More than 100 families might be without a place to live -- forced to leave their mobile home parks, but the city of Phoenix is trying to help.
, and Las Casitas mobile home parks protested ahead of March 22's city council meeting. And it comes at a time when home prices re up, rent is up, and homelessness is growing. And many of the mobile homes are in no condition to move.
"They're just basically kicking us out of our homes, you know. I mean, I thought I was going to be here until the day I die," said Dennis Huddleston, a 31-year resident at the Weldon mobile home park.'Traumatized' residents of 3 Phoenix mobile home parks being forced out attend special council meeting
Huddleston raised a family here and used to be the manager, but he says the dollars it takes to move nowadays doesn't make any sense. "Me? I'm glad it's going away. I mean to be honest, all there is is drug addicts in here," said Patrick, a resident.People who live in a mobile home community in the area of 12th Street and Indian School rallied at Phoenix City Hall on Sept. 22. They say they have been told to leave, but the deadline given by the property owner is just too soon. FOX 10's Justin Lum reports.
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