LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Residents of a mobile home community in Lititz say they are grappling with fear and uncertainty after learning they will be required to move to make way for new development, but for many current tenants – it’s not something they can afford to do.
“We spent the little savings we had to to purchase our home here, thinking we’d spend the rest of our years here with nothing else to fall back on,” said Lewis Manwarren, who moved to the community shortly after retiring with his wife. “We don’t have anything else.”
Neighbors in Plateau Village recently received a “notice of closure” from United Zion Retirement Community, informing them that they must relocate from the property by January 2027. The land is set to be repurposed for cottages connected to United Zion’s retirement community…