TOLEDO, Ohio — Four months after Toledo declared Riverside Mobile Homes a public nuisance, some residents remain in the park despite orders to leave.
In May, tenants were given 30 days to vacate the property along Anthony Wayne Trail. The city has since authorized $200,000 for demolition, with the cost billed to property owner Ernesto Garcia. Crews have begun clearing debris from the site, but demolition is on hold until the last tenants leave.
“We have very few people who are still there,” Toledo City Council member Nick Komives said. “We’ve been actively working with United Way, with the Homelessness Board, other folks to rehouse those, those folks that are still there.”…