Four months after Riverside Mobile Home Park in Toledo, OH, was condemned as “unfit for human habitation,” tenants are still living there. With the water shut off and demolition crews on standby, residents say they have nowhere to go.
“We’re trying all the time to find a place,” Susan Luttrell, one of the residents, told 13 Action News. “We’re not trying to just stay here. … All the rents are so high. When you’re on Social Security, under $1,000 a month, you can’t pay $800 a month on rent. You can’t do it.”
Meanwhile, the Chicago-based owners are trying to sell the condemned park for $750,000—even as they face nearly a quarter million dollars in unpaid water bills and property taxes, plus a looming $200,000 demolition lien…