Just a few days after Christmas, Abigael Dawah opened her mailbox to find a letter. It was less than a page long, but it upended her entire life, along with the lives of her roughly 700 neighbors.
“We are hereby providing formal notice to all residents of Chatham Estates that their mobile home and all personal property must be removed before June 30th, 2026,” the letter, from the property’s owner, read. “For relocation assistance, please see the attached flyer.”
Dawah knew this had been coming ever since the owner announced he was putting the property—home to some 144 mobile homes—up for sale in 2023. “But after two years, we kind of got used to it, and felt like maybe, just maybe, it’s not gonna sell, or it’s gonna take longer,” she told the INDY…