city and the county discovered that the sewer and water pipes had been built substandard, and while they could be replaced and updated with the homes intact, it would cost the city and county triple what it would cost to simply demolish 340 homes. In 90% of the cases the people living in these homes were elderly, their homes were paid for and they had lived there since they were new in 1965. The city had first stated that the elderly people would be relocated to “rent controlled” apartments, but they would now have to pay rent to live there, and that they would receive a payment to “purchase” their homes, they were offered 5000 dollars, that is it. Most of these homes, while there had been a decrease in value due to the issues with water and sewer, were still valued at more than 150000 dollars. Most of these homes were very well kept as were the lawns and other curtilage around the homes. They were told that they would have free movers to help them move. In the end, they were evicted 6 months early, with no apartments and payments of only 500 dollars and no movers. It was discovered that the city had put in the sewer and water lines, not the developer, and it was the city that did it substandard to cut costs there, so this was the fault of the city, and there was some blame to the county. But the actual end of the story was that the county took ownership of the massive acreage and they built a brand new city hall and some other county buildings on the land, which had been authorized 6 months BEFORE the issues were stated with the sewer and water lines. It was a cheap land grab plain and simple. These people never actually financially recovered and 120 of the people evicted from homes they owned ended up homeless due to this because they could not recover on the social security checks. The fortunate ones ended up in crappy little apartments because they could no longer afford to purchase new homes and they lived their lives that way while the city and county sold off the land left after they used what they wanted and made millions on it because it was at that time after what they did considered very valuable property for commercial uses. (One major chemical company even built there due to a good lake access on the back side of the property. (Yes an number of the homes were lake front homes). The Government no matter if it is City, County, or Federal care anything about us, they do what they want with impunity. This is why we the people need to stand together NOW before it is too late and put an end to it. Time to show the government that THEY are the public servants not us.

[@TheTread123]

Did this happen in a USA state?

[@RedClover1987]

Where did this happen? Sounds like Illinois……

[@kkellerk23]

I really shouldn't have watched this before bed, but I've seen the worst in humans my whole life. So no surprise to see this happening. What is even more upsetting, folks won't vote those idiots out of office. Smh things will never change unless you take action.

[@janicem4382]

That was heartbreaking. What disgusting treatment by a cold, uncaring bunch of city officials. 10,000 dollars was a slap in the face, unfair and unreasonable value. There is nothing comparable that they could have afforded.

[@rosemarypaulus3518]

So sad😭

[@evelynconnell3686]

This is so sad , This is not right,

[@davedangerous]

And the average price of a house and land is.... let me guess $500,000. Bunch of rich bastids kicking around the poor again.

[@apodc123]

The city has all this money because of the people they take all of our money get rich off of it and do what they want with us an throw us crumbs while they handle public funds we need to take our country back before it's too late

[@somewhatinformed1208]

@Wally Watts Owning land is for people who don't expect government assistance. Except when landowners want to evict people off land they own the governments pretty handy. We need government to enforce the laws of the land. Being poor does not give people rights that supersede peoples right to own.

[@HarvestMoon21]

I'm 59 and have spent over 45 years in a moblie home. People do treat and think of you as trash sometimes but frankly my dear I don't give a damn...😛

[@debbyfaner291]

I have lived in a mobile home my whole life. I work 3 jobs just to stay afloat. It's not easy. I'm with ya on what you said. Sometimes I get treated differently for where I live and it isn't right. I'm clean and a decent human trying to make ends meet

[@HarvestMoon21]

@@debbyfaner291 I completely understand, I've always been called "Trailer Trash" kids at school didn't come up with that, it came from their families, who lives in glass houses, the older I got I begin to understand that, as a young child it was painful, I loved my home, my neighbors, couldn't understand how what I lived in gave them the right to talk/ physical abuse towards me & my family. So that's still my home, my neighborhood ❣️ ☮️ and best wishes for the holidays and a VERY VIRUS free year to you my neighbor❣️ I love my by God mobile home😊

[@debbyfaner291]

Thank you! You have a good Christmas too!

[@nickhill8612]

@@debbyfaner291 It was my younger sister myself and my mom living in a trailer. I remember my mom working 2-3 jobs. I was so stupid I didn't know how hard it was for her.

[@eckankar7756]

I remember as a kid watching Elvis in the movie It Happened at the World's Fair. he did a number in a trailer park and it looked so glamorous. Later I saw a PBS show about people being tossed out of the trailer park just as this show describes it. While still a kid it had such an impact on me that I promised myself I'd own a house and the land under it no matter what.

[@sherriz3265]

OMG! This brought me to tears. I’m so sorry for those people that had to see their homes destroyed and had to move. And for what?!?! The city had no intentions of doing anything with that land. The just didn’t want those people and their homes on it. Truly sad

[@sherrynelson1508]

In the 90s a park owner let me have a snack concession at the community pool. Children were not allowed to swim unless there was an adult watching. A lot of the parents asked if I would mind to watch the children so they could swim after school. They also made sure they had snack money. They were happy healthy families. I wonder what becomes of people now that these communities are being torn down . You could have your own home yard and it seemed much better than huge apartment complexes.

[@davesummer2552]

Imagine all the people, families, seniors etc having lost these homes to put up more crappy condos for investors to get richer, for real estate agents to drive prices up and for bureaucrats to keep busy and maybe skim a bit for themselves...pathetic times we’re living in. Are you going to tell me this land was NEEDED for this “high density development”, what a crock. Greedy scumbags should leave people alone

[@vmitchinson]

What is more reprehensible is the land is still vacant. The whole destruction of that park is based on predigist against mobile homes.

[@michaelmullin3585]

@@vmitchinson The city wants the city-owned land available to sell to a developer. They wouldn not get any offers with residents on the land.

[@chrisvalentine3017]

You have hit the nail on the head, someone want's to make money out of it.

[@Elizabeth-rq1vi]

High density high end development most likely. It’s 2021 & Midfield park is still undeveloped.

[@elizabethbrazel9162]

@@Elizabeth-rq1vi o my goodness what a wicked act against humanity evilous set of people kill the poor and elderly for their what ? U see the the poor is not government concern government is only for the rich

[@gojump7]

*This video should be REQUIRED watching by anyone who is considering buying a trailer and putting it on a rented lot.*

[@mspat8195]

This happens to people in houses & apartments, too, rented OR owned!

[@juliesprik9479]

I agree 💯 percent.

[@doriemckay6935]

I'm wondering if I made this mistake.

[@loriedwards6097]

we are in this situation right now, i 100% second this comment

[@tarawalton6778]

AGREE💯

[@Bettinasisrg]

This is wrong on SO many levels, sickening to the core and I hope the people pushing these people out get their karma.

[@michellefury12345]

My heart breaks for the old man...so much loss in his life then to take all of these peoples homes and the land is still vacant? What a shame💔

[@loulalucille8946]

I lived in a trailer for 4 years. I am here to tell you, there is no difference from living in a traditional house, just cheaper. I hate that there is a stigma on trailers, or being poor. This breaks my heart. All because some people with more money thought they were better than these folks.

[@Chordonblue]

There is ONE difference. If you don't own the land under it, you have NO recourse for something like this.

[@deniseleaps]

Unfortunately, if you don’t own the land greedy people like shown here can get away with it. It’s sad. I looked into a mobile home but the landlords in our area did the owners wrong. I decided it wasn’t worth it. So, I waited and bought a fixer upper.

[@michellecorbin2687]

We started out in a manufactured home in a park. in 1984. Then we bought two acres of property and moved it out to the country. At the rate the communities for them are disappearing that's about the only way I'd have another. Nobody can tell you to get lost or charge you lot rent. The people who bought it still live there and have added on to it. Only way to go now and it is hard to do. Most places won't let you have the zoning but this is West Virginia. The well, septic, driveway, electricity and movers cost a lot up front but can be worth it!

[@scottr3484]

There is a BIG difference between a trailer and a regular home. You people need to stop blaming others.

[@Chordonblue]

@@scottr3484 You're right. People should be WELL educated before making a decision to buy a home that can easily be pulled out from under them. I would suggest that this documentary is a GREAT way to start that conversation.

[@opr8tr1962]

Thank you Mayor Nenshi for doing this to my parents. All they wanted was to live out their last years in their home... God rest their souls.

[@annihilatedbutcomingback1119]

This breaks my heart, im so sorry, I don't even have the proper words to express to you💔

[@doylejodi7502]

🥺😔😪😢

[@taraerskine3954]

So sorry for your parents,that was such a rotten thing to do. I pray that your parents are safe & comfortable. I pray for all who lost there homes,hopes,& dreams!

[@deeliciousgrapes]

🙏🙏🤲🤲🤗💕🥰

[@sandygarcia6684]

I'm so sorry. I know how that feels.

[@sexysophie4426]

I feel like if they're going to evict them from their homes they should at least compensate them for a new place! Or automatically give them somewhere to go! This is really sad . The higher ups never have a heart .

[@dcg590]

Move them into your home!! You’re so generous.

[@ronwilson5906]

At first I thought a developer wanted the land but when they said the land sits vacant to this day I changed my mind. they were evicted for personal reasons the rich didn't like them there

[@janicethomas3775]

These actions by the landowners may be legally correct but the actions are morally corrupt.

[@teresasmith4446]

what the rich want the rich take one way or another either by trying to pay you enough money to leave or by force because everyone else is left and you have no choice but to leave it's kind of sucky but that's just the way it is everywhere in all parts of the world even here hopefully these people are doing okay now God bless

[@milobar100]

Money blinds these people. They don't see the suffering, the hurt...it's just the money that counts.

[@jillh7403]

It's all about $$$$

[@bronicaloglesby3610]

One thing for sure, no one gets by God !

[@PhoenixFires9]

I think that what they did was morally bereft but not unexpected. People who rent can get turned out of their homes in much shorter time spans with zero compensation.

[@lordcron]

That's the thing that chaps my butt, When they are in a rush to push everyone off the property only to have it sit vacant with no plans to develop on it. What the hell did you kick them out for?!

[@TheOceanJames]

The tenants didn't own the property. They agreed to these specific terms when they signed their lease agreements. They are lucky to get $10k + moving expenses. The only people who owed anyone anything in this film were the tenants, to honor and uphold the terms in their lease agreement.

[@tedneill1246]

@@TheOceanJames Happy to see YOU live in a world that is strictly Black and White. I must only conclude that compassion is not a quality you look for in your municipal government.

[@quincyslawgmailcom]

@@TheOceanJames: Hope you're a lawyer, otherwise you've missed your calling, i.e., lawfully screwing over others - particularly those of little to no monetary sway and political clout. May ":justice," always be meted out to you in the same antiseptic, cold, stark way that you yourself regard the world; that way, according to the likes of you, everything in the universe will properly adhere to a "no grey area," anti-humanist, allegedly logical scenario. What an exceedingly sad world we now live in. Lastly, your YT moniker pretty much sums up your less than generous outlook on the treatment of others, especially those ever-seeking to live decent lives minus big fat bank accounts and stock portfolios. Quincy's Law

[@MankindFails]

@@quincyslawgmailcom Get over yourself ! In life you don't have only rights, you also have duties. These people rented lands to live in mobile homes. Key word here being "mobile" as in being able to move away if need be. So they settled permanently which they are not supposed too. So when it was time to move they couldn't. Now the city could evict them with a year notice and no compensations and they decided to give them 3 years, 10 000$ and pay their moving fees. So in a situation where some peoples do the wrong things and other do the right things, you blame the ones doing the right things. Then you imagine it makes you some kind of saint... Pfff You're such a phony.

[@lovelylady1966]

@@TheOceanJames you are an idiot so your telling me the tenants agreed to leave their homes they owned and only receive $10,000 plus moving exspenses yes you are a very stupid and greedy person.

[@noname-ye7zj]

So depressing, For the love of money is the root of all evil.

[@barbieburton1665]

I am so sad for these older people and any residents that are being evicted. It's not fair no matter what. At least they can help them in some way. Elites are running this country and world. So unfair. May God Bless these residents.

[@nana_ginny]

Just shows cities are not caring about these folks & all about money!

[@tallthinkev]

Like round my way. The council will listen to people and take on board what they say. Then do what they wanted in the first place. 35,000 new homes yet no new doctors, schools, roads, hospital...

[@Iris_Collins]

Crap like this goes down, and they're wondering why there are suddenly so many homeless people.

[@mrmotofy]

Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

[@mrmotofy]

@Soph Wright Yes some of the renters rights stuff is ridiculous. Show proof of ownership, rental contract ended, done deal send in the Sheriff to enforce removal the same day. Then again on the flip side there's a lot of complicated situations that take time to reveal the truth. Squatters should have no right to take a home. There's a lot of entitlement these days. The more developed and prosperous nations become the worse it gets

[@mrmotofy]

@Soph Wright Yep called adverse possession

[@cynthiabackman6174]

I hate our government

[@Iris_Collins]

@@cynthiabackman6174 I know, right!

[@julieellis2870]

This is so sad. Especially with homelessness such a huge issue everywhere. A city council should not be able to take actions like this.

[@toolman3491]

I feel for those that are being evicted. I am in the mobile home repair business and have been in for 53 years in the state of Washington. To keep a long story short. I started out in this business in the early days when most mobile home communities were built and owned by private citizens UNTIL one-day park ownership became a corporate thing and that is when the party ended permanently. I have been in the mobile home business probably longer than anyone. So here it is. I will tell you the truth about the advice I give to anyone who asks. Don't do it. as beautiful, convenient, secure, and all those other amenities offered may look good to you but, steer clear you don't own the land and are susceptible to the Park Lords and the corporate interests. I have seen this kind of event happen time and again. I could go on and on but know this the people that control your living experience can and will take your life from you without blinking an eye it is their land and when they want to cash in well you know.

[@jaciekelly3391]

That city sucks I'll never give them my tourist dollars

[@scottr3484]

I don't go to Canada.

[@lark6spur]

This is truly despicable and downright EVIL!!!

[@mrmotofy]

Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. They all chose to leave their trailer trash behind costing the govt more money. Robbing the community of those funds. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

[@Msbuddy08sej]

Tragic

[@Jane-lf2fb]

@@mrmotofy I live in this city. These were homes not trailer trash. Most of these folks were seniors and disabled people. The park is an old one and the infrastructure probably DID need replacing. It's on top of a hill overlooking the golf course and the reasoning was that water leaks were causing the slope to become unstable. Also the city does want to have retail in there as it's on a major east west road. Owners of homes in this park that COULD be moved were offered that option I believe. Problem is that a lot of homes were 30,40, 50 years old or more. They can't be moved, they won't hold up. $10,000 was not enough by far but it was a bad situation all around.

[@mrmotofy]

@@Jane-lf2fb If they were that old...they were overpaid for them then and should consider themselves lucky.

[@marcgadoury5460]

Amen

[@paularogers3549]

This is so sad. It shouldn’t be this way for these people. I’ve lived where I’m at for 11 years change is hard.

[@avalondreaming1433]

They did the exact same thing to a trailer park in Dallas. The people were elderly and had all lived in their trailers for over 40 years. It was on what was considered a flood plain. A new expensive housing development was put up a block away. A wealthy lady who had moved in made a complaint about the trailers not being up to code. She said she didn't want to have to drive by and look at an eyesore. The people were forced out. None of the trailers were able to be moved. All because a new neighbor didn't want to look at them.

[@diannenaworensky6698]

I found this story to be so sad. No one should have their home taken from them.

[@patricksaxon3983]

In Bryan, Texas, if someone wants your property, they can have the city condemn it and then get your home for a lot less money and force you out.

[@Chordonblue]

Technically, their homes weren't TAKEN. This is the predatory result of not owning the land under your home. I just sold my mobile home after a large corporation purchased the land underneath it. They wasted no time in raising the rents and making formerly allowable things like a firepit, against the rules. The park was started by a well-known local doctor over 50 years ago. He was aware that housing was essential to a growing population and it needed to be affordable. It was kept clean, and any troublemakers were shown the exit. His children continued taking care of the place, until recently. They've become too elderly to do the job, and their kids didn't want to. We were fortunate, having an opportunity to purchase a home nearby. The others, especially the elderly on fixed incomes? Not so much.

[@cassidypresley614]

Dianne Naworensky.........it's called "The Root Of All Evil !! Money, Power and Greed.

[@mortgageapprovals8933]

If I were to set up a mobile home on your property would you be ok with it? Or would you ask me to leave because I am on your property? What if I pleaded with you and said pleas don't kick me out of my home? The people living here on on someone else's property. They do not own the land. In the same way you would not tolerate me staying on your property why should the city tolerate people staying on their property. And if you care so much would you allow any of these people on your property? No you would not.

[@Chordonblue]

@@mortgageapprovals8933 your name is telling, so we can all understand which side you likely side with. The difference between someone just moving on to my property would be whether I had invited them to do so and pay me a fixed amount. There is no real equity in a mobile home that is sitting on someone else's land because at any time that person or company who owns said land can pull it out from under you and then where do you go? Few people have the resources to move those homes and even if they could, because of the understandable preference of mobile home parks for newer homes, homeowners are unlikely to find a space to put it anyway. Perhaps private or corporate ownership of these Parks needs to stop. Perhaps all mobile home parks need to be group owned by the tenants with management rules and laws applied by local communities in which they reside. Mobile homes seem to be a special case, neither Feast nor famine. It is a place for people to live, but it could also be a place where people go bankrupt and lose their homes and have nowhere to go. For those people, it's cardboard box time, right? I simply think that these issues are going to require some serious rethinking.

[@donnaterry1200]

I pray that those who have made the decision to displace the residents get exactly what they deserve. May they find themselves in dire situations like they have imposed on others!

[@foreverwise999]

Well said DONNA TERRY , GOD will send his message and let see how they like it.

[@ladyjade6446]

If not in this life then the next.

[@feralLove]

Hopefully it will happen sooner then later

[@betzlaplant2755]

well that would be true justice hope we are still alive to see something like that to take place

[@robynweeks6004]

Karma and mother nature can be so underated..and it's funny how they usually come calling on these types of people.. no good can come from evil

[@alisonlee3314]

"If you play nice, they walk all over you". Never a truer word said.

[@elizabethshaw734]

There is nothing like a cat to reduce stress and to make you happy! they understand the vocabulary up to a three-year-old child so my George knows everything I say to him and acts accordingly.

[@sarahburton3110]

What was the point of kicking these peaceful families off the land only for it to sit vacant. City Hall should bow their heads in shame.

[@akaJoo]

They don't want poor people around. It is heartbreaking.

[@bunzeebear2973]

Must be the extra tax money they get for vacant land??NOT? The tree has protected status?

[@offgridhomesteaders863]

They all should be shot. You don't get it, THEY HAVE NO SHAME!

[@bigvalley4987]

After the City Hall take a bow. Than they need to ensure these people are placed in permanent housing. And anyone else that is affected in this economy. This is America. The home of the free or the brave?

[@blackfacehardon5163]

They dont care

[@kathleenkoval3424]

What a horrible thing to do to people , I am so sorry for everyone who had to endure this pain

[@bonniebell2050]

Oh gosh me 2..Breaks my heart..U know most will miss each other..That's the really sad part..

[@Angel-tw3ko]

Don't ever move to a trailer park, they can do anything that they want with their land. Its better to have your own land to put your home on..park owners are opportunistic and prey on the poor.

[@PhoenixFires9]

@@Angel-tw3ko Agreed! My grandparents eventually bought their own piece of land to put their mobile home on.

[@lindajackson618]

@@Angel-tw3ko not so! Millions have had their cbs block homes condemned and property seized by what ever government in that city, county, and etc. Happened to a whole neighborhood here in PB County, Fl. Back in the early 90s. The county airport wanted the land and got it. People had lived there 40-50 years. Big long court battle and of course they lost. Happens all over America. If billionaire wants to build a mall or Walmart want to build your home and life means nothing.

[@larachevrier-brown6439]

@@lindajackson618 I'm from Palm Beach County. I live in Volusia County now, near Daytona. Here in Florida...if the owners (or city owned)..they are required to relocate the residents in a comparable location & rent. I live in a mobile park community and pay lot rent. I will never do that again! In the last 2 yrs the management hasn't done squat. But increase rent anyway. This is costing me a big lesson.

[@shannonsaunders547]

Absolutely cruel evicting people especially at there age. The ones who are doing this have a spot in hell waiting for them.

[@darrisnelson5223]

This is typical of the U.S./California county where I live and any most county or cities where land prices are through the roof. The city council here, like there, says they care about low income housing, elder displacement, single parent households, they do not…$$ rule not people. They should be ashamed…😠

[@davidjohnmiller4849]

They’ll dig your grave up if they want the land , immortal words were never spoken !

[@c50ge]

And then expect you to cover yourself with dirt

[@jacquelineransfield989]

they are in a rush to push everyone off the property only to have it sit vacant with no plans to develop on it. What the hell did you kick them out for?!

[@standupstew1645]

Because the location of the trailer park was worth big money, which means big taxes.The reason it is still vacant is that Calgary is the oil capital of Canada,and since the slump in oil prices is not doing so well.

[@maryannlaylanzon9885]

In Detroit metro area lot rent just went up to 700.00 a month. hardly any lots . terrible people can't even use a tax break on them.

[@karengiorella2690]

It's always about money.

[@Chordonblue]

@@standupstew1645 Yes it is the oil capital - but Alberta can't take advantage of that potential when you can't move it out of the province. It is what it is.

[@Msangel06]

Right

[@barbthompson2715]

How in the heck does a 92 year old tenant get any eviction notice!, wow!! That is cold hearted!!!!!

[@williamjones4483]

Heartbreaking. A government that can give you everything can take everything. So much for Canadian social safety nets. Looking at this location on 06/06/2022 on Google Earth reveals that this land is vacant. Nothing has been placed on it.

[@joannietowner3317]

I'm 71, I lived in Trailwood Park in South Carolina, In 2012, the park was evicted from Boeing Aircraft. They took my home that I lived in for forty years. My mom bought my trailer in 1976 , she loved it. She passed away in 1997. I cremated her. In March 2013 I went to the site of the old trailers platform and spreaded her ashes. Now they paved the area. Her ashes will be forever on the trailers platform and under the pavement. I raised my kids at that place . There was a lake at the park. I would take the kids there and fish. It's sad it's gone now. I miss it, Certainly i do.

[@maureenkirby1155]

Another happy ending for the politicians and the property developers. Well done! If the city of Calgary had to redo water/sewers anyway, why couldn't they do it for these long time residents and why did they break their promise on a new mobile home park to assist in relocation? The people responsible for taking away that neighbourhood must leave their humanity at the door and I'm sure none of them are living in a mobile home park. How do any of you sleep at night? Thank you CBC Docs POV for these enlightening stories.

[@blairstewart2476]

Joannie Towner i’m so sorry . That’s awful.

[@yoleeisbored]

im sorry. rest in peace to your mother.

[@208cindygirl]

The love of money

[@spocksbeard76]

@@208cindygirl That Says It ALL!!

[@Katietoo]

This has left me broken-hearted for all these people. I cannot believe that the golf-course still remains, yet peoples' homes and dreams have been harshly destroyed. I live in France so these cruel actions have, and are still, being known globally. Shame on the culprits, and love and peace to those afflicted.

[@rebaeasler]

God could and should send a earthquake to get rid of the Goff court..perfect carma for the rich..

[@robynweeks6004]

Location , Location, Location

[@faithrada]

Too bad the greedy power mongers don't understand that God IS Watching... and that ALL will be held accountable for their actions. No one gets away with anything.

[@robynweeks6004]

@@faithrada Amen

[@StephenShawCanada]

@@rebaeasler Why blame the golf course? They have absolutely nothing to do about this. The owner of the park decided to sell out the residents who were invited to live there all those years ago.

[@dapdne4916]

This was 4 years ago Damn. God Bless the former citizens of this trailer park. This is the only home for some elderly people who probably had no where to go. Apparently also young families. Thank God certain ones found new homes. Shame on this city government! Calgary seemed like such a friendly place. I guess NOT. What is that crazy deal with that golf course? That is pure insanity!!

[@MistressGlowWorm]

How much did that mayor get paid in that deal? Someone needs to follow the money. It never lies.

[@vickithilges3497]

When people are forced out of their homes it just adds to Homelessness. So Sad 😞

[@mrmotofy]

Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

[@gracefullikeagazelle]

Vicki Thilges Very sad. In Canada we face an eviction wave AND a homelessness crisis. Yet the government instructs us to "STAY HOME". Please advise.!

[@Christmas-dg5xc]

"When people are forced out of their homes it just adds to Homelessness." Yes, but homelessness enables them to tell people, "we need you to fund a new program to combat homelessness." As with many other businesses, you have to "create the market."

[@msjay025]

When older people are forces out, it is the beginning to an end for them. Shame on everyone who are partakes for the rich.

[@mrmotofy]

@@msjay025 They all found somewhere else to live

[@Jean-gf3fi]

$10,000 in cash for your home in CALGARY? They ought to be ASHAMED of themselves. There needs to be a guarantee that when you buy a mobile home, you are safe from this nonsense & abuse

[@irunthestreets]

you got 10k and you got to keep your home, you could relocate it to a different mobile home park.

[@spocksbeard76]

@@irunthestreets Most Of them(The Mobile Homes) Were Too Old To Move.

[@jeremynemily]

It’s costs significant $ to move a mobile home.

[@vmitchinson]

Ok Wise guy, Where can you move it to?

[@kilimangarohighz9481]

@Billy Ray Valentine In Canada NO ONE possess anything. The Whole Canada belongs to her majesty the Queen of England. We are all renters. Don't think your house is yours. If the Queen decides to get it she will get it and no one can stop her.

[@caroleastmond9064]

This is so terrible that this city is doing this to these home owners, a city should help its people and not destroyed them.

[@marieevelyndunlap]

Although I've never met the man, I had to grit my teeth when they showed Rudy's home being demolished. Unfortunately, renting a pad in a mobile home park doesn't provide much protection for the home owner. You might as well just rent an apartment. Such a shame for all of those folks.

[@maygnjamieson485]

This is a truly sad story, shame on the council for not letting people live there lives in peace

[@mrmotofy]

Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

[@PhoenixFires9]

@Daylight Angel What happened to “God helps those who help themselves”. I actually hate this quote because sometimes people have no way to help themselves.

[@Growmap]

@@mrmotofy Are you aware that you're lying? Older mobile homes cannot be moved. Where you live, how much does it cost to move? Where could they relocate for the same monthly overhead? (Into a basement "bunker"?) Easy for the rich to say "buy your own". If those people had the money to buy land, put in utilities, and build a house they probably would have. Are you aware what that costs? And that is no guarantee the government won't decide to take your land after you put in all those investments.

[@mrmotofy]

@@Growmap Are you aware I'm NOT LYING. Contact mobile home movers, they have moved em up to 50yrs old or more. Without getting into specifics we can't say if it's allowed or not in any one location. There's different regulations everywhere. But to blanket say old homes can't be moved is FALSE. One has to work within the regulations of your location. Many times the permits/regulations will be relaxed for park closures etc. It's generally gonna be expensive to move. There's a lot of work, but one assumes that cost or risk when you buy the mobile home. Relocating is YOUR OWN responsibility. NOT your landlord or city in this case. YOU voluntarily and knowingly chose to and agreed to sign the documents and live there. But there's no where for them to move to. Or they're too old for other parks. Again that's the homeowners problem and responsibility. Nobody else's. One assumes those kind of risks going into it. Yes I'm very knowledgeable on all the complications and costs involved in buying land, building and moving. I've worked in home construction, transport and lived in a home in a park for 13yrs. It was MY choice and MY RISK/Responsibility. There's a risk you get kicked out of the park, have to either move it or sell to an approved buyer. Those costs and complications belong to nobody else but the home owner. YOU bought that risk. I know what land costs, I know what homesite development costs. I'm very aware of all of the complications and have dealt with it all. I've either built or helped owners work through it all for years. I know people who are currently dealing with about $20k in water and sewer repairs. Just found out from the plumber it's now gonna be another $5k on top of it. I know people who got $10k bills from the city for new repairs in front of the home and adding a sidewalk where there never was one. I've worked on homes and handed bills for thousands, then informed them they needed thousands more from another contractor. I've built $80k additions on people's homes saving them $30k from other contractors. Don't cry to me homes cost a lot. YES HOMES COST a lot to buy own and maintain. That' NOBODY elses problem but the buyer/owner. Don't like it...rent for the rest of your life. Or live in a van wherever you can. That's YOUR problem and cost not MINE, or the city or a current landowner. I've seen car repair bills for $10k, is that my repair bill, yours or the car owners? YOU ASSUME liability for your property. That guy in the vid paid $25k for repairs in the last year. That home didn't look like it was worth $10k. That's poor money management. Would you pay $12k for a car that's valued at $4k? NO of course not, that's stupid. Yet he did it. He had choices he made decisions he has to live with the consequences. Our current life is a culmination of our life decisions up to this point. Don't like it...make different/better decisions. Take responsibility for your own life. All these people clearly found other arrangements when they looked. You're right there's no guarantees in life but death and taxes. The rest is all a risk. The sooner people learn that the better off they'll be I've always taken jobs where I was taught new skills and knowledge that I could use for the rest of my life. Every time I switch I pick an industry or skill and go find a job in that. Now I can do tons of things for myself or get paid good money by others. Everyone can do what I do...but they choose to make different decisions. We should always strive to invest in ourselves. Educating yourselves in personal development and money management will not only propel you personally it will make you worth more to future bosses so you become more valuable. When you become more valuable...you get paid more and your income goes up. Everyone has the same choices in life realistically. Clarence Thomas grew up in the slums on govt assistance and had a rough childhood. He made changes to his life and worked up to one of the most respected Supreme Court justices of all time. He did it by working hard and making better choices. We can all do the same. I'm now in a position where I can help others begin to educate themselves and make better smarter decisions for themselves. Help them invest IN THEMSELVES which NOBODY can take away. Success is a mindset and choice to make daily decisions to reach your goals and dreams. I know people that have educated themselves then got offered jobs that doubled their income to $100k because they invested in themselves and knowledge that got noticed. I've worked with people that educated themselves and then rearranged their finances, got an extra $500/mo in their budget and formulated a plan to have their house paid off in 2yrs. Everyone CAN do it...but most just won't, that's the reality. And there's huge powers at work to keep it that way cuz they are capitalizing on that ignorance and getting fat and wealthy off it. But only YOU can make that change.

[@stj971]

@@mrmotofy ty for being so compassionate...not. there's a very warm place waiting 4 u

[@MrGrdnrmn]

The way the city dealt with this is our biggest embarrassment for more than a century.

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

just wait until the rest comes out. soon. :) :)

[@mrmotofy]

Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

[@PhoenixFires9]

@@mrmotofy I agree with you but what makes it sad is that these tenants were mostly elderly and vulnerable.

[@mrmotofy]

@bOhO CHiC Yes I do. I've lived in one in a park. I knew walking into the whole deal. The contracts state the terms. If YOU don't own the land then you're at the landowners mercy. The renters made the choice to move in there knowing all that. Sorry but the renters need to take personal responsibility for their own bad choices rather than blaming everyone else. The city went above and beyond what was needed. They should be grateful. The city owed them nothing. If you or others disagree with the city decisions then join the council or whatever positions so YOU are in a position to vote on or make the decisions.

[@dianehunsberger2271]

@bOhO CHiC Was quoted a price of $1000/mile here in the states. No guarantee that mobile home would remain intact.

[@lauraogrady1038]

Saddened to report that a great man, Rudy Prediger, passed away this morning. Smart, funny and savvy, he was compelled to do what he thought was right despite the consequences. The land his home stood on still sits vacant. I hope Rudy knows his story has inspired the many who have watched him.

[@JJJJ-gl2uf]

Rudy was a lot more honourable than those on city council that voted to destroy the lives of all those people.

[@ediddysmith2500]

This is criminal, where are these people going to go. I hope people in Calgary stand up for them

[@lauraogrady1038]

Hello, this is Laura, the director of Eviction Notice. Thank you for taking the time to watch this film. While the residents have gone different ways, the land still sits vacant, although a new development plan has just been announced by the city. Despite the tearing out of the homes, Rudy's tree still stands.

[@kathyevans757]

Well that's something... Hope it stays as sort of a memorial to Rudy and what was done here to these people...

[@fuckyoutube5584]

So fraud is what you did. If an eviction takes places for development then development has to happen within a year of demolition or then fines are placed against city/property owner. Since no development has happen this is a clear case of fraud. If lets say international countries come in for humanitarian rights such as displacement of residents such as Palestinians, what would Canada do or say. This is a clear case of we dont care for our citizens. So to other countries why shouldn't suits be brought against the city and property owner for violating human rights? This is the same as what happened with Palestinians. No excuses

[@doriemckay6935]

oh great.. the homeless can go live in Rudy's tree! lmao. this film is criminal.

[@stj971]

Swell

[@truthhurts2879]

Thanku Laura, an incredibly evocative piece of film, you thoroughly captured the mood, the sadness and injustice of what's taken place.

[@dannsherstone1037]

Sadly this is the reality of living on land that you don't own. This happens over and over again. I think that mobile home parks should be co-owned by the residence - like a condo development. The shared cost of the land would be reasonably affordable and they would have complete control over their land.

[@scorpion777silvermoon3]

Great point

[@owatinay]

That would never be allowed. The whole point of forcing people to live in trailer parks with mobile homes and not allowing them to be put on owned property is to segregate and marginalize people who would otherwise benefit from the affordability of manufactured homes. The whole point is for municipalities to have the freedom to rip their homes from them exactly like this when it serves the interests of those with more money and influence. If someone wants the land for development, and/or they want to clear out the "riffraff", ie working class and poor people, then they have the ability to get rid of them.

[@dannsherstone1037]

@@owatinay Its been a year so I had to re-watch the video. You make a lot of good points. But honesty Owatinay there had been no upgrades to anything for 35 to 40 years - most likely longer. Some of those structures are very frail and they could not work around or moved without causing damage. What the City should have done was move the entire park to a new location and help finance new trailers for those that could not be moved. We did that in the town I live in, the Town moved everyone to a new location with full, new services and roads. I stand by my original statement. The pad fee would be about the same as a portion of the shared mortgage - totally affordable.

[@marcusfitzgerald59]

That's bad business. I feel bad for those people though.

[@dannsherstone1037]

@@marcusfitzgerald59 I feel bad for them too.

[@jackrodgersjr]

Someone should run for mayor and others for the council and then evict everyone who was on the council and voted to evict. Also do research on what development papers had been filed, who would get the property/development, etc. and then sue those people.

[@chingli-xg4ns]

'TRUE WEALTH IS WHAT U ARE, NOT WHAT U HAVE'! Great statement. It's not what people believe anymore! Hes right for the majority of this greedy corporate world, But there's strength in numbers, stick together and fight! Now there's social media, Spread the word. P.S I live in a mobile home park in Jersey, I'm afraid we're gonna be next!

[@chipguy911]

It’s all about money they could care less about people

[@MsZeus49]

All about money.... watch what happens to that land!

[@mrmotofy]

Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k they had no obligation to give. They still owned the home and could have moved it. They all chose to leave their trailer trash behind costing the govt more money. Robbing the community of those funds. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions. All those people found somewhere else to live when they looked.

[@leisurelanemhp3853]

Its not about the money its about sending a message.... today the land is vacant.

[@davidcosma]

"For the love of money is the root of all evil..." (1 Timothy 6:10)

[@barbarahartlett5400]

So sorry for this older gentleman that been there so long

[@PhoenixFires9]

I know. I felt terrible for him too. Not only is he losing his home, he’s losing his friends too.

[@tarawalton6778]

BEYOND heartbreaking!💔

[@mspat8195]

AND look at ALL of the usable shelter + appliances, etc., being trashed & wasted! My heartcracked at each story, broke at each demolition but the tears burst when I saw the tree . . . . . Planted in Good ground for a legacy of Sowing Good seed, now a symbol of the perversion wrought by servants to Evil. 🙏's & 🤗's for all, everywhere & a special shout out to the Hero, Rudy❣ 💞~👵

[@sugarsauce2435]

It hurt my soul to see our elders cry. We are to take care of our elders and we are to do it with dignity and respect. This was infuriating. "You have to be willing to fight for your home, if you aren't willing to fight for it, you don't deserve it." Damn straight! We as a society have become so complacent. We've become so brainwashed to ask how high when someone with any form of authority says jump. Its disgusting. These are human beings. Losing their homes.

[@Mikevdog]

It's always preferable to own the land. Even then, the government can still run you out. Sadly.

[@greenearthblueskies8556]

Eminent domain 😔

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

True but much less likely.So far anyway

[@tammylewis8556]

“Fair market value”. Fair to whom?

[@sherrysinclair605]

And whether it's a rental lot for a mobile home or your own land, you have to pay property taxes on top of rent, mortgage, utilities, groceries, necessities, medical bills, insurance, etc. If you fall behind on property taxes, the government can seize the property, home and contents.

[@Tina06019]

As an aside, I lived in Calgary as a child, and my Lord it is COLD there. I can imagine that it takes a fortune to heat a trailer home. The failure to relocate the residents and their homes to a new park where they could have remained neighbors is shameful.

[@lilpinksliplee7310]

I live in MI and it's cold here. I have a manufactured home. 2023 Sq ft 4 bd 2 full bath and it costs less than 200 a month dead of winter and that's keeping it hot in this house. Maybe those old trailer homes that were 50+ years old and not maintained got cold, but my grandmother owned a trailer park and my Aunt owns it now. I stayed in her old trailer when l was just a kid. She lived in WI and l was warmer in that trailer than l was in our 350,000 stick built houses. I was always putting tons of blankets on my bed at night and snuggling my baby sister to keep her warm.

[@myrtleborodziuk7163]

It does not cost anymore to heat then a house

[@cassidypresley614]

Tina..........not shameful 😔 but SINFULL.........THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL!! MONEY & GREED!!

[@elizabethshaw734]

Lawyers and judges live under a great deal of stress and they know exactly what it does to a person.

[@stj971]

They don't care

[@sheilasullivan1950]

But they don't though. Do the right thing. Be a man. Russell the Indian comedian. Money not humanity rules their hearts and minds.

[@racheloutman6241]

This is happening all over the place. Very sad.. I've been pushed out many times.

[@brittanybellinger]

They are doing this to my dad right now. 72 acres of farm land that's been in the family over 150 years and they have been fighting him in court for the last decade to take it from him.

[@sheilasullivan1950]

Worldwide scam going on. Sorry for your Dad. They'll hammer him into bankruptcy first then emminent domaine the property. Soulless small sharp objects that they are. Devil is driving it.

[@nancyneyedly4587]

22:30 When he says "they'll dig your grave up if they want that land" he wasn't exaggerating. They dug up 39 people from a cemetery in Calgary when they wanted to install the LRT transit line in the 80's.

[@swisherlife]

That's disgusting and disrespectful 😢

[@christinamann3640]

OMfrickinG!!! I always thought that was creepy going underground right next to the cemetery, but I never knew they MOVED any! Horrible!

[@helenawarsinnak]

This situation is devastating for anybody but I honestly felt more saddened for those elderly people that were there all their lives and made long lasting memories that now would only stay within their mind and in their heart... When you're that old and comfortable you should not have to be forced to leave....they all worked so hard all their lives to have something to call their own and then to be told you have to leave it all? They should have been able to enjoy the rest of their lives in peace and happiness without any stress worries or craziness but for these folks it didn't work out that way 😢 so shame on that greedy bastard that did this to these people and all these families!! 😡

[@IndigoStarrAz]

If they put in a mixed use facility - Condos, Apartments, Shops and Restaurants etc. - the city will collect tons of taxes and should build them the new park. Many mobile homes crumble to pieces when loaded on a truck.

[@angusosborne3151]

After having recently moved to a "Trailer Park" it was hard to watch this without having empathy for those involved. When you first move in you soon realize that it's not a park but a community. Your so close to your neighbors that you can't help but to get to know them and when you know your neighbors you tend to look after them. Sad to see they destroyed that!

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

that is WHY the gov't does these things. to break up communities. that's why they bombed syria as well.

[@coachAnita1]

I'm a manager where I live, yes you do get closer to your neighbors. You get to everyone, along with their hardships. I have to watch myself with the company I work for when I see them putting the screws to all of us!

[@mrmotofy]

Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

[@WhispersFromTheDark]

In my opinion there's a special kind of HOT hell for the 'officials' that would do this to people. At some point, be it here on earth or after they're gone they'll have to answer for the things they did that was cruel and wrong, and may they have to feel the pain and anguish they dished out to others. So be it!

[@rogerweaver7686]

"They'll dig your grave up if they want that land" truer words were never spoken.

[@kevinengler7467]

I can sympathize with the people who had lost their homes. I too lost a good trailer due to being unable to pay. It was pretty hard to pay for land on a property that we owed outright--especially when no one in town was willing to hire you for the skill you had!

[@ashleystewart34ify]

The Calgary City Council should be absolutely ashamed of themselves...this is inhumane. What a way to take of one another, especially families with young children and the elderly... greedy sob's.

[@roxannemoreno2012]

When Rudy's house got demolished .. my heart broke.

[@3milway]

Absolutely disgusting bunch of jerks at city hall

[@roxannemoreno2012]

@@3milway absolutely

[@sakurarosa7385]

Right! And he took so much pride in his home!

[@stacitowery4461]

Was it too old to move?

[@alanunderwoodsr8622]

@@stacitowery4461 , It costs $20,000 to move a mobile home in the US. I imagine it would cost more in Canada.

[@laikanbarth]

Absolutely heartbreaking. How can you treat people this way?? We all know why the city did this. It’s so they can build houses for the rich!! Governments everywhere hate poor people.

[@asleepcloud]

The other day the Landlord gave us a letter saying we need to move our mobile home off the lot in 6 months, in September. Just like the story here, they don't want to replace the water pipes and are selling the land for commercial development. We don't know what to do this is our home, what are we supposed to do about this in such a short amount of time? I've been homeless before and I told myself I would never go there again but now that I finally have a home it gets taken away. Life is so hard man

[@garywilson818]

Gary's Wife says: We lost out home to foreclosure during the Depression of 2006 - 2016. First ouor jobs were gone overseas, then we lost our house after we had exhausted all of our saving trying to save our house (mistake). We bought raw land real cheap (35 acres for $17,500 forth miles east of the city) because there was a huge mess on it and we eventually cleaned it up. We bought ($600 - yes, $600 dollars) a used mobile home (1980) that was headed for the landfill. We had it moved to the property ($500). It was barely better than a livestock barn but we were very poor and had no choice. In 6 years, we have remodeled it and replaced every part from the floor joice up to the roof (this year, we put on a new pitch metal roof). Everything is beautiful and modern. Our house is 1000 times nicer and upgraded compared to a cheap-ass NEW MOBILE HOME that sells for $49,000 at the mobile home dealership in the city. We are in our mid-50's and the only help we got from others was the guy that handed me $20,000 cash from his safe and told me to go buy the land. He also said, "Pay me when you can" - and we paid him off first even though areas of the house would be considered UNLIVABLE by 100% of the people in the United States. We never could afford utility poles to be brought to the land, so we have used a $500 HARBOR FREIGHT GENERATOR for power for 6 years while we bought Solar Panels and components one at a time and checked them off our NEEDS list. A well has been inflated to $30,000, so we still dont have a well, but bought a 450 gallon water tank and the water is gravity fed into the house (not much pressure, but someday we will have enough money saved up to get a well installed). We haul water in a 55 gallon barrel secured to a tiny trailer and pulled by our little car - we fill up in the city at one of our friend's houses, bring it out and use a transfer pump (Harbor Freight) to get the water into the big tank. Our friends that are far better off than us, financially, have a lot of respect for us because we just kept being positive and moving forward. We bought the land for half price because of the terrible mess that was on it. In 7 years, it has tripled compared to the 2012 value. There has been tremendous Urban Sprawl in our direction in the past three years. Though we lost everything about 9 years ago, we will have something nice to leave our children when we die. God is so Good !

[@rehrbar]

Gary Wilson A very nice story! Land will most always go up in value...can’t lose. My two brothers were both given a nice chunk of farmland when their father died...I received nothing so had to struggle and save on my own. They are financially well off, my house is about half paid for and in another 10 years I will be pensioned off. Not much time left but we just keep struggling on. Life is short so we shouldn’t worry too much and make the best of it. Also raised 4 children...made sure that they all got a good education and trade so they can look after themselves.

[@catharanne2323]

Those were two beautiful stories. Thank you for inspiring with pure positivity 🙏 🤗

[@cificare2184]

Great story! It reminds me of the old saying "do the best you can, then do better'. I hope all is well with your family.

[@vmitchinson]

God had nothing to do with your success. You did it all yourself and you should be very proud of what you did by your self.

[@mrmotofy]

A 12v or 120v rv water pump is very cheap comparatively and can give you an all in 1 piece pressurized water system

[@kylec166]

There's a lot of people that to this day in the year 2020 still make 10.00 an hour I do. I am 38 years old. That's 1982 salary. It is so hard here in the USA to find cheap rent or cheap houses to live in.

[@bigallupul5991]

Our minimum wage here in Alberta is 15.00 hr.

[@om-nj2hw]

Yes wage stagnation and the outrageous cost of a home is truly outrageous here in America.

[@bigallupul5991]

What is the rent for a one bedroom apartment where you live. Here in Edmonton Alberta Canada, a one bedroom apartment can go from 700.00 to 1000.00 a month. Rent on a house is anywhere from 1500.00 to over 2000.00 depending where the house is located.

[@PhoenixFires9]

@@bigallupul5991 One of my neighbours rents a one bedroom condo for $1400. I’m in Victoria, BC.

[@mrmotofy]

So educate yourself and make yourself more valuable to an employer then you can make more money. Or work for yourself A paycheck is a bribe for your dreams

[@jams8557]

To see what all of these PEOPLE went thru and most lived there for 15-20+years…and it sits vacant made me want to go thru the television! What a disgusting display of humanity! It has nothing to do with community and this being their HOMES & everything to do with the bottom line and in some way that golf course! To see how often this happens all around us and the little guy never wins! What’s the lesson here? They paid their rent, abided by the rules of the park for years and it meant nothing! I’m literally sick to my stomach!

[@mikewilkinson4588]

I live in an RV now in a trailer park and realize that one must work and save every penny for the eventuality of being evicted .......the owners of these places are only holding onto the land till the highest bidder comes along.......

[@michaelashcraft8569]

Govt, Public Servants, serve the Rich no matter what country you live in.

[@ZykaCharlie]

Thank you CBC. I am so incensed about how the City of Calgary treated these people. Most of the residents were seniors who were pulled away from their friends and families.

[@Babu-kr3cr]

The seniors were all doing really well there. They would die off in nursing homes. You need community like that to survive for the elderly for the single mother with kids; they were all able to help each other whereas separately they would have a much harder time.

[@suemasongreen8979]

What a disgrace ! Not only was it 400 peoples homes, but a small close community split up , a lot of those people were older and a good community is their back up as they get older , especially if they live alone and have no family . The council in England tore down lots of streets , in our area . They wanted to put a ring road around Bedford . 50 odd years later , still no ring road , and all those people displaced from a small tight community . It was all a con in my eyes, they just wanted them out , as the value of the land had soared. The longer they hold onto it , the more valuable it gets . Greed , pure greed . This makes me sick to my stomach . : ((

[@janetallison363]

The way the government treated these people infuriates me so bad 😡

[@7saany]

10k only to relocate!? insane

[@mrmotofy]

Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. They all chose to leave their trailer trash behind costing the govt more money. Robbing the community of those funds. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions. All those people found somewhere else to live when they looked.

[@karencampbell2632]

This is so heartbreaking to watch, those poor people. Prayers to them.

[@xSaphiredust]

This is so heart breaking. Picking on old folks who have no options. Throw out all the local representatives - they're all garbage.