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Mary Graham, a resident of Richfield mobile home park, said repairs have not been done to her trailer. “I was seven days late on my rent, and they sent me an eviction notice.” “They took advantage of people after the storm,” Locklear said. Kenyatta Locklear, a 5-year resident of Alamac Village, said staff turnover at Time Out made it difficult to communicate with the business, and the leases are signed without understanding the legal implications. “I don’t make $9 an hour, and my rent is $615 a month.” “They cut the grass once a month, and there is debris everywhere, which they just chop up,” Bowden said. “There is water surrounding my trailer and the road is not fixed.”Įvonne Bowden, a resident of Taylor Park, decried the lack of maintenance at the park. “This is the worst year ever at the park,” she said. Willie Mae McKellar, a 23-year resident of Turner Park, said her lot rent went from $210 to $465 a month. “There’s no way I can afford the rent, and I can’t afford to move,” King said. The commissioners took no action on that matter, but did on Monday provide money for an election and voted to hire the son of the Lumberton mayor.ĭuring the housing discussion, Connie King, a resident of Countryside Village Mobile Home Park since 1999, said Time Out gave her three days to vacate her trailer. “This is a case of predatory leasing,” Legerton said. Justice Center, appealed to the commissioners for any help they can provide, including money for displaced renters.

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The Affordable Housing Coalition, led by Mac Legerton, a local community organizer, and Ben Williams, an attorney for the N.C. No precise number was offered, but the commissioners were told hundreds of low-income residents have been quickly evicted by Time Out Communities.

Residents and former residents of parks across the county testified that their lot rents had more than tripled. LUMBERTON - Stories of mass evictions, skyrocketing rents and shoddy maintenance at 22 county trailer parks that were recently purchased by a Florida company left Robeson County commissioners shaking their heads in dismay Monday.

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