A sign for Greenwood Village in Calgary, Alta.
A group of mobile home park residents in Calgary is pushing for stronger protections under provincial laws as they face increasing fees they say could drive people out of the community and make it harder to sell their homes.A sign for Greenwood Village in northwest Calgary. The 500-unit mobile home park sits atop a hill and is separated from Bowness by a wooded area.
Additionally, she said, lot fees for existing residents are also climbing. This year, many residents' monthly fees went up by $60, which she said is a big financial hit for the park's many senior citizens on fixed incomes. It's why she and other community members are asking the province to review its Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Act to better protect mobile home residents at Greenwood Village and beyond.Randi Mayan, a real estate agent with CIR Realty, agrees it's been tough to sell homes in the park.
Greenwood Village is in northwest Calgary, by the Calgary Farmers' Market West and the new Greenwich community. "Then I'm stuck. I can't afford it. I can't sell it because the new people aren't going to pay that either. So what do I do?" said Sperlich.Sperlich was among a dozen Greenwood Village residents who gathered last Thursday to share their concerns for the first time and create a path forward to fight for better protections.
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