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The 71-year-old retired teacher had been looking for housing solutions for his 40-year-old son Colin who lives with cognitive disabilities and struggles to live in shared accommodation and hold a job. He moved into the trailer from the streets of Penticton.
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Colin has $905 of government assistance to live off of each month and that goes to pad rent in the Hoylake Avenue mobile home park that consists of 18 units and one condemned house.
His parents say they paid $65,000 for the Langford mobile home on line-of-credit. When word came Langford businessman Ron Cheeke was applying for rezoning for the park, Colin panicked and immediately packed his belongings into small plastic bags and told his parents he would be living back on the streets.
Peter plans to find his son new accommodation if the rezoning is approved.
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Before purchasing the trailer Peter researched the options and selected the trailer in Langford due to the cityB次元官网网址檚 mobile home policy written in 2007.
The policy states if a park is closing the owner must pay to dispose of homes that cannot be relocated, help residents find new accommodation and offer them the right of first refusal for new homes built on the property. In total the policy includes 10 stipulations the park owner must oblige by.
Dina Belusic has lived in the park since 2009 and was also aware of LangfordB次元官网网址檚 policy when she purchased her home for $123,000. She still owes $106,000 on her mortgage.
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B.C. Assessment calculates DinaB次元官网网址檚 home is worth $80,500. She also hired a private appraiser whose calculations say $85,000.
She says Cheeke offered $25,000 after hiring his own appraiser.
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With both parents deceased, she has no other family for help and used an inheritance from her grandmother to purchase the home.
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PeterB次元官网网址檚 B.C. Assessment was calculated at $58,000 and he too has hired an appraiser.
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Many residents of the park have already accepted offers and only a few are fighting the battle for compensation
If the rezoning is passed the residents will get one-year notice to leave the park.
Langford council has to approve all of the compensation offers given to the residents before rezoning can be granted.
Staff and council could not comment on the manufactured home park redevelopment policy as itB次元官网网址檚 one created by council as a collective.
B次元官网网址淚t will be defined by council collectively as they review the application for rezoning once theyB次元官网网址檝e received a recommendation from councilB次元官网网址檚 planning and zoning committee,B次元官网网址� said Matthew Baldwin, LangfordB次元官网网址檚 director of planning.
A rezoning application has been made but isnB次元官网网址檛 yet scheduled for a planning and zoning committee meeting.
If the rezoning application is granted the land would be used for commercial development.
