Achi news desk-
Residents living in a mobile home park in Saint-Constant are being evacuated from their homes despite being told they have nowhere to go.
The South Shore RV community has been home to Jacques Cloutier and Danielle Dube for the past decade.
Now, the retired couple are losing sleep over where they will live next.
“Very nervous. And we, almost all people, have a loan on their properties,” Cloutier said.
They are one of 27 homeowners who rent space in the park for a few hundred dollars a month. According to them, all the residents were informed in December that the land was being sold to a developer.
The development plans to build 200 apartments and now people living in the park are being evacuated.
“I’m very excited these days. It’s very difficult,” Dov said.
The couple still has $25,000 left on the mortgage. Neighbor Natalie Charbonneau says she put all her money into buying her home in 2019.
“I’m in trouble. It’s a shock,” Charbonneau said, adding that she would never get her money back if she sold now.
Some residents have listed their trailers for sale, ranging from $125,000 to $150,000. But they come with a warning – that they need to be moved elsewhere. The cost of moving a mobile home ranges from $5,000 to $20,000 depending on size and distance.
CTV News reached out to the contractor who said he would pay the cost of moving the mobile homes or offer them back as tenants in the new building at a discount. But Cloutier was not convinced.
“We had no documents for it. It’s just blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,” he said.
And the residents wonder: where will he move them?
“People are looking for places in different parks but there aren’t any,” Dov said.
Cloutier thinks the developer should buy them. If not, they only have until October to pack up and move.
