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Carbondale mobile-home residents urge help to buy park after owner lists property
Summary
Residents of a trailer park behind Garcías in Carbondale told the town—s Latino Advisory Committee they face displacement after the park owner listed the property and that a cooperative buyer would raise monthly fees they cannot afford.
Resident María Quesada Quesada told the Carbondale Latino Advisory Committee she and other families who live in the mobile-home community behind Garcías are at risk after being notified that the owner intends to sell the park. "Somos una comunidad... existen 64 tráilers. El dueño nos dio un aviso de que quieren vender el el parqueadero. Entonces, ... estamos en riesgo de perder nuestras nuestras casas," she said.
Resident Norma Castanón said many people in the park have lived there for decades and that higher rents would be untenable: "el 80 por 100 de nuestra comunidad trabaja en el valle... las rentas hoy en día ya…
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