ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – 8 On Your Side is following up on a story we reported on Monday night about how some residents of a mobile home park feel they’re being forced out of their Pinellas County homes.
The residents who live at The Gateway Mobile Home Park are grandparents, veterans, neighbors, and they want a fair resolution with the County. The management team said the compliance requirements being imposed on their residents are very challenging and unrealistic.
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“As you can see my house, totally livable,” homeowner Brenda Tucker said. “There’s nothing wrong in here. There was never anything wrong. There was never any water in here.”Yet Pinellas County deemed Tucker’s mobile home substantially damaged five months after the storms, and it sent her into a panic.
Pinellas County tells some St. Pete mobile home owners to raise up or get out
“They made me take pictures of all my cabinets,” she said. “There’s nothing wrong with my cabinets. They were never taken out. They said they were taken out.”It wasn’t only her cabinets. The county also said she replaced her AC unit for $9,000.“They’re telling me I did all these things, which adds up to $28,000,” Tucker said. “I didn’t do any of that.”Tucker received a letter from Pinellas County giving her four options to become in compliance, stating that by June 1, 2026, she must:
- Elevate and repair her home
- Replace her home with an elevated one
- Move her home to a location outside of the flood hazard area
- Move to a new home and remove her damaged home from the property
“I can’t do any of those,” said Tucker…