Mobile Park Residents Face Eviction

By: Sandip Roy, New America Media

Mobile home residents gave State Senator Leland Yee an earful at a meeting at the Franciscan Mobile Home Park in Daly City, reports FilAm Star. Their main concern, reports Cesar Nucum, Jr., is what they described as an "unfair eviction process." One resident complained that delinquent renters, mostly low-income, often had only three days notice to pay up.

Otherwise they faced eviction. “Normally, you have a longer period than three days. Any place you rent, if you cannot pay, you do not get an eviction notice right away,” said Rosendo ‘Sonny’ Quiniquini, one of the residents.

Residents complained that their rental fees had gone up by $50 a month even though Linc Housing Corporation which manages the mobile home park got $50 million from Daly City through bonds based on a promise that 20 percent of the population, low-income residents, would be able to get reduced rent.

Yee promised the residents he would look into whether there was any misuse of public funds. But the residents are worried their mobile park, which has about 500 homes, could be on its way out. Six other Linc properties have already become commercial developments.

“I really think we have a situation here where individuals are being evicted...individuals that are one step away from being homeless,” Yee said to FIlAm Star. “I will certainly find out what the state can do.”