The soon-to-be-removed residents of the Silver Court Trailer Park know they can’t stay — they’re just asking for more time to pack up and leave the homes they’ve owned for decades.
This past March, mobile home owners at the park in Little Havana were notified by the park owner, Zan Marquis, of California-based Marquis Property Company, that the land would be redeveloped and the residents had six months to vacate the premises. The owner has not said what the park will be redeveloped into, nor has the property been rezoned for a new use as yet.
“I’ve lived in Silver Court for 25 years,” 68-year-old park resident Victoria Diaz told WLRN in Spanish. “They’re telling us now that we have to leave because the owner, who’s not from here, has a plan that we don’t even know about.”
Homeowners were offered $10,000 if they leave their trailers by the end of this month, with diminishing stipend amounts the longer they wait to vacate…