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cpujockey t1_iu8p7cs wrote

Reply to comment by greenmtnramble in Addison County Community Trust raise rent yearly with ZERO improvements! by nolyfe27

Give yer balls a tug!

This is just one of the fees that homeowners here have to pay. A lot of folks have to spend $1,200 to $1,300 a month for the loan on their trailer, insurance, and lot rent. It adds up pretty quickly.

On top of that, owning a trailer on rented land doesn't give you the same luxuries as renting an apartment like having a landlord come fix shit. So a lot of us have to repair our trailers when shit goes south. Compounding this insult to injury, say if you have to repaint your porch because you fail inspection because the paint looks like ass or it's run down in certain areas You have to pay that all out of pocket. So there's a lot more responsibility to the homeowner here than just renting an apartment from an unscrupulous landlord. Trailer parks are supposed to be in affordable option for the working-class family. Addison county community trust consistently has failed us in keeping our road safe and doing their due diligence with plowing, salting, sanding, and just about everything else regarding care and maintenance of the park. There is a rusted out swing and slide set that nobody does anything with and it's supposed to be our little park inside the park...

Simply put these fucks are taking our money and not making any meaningful reinvestment into the community that they say that they care about so much. So while you may think this is just an issue of $20, this is an issue of compounding more and more rent within certain margin where we cannot contest it. We have our hands tied on what we can actually do about these pieces of shit.

For example there is a lady in the park who's being evicted who is a victim of domestic violence because the owner of the trailer beat the living shit out of her and went to jail. So now she's getting evicted, and even though the trailer is owned by the asshole's family and there's been talk of giving her the trailer she still has to vacate the park because of the sins of the person that lived in the trailer while she was living there. Makes a whole lot of sense right? Makes a whole lot of sense that a trailer park would evict a tenant that's a victim of domestic violence and was brutally beaten because it makes sense to them...

You smell what I'm cooking here?

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greenmtnramble t1_iu8qoum wrote

Sounds like a choice.

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cpujockey t1_iu8r66p wrote

What my neighbor getting evicted because she's a victim of domestic violence is a choice? Or the fact that we were promised when we signed these leases that the park took care of things and they don't?

I'd like to hear a little bit more of your reasoning behind the way you think.

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greenmtnramble t1_iu8rbs4 wrote

No choosing where you live or to do something about it.

Domestic violence is unacceptable no matter the circumstances and its truly disgusting that anyone would take advantage of anyone in that situation.

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cpujockey t1_iu8rpk9 wrote

Well my father died and he left me this place. I had to fight for it because Medicaid wanted to take it.

I kept it and fought for it because his best friend was still living here and was dying of alcoholism and diabetes.

Yeah it's a choice for me to be here, But my intentions were good. The park on the other hand has failed us. And I'm going to start talks with the rest of the residents here and see if we can unionize and put an end to this dumb shit. Addison county community trust wants to be too much like CHT, and they can't even get leases done in a timely fashion.

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greenmtnramble t1_iu8rvv5 wrote

I'm sorry for your loss and being in a really hard situation. I genuinely hope you get what you need and the changes you're looking for.

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cpujockey t1_iu8s3vl wrote

I'm over the feeling of loss and sadness. I am however filled with anger that these working-class families in this community have been exploited and live in fear of eviction for the smallest of infractions.

My anger is fueled by the fact that the park wants to evict a victim of domestic violence because they are a victim of domestic violence. We also have people that are elderly on fixed incomes paying market prices on insulin trying to budget living in the only affordable place that they can which is here.

I'm embolden by the fact that these families have nowhere else to go and this was the only option for a lot of them. My hope is that together we can all stand up and make a difference.

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