The city wants to evict them from their mobile homes. But they're fighting back. | Eviction Notice

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  • Опубліковано 3 тра 2018
  • You can't fight city hall. Or can you? Residents of a beleaguered mobile home park are about to find out. The City of Calgary has served them with an eviction notice, but some refuse to leave. #CBCShortDocs
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    Midfield Mobile Home Park is in a prime Calgary location, a 17-acre inner-city site located at the one of the busiest sections of the city - where the TransCanada Highway meets the city’s main freeway.
    For more than four decades, residents saw the city grow up around them, yet the community remained mostly unchanged. Neighbours helped neighbours, gardens were planted, children were raised. Midfield was a small town within a big city.
    In 2014, residents received an eviction notice: the park was to be be closed on September 30th, 2017. The date was set for the final battle in a war that had been raging for 20 years.
    The City of Calgary cites crumbling infrastructure for the closure. Sewer pipes were placed under the homes in 1968; time and a lack of maintenance have taken their toll. The City has stated it would be too costly to conduct the repairs. Residents of Midfield aren’t buying it.
    With homes in the surrounding communities selling for millions of dollars and an aggressive redevelopment plan for the area already approved by City Council, the residents of Midfield Mobile Home Park believe they are sitting on land so valuable, it must come at the cost of their home and their community.
    Rudy Prediger, an 83 year-old former long-haul trucker, is not a man who is afraid of a fight. More than half of Midfield’s residents are like Rudy: elderly, poor, with no other place to go. The $10,000 dollar “transitional allowance” the city is offering doesn’t come close to even a down payment in Calgary’s frantic real estate market, and most of the mobile homes are too old to move. A previous plan to build a park on the eastern boundary of the city has disappeared, and no other mobile home parks are taking new units.
    Rudy digs in for a fight, using local media and community support to launch a last-ditch effort to save a home he has lived in for 47 years. As the eviction date nears, Rudy risks everything to protect what he holds most dear.
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  • @CBCdocs
    @CBCdocs  6 років тому +78

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    • @rubencohen2936
      @rubencohen2936 5 років тому +14

      Sad for the home owners !

    • @johndicksonkaraoke2554
      @johndicksonkaraoke2554 5 років тому +24

      This is immoral the City of Calgary could of least gave 60,000 or more for moving, 10,000 is a joke or let the landowners stay. I have a lot of respect for people that stand up to corrupt politicians.

    • @melvawilliams4279
      @melvawilliams4279 3 роки тому +1

      @@johndicksonkaraoke2554 b no

    • @greensteelusallc7862
      @greensteelusallc7862 3 роки тому +22

      Can you give us an up6on these people. This is a sad situation. People have no homes, they are seniors or disabled people. Stop this nonsense.

    • @lisalastnamesmith
      @lisalastnamesmith 3 роки тому +9

      UPDATE

  • @rhondaburke5700
    @rhondaburke5700 3 роки тому +1181

    This is why the homeless problem is so bad. The rich get richer, the poor are thrown on the streets. Greed. It is all greed. Shame on society.😢

    • @Pattys1967
      @Pattys1967 3 роки тому +10

      hi so this was in cananda??

    • @PhoenixFires9
      @PhoenixFires9 3 роки тому +5

      @@Pattys1967 Yes.

    • @carlosdyer5868
      @carlosdyer5868 3 роки тому +51

      I agree with most of what you say but I want to add that it's the handful of local heartless government officials and Developers, that only have one thing in their mind ,dollar signs $$$$$$.

    • @nickhill8612
      @nickhill8612 3 роки тому +29

      That's sad.
      I thought stuff like this only happens here in the states.

    • @shanincoffer6455
      @shanincoffer6455 3 роки тому +19

      😭It's truly sad in Satan's system.- 1 John 5:19 Peace will come in Paradise earth. But not here. Many are storing all their treasures here but none in heaven.

  • @Jessica-kk1cz
    @Jessica-kk1cz 3 роки тому +402

    This is rich stealing from poor. Plain and simple. Disgusting.

    • @patricksaxon3983
      @patricksaxon3983 3 роки тому +11

      Remember, if it was not for the rich, you would not have a job.

    • @Jessica-kk1cz
      @Jessica-kk1cz 3 роки тому +34

      @@patricksaxon3983 That’s a joke, right? The rich would not be rich if it wasn’t for the people who do the actual work that makes them rich.

    • @patricksaxon3983
      @patricksaxon3983 3 роки тому +7

      @@Jessica-kk1cz That is why we all owe it to the rich and wealthy, because we could never afford the expensice warehouses, the machines that runs into the millions of dollars to give us jobs.

    • @stacitowery4461
      @stacitowery4461 2 роки тому +6

      It might not be the sweetest, but it isn’t stealing.

    • @demaskus2016
      @demaskus2016 2 роки тому +2

      Israeli style

  • @dondamon443
    @dondamon443 Рік тому +58

    They call it "progress". I call it "theft". I live in an apartment in Sacramento California, I'm 72 years young. I'm holding my breath that nothing like this ever happens to me and my wife. Our community is the elderly 55+ years old. So we are all facing the future with uncertainty. I just hope we can live out our lives in peace and without any worries like these folks did up in Canada. So sad.

    • @cassidypresley614
      @cassidypresley614 Рік тому +2

      Don Damon ..........it's called the.........Root Of All Evil 😈! Money & Greed..........plain and simple.

    • @michaelchambers7691
      @michaelchambers7691 Рік тому +3

      I was born in Woodland CA and couldn't do worth a darn in Sacramento for success. I'm age 45 living in Salt Lake County UT working sheetmetal to pay my bills. A lot of people should have a change of life if it really means a better quality of life.

    • @thekittycatnetwork
      @thekittycatnetwork Рік тому +5

      If the land doesn’t belong to you, you’re future is always uncertain.

    • @RandaWise
      @RandaWise Місяць тому

      Oh wow! I hope you guys are going to be OK. This is sad to see this. God is our only hope Isaiah 65:21 gives comfort and hope to all who are suffering. Be sure to also check out Psalm 37:9-11. This speaks of earth. Heaven doesn't have these problems. Only the earth needs a change.

    • @dcg590
      @dcg590 Місяць тому +1

      @@cassidypresley614have them move in with you then

  • @cassandraclapp6667
    @cassandraclapp6667 Рік тому +77

    As a person who dreams of owning a home this hurts me. Hurts me to see their lives shattered and hurts to know even if I buy a home this could be my fate.

    • @somewhatinformed1208
      @somewhatinformed1208 Рік тому +7

      don't build on land you can not afford or is not for sale.

    • @itsfelicia
      @itsfelicia Рік тому +8

      Buy your land.

    • @debrawilder9551
      @debrawilder9551 Рік тому +3

      They own the home not the land it sits on why i would never live in one unless i owned my land

    • @tomtee4442
      @tomtee4442 Рік тому +1

      Enimate domain by Government it can happen anywhere in America, Canada and more. Look it up.

    • @winniethepoohandeeyore2
      @winniethepoohandeeyore2 Місяць тому

      @@tomtee4442 They have to compensate.

  • @yoyoland8461
    @yoyoland8461 3 роки тому +734

    Something tells me the people down in that golf course didn’t like the view

  • @agentchicken3577
    @agentchicken3577 3 роки тому +570

    It was never about replacing the water main, it was about pushing the "undesirables" out of view from the rest of the world

    • @sharonbell8895
      @sharonbell8895 3 роки тому +14

      ye they sort a just blew OFF the whole REASON to Need a new water line ,,,

    • @karifredrikson8492
      @karifredrikson8492 3 роки тому +22

      The City can get More Money through taxes with High Rise Buildings & Developers can squeeze the City for more money. These people are the Victims of Government & Greed of the Developers. Who are these Peoples Advocates?

    • @Cgrant65
      @Cgrant65 3 роки тому +22

      Morality in a downward spiral direction. Not sure how the people who make these decisions to make other homeless can sleep at night. Sad that money is more important than the livelihoods of people.

    • @pinacoloda226
      @pinacoloda226 3 роки тому +2

      Agent Chicken,I agree😔

    • @shogged
      @shogged 3 роки тому +9

      Except if you drove by this place you wouldn’t even know it was there lol it was 100% out of sight and out of mind already

  • @madambutterfly7513
    @madambutterfly7513 3 роки тому +22

    This just makes me so sad, I cried. Many of these people had lived there for years, Rudy, 47 years!! It's not right what the city did!! $10 K doesn't compensate for a lifetime of memories

  • @angie6649
    @angie6649 Рік тому +19

    How sad that this happened. The city took away everything they worked for. For the system, people are trash; they not only destroyed their homes and placed them in trash containers; the souls of this helpless residents went to the trash too. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!

  • @pickinforalivin
    @pickinforalivin 3 роки тому +312

    They killed a community.

    • @AskRemy
      @AskRemy 3 роки тому +12

      corrupt politicians corrupt judges - rule of law is non-existent

    • @kooskoos8181
      @kooskoos8181 3 роки тому +3

      So sad :(

    • @billjoe39
      @billjoe39 3 роки тому +2

      but they padded their bank accounts- all that matters to some

    • @rowstone3019
      @rowstone3019 3 роки тому +4

      This is America. The people should have more of the wealth but the corrupt make the laws.

    • @marialindell9874
      @marialindell9874 3 роки тому +3

      They have been doing this since settlers came there.
      In NYC, central park there was a POC community driven to displacement and homelessness. They tried to fight, but the city got what they wanted.

  • @AJR-zg2py
    @AJR-zg2py 3 роки тому +877

    For anyone who says "well it's just a trailer park, one less low-income blight to worry about"... shame on you. Not everyone has the same opportunities and privileges. Some folks are dealt a horrible hand. Fall on hard times for a number of reasons. We shouldn't judge. These are people whose HOMES are being taken from them. I know they don't own the land... but it's still sad. What if they can't afford to live anywhere else?

    • @johntran1352
      @johntran1352 3 роки тому +19

      what rights? People must know that the land is not their. You rent 20 years does not make the house yours.

    • @chownful
      @chownful 3 роки тому +70

      @@johntran1352 I'm not going to be demolishing elderly and family mobile homes for some god damn golf course developer - that just ain't gonna happen.

    • @deedeeotero4475
      @deedeeotero4475 3 роки тому +9

      @@johntran1352 STFU you ignoramus.

    • @robertbrawley5048
      @robertbrawley5048 3 роки тому +17

      It is about the cheapest way to go lot rents are typically $700 a month for a ground floor apartment size living space with parking right out side the door and enough yard to have a cookout. Even a $2400 apartment couldnt offer those amenities

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +8

      Yet all those people were able to find other living arrangements

  • @ronnieowen5557
    @ronnieowen5557 Рік тому +19

    This is very similar to a situation that occurred in 2009. There was a huge subdivision development in which the city and the county discovered that the sewer and water pipes had been built substandard, and while they could be replaced and updated with the homes intact, it would cost the city and county triple what it would cost to simply demolish 340 homes. In 90% of the cases the people living in these homes were elderly, their homes were paid for and they had lived there since they were new in 1965. The city had first stated that the elderly people would be relocated to “rent controlled” apartments, but they would now have to pay rent to live there, and that they would receive a payment to “purchase” their homes, they were offered 5000 dollars, that is it. Most of these homes, while there had been a decrease in value due to the issues with water and sewer, were still valued at more than 150000 dollars. Most of these homes were very well kept as were the lawns and other curtilage around the homes. They were told that they would have free movers to help them move. In the end, they were evicted 6 months early, with no apartments and payments of only 500 dollars and no movers. It was discovered that the city had put in the sewer and water lines, not the developer, and it was the city that did it substandard to cut costs there, so this was the fault of the city, and there was some blame to the county. But the actual end of the story was that the county took ownership of the massive acreage and they built a brand new city hall and some other county buildings on the land, which had been authorized 6 months BEFORE the issues were stated with the sewer and water lines. It was a cheap land grab plain and simple. These people never actually financially recovered and 120 of the people evicted from homes they owned ended up homeless due to this because they could not recover on the social security checks. The fortunate ones ended up in crappy little apartments because they could no longer afford to purchase new homes and they lived their lives that way while the city and county sold off the land left after they used what they wanted and made millions on it because it was at that time after what they did considered very valuable property for commercial uses. (One major chemical company even built there due to a good lake access on the back side of the property. (Yes an number of the homes were lake front homes). The Government no matter if it is City, County, or Federal care anything about us, they do what they want with impunity. This is why we the people need to stand together NOW before it is too late and put an end to it. Time to show the government that THEY are the public servants not us.

    • @TheTread123
      @TheTread123 Рік тому

      Did this happen in a USA state?

    • @RedClover1987
      @RedClover1987 Рік тому

      Where did this happen? Sounds like Illinois……

  • @michaelveis8937
    @michaelveis8937 3 роки тому +37

    This happens here in the US all the time. More often than any other country on earth, even during this pandemic. Unfortunately, there's nothing these people can do about it. They are powerless, unless the public fights on their side. But in this case, the battle has been lost.

  • @liyanam7888
    @liyanam7888 3 роки тому +377

    No money, no rights. We are not equal on this world.

    • @roxannemoreno2012
      @roxannemoreno2012 3 роки тому +9

      Well said 👏

    • @watchinit6530
      @watchinit6530 3 роки тому +8

      Liyana M, The "have nots" are always on the short end of the stick. There's nothing new about this concept. It goes back for not just years, but for centuries even.

    • @shanincoffer6455
      @shanincoffer6455 3 роки тому +4

      EXACTLY

    • @godseeker1168
      @godseeker1168 3 роки тому +3

      You know it
      .

    • @godseeker1168
      @godseeker1168 3 роки тому +2

      @Somackyou are soo on point!

  • @gojump7
    @gojump7 3 роки тому +226

    *This video should be REQUIRED watching by anyone who is considering buying a trailer and putting it on a rented lot.*

    • @mspat8195
      @mspat8195 3 роки тому +24

      This happens to people in houses & apartments, too, rented OR owned!

    • @juliesprik9479
      @juliesprik9479 3 роки тому +6

      I agree 💯 percent.

    • @doriemckay6935
      @doriemckay6935 3 роки тому +3

      I'm wondering if I made this mistake.

    • @loriedwards6097
      @loriedwards6097 2 роки тому +6

      we are in this situation right now, i 100% second this comment

    • @tarawalton6778
      @tarawalton6778 2 роки тому +2

      AGREE💯

  • @sandralent1108
    @sandralent1108 3 роки тому +15

    Once again, man's inhumanity to man comes to the surface. Thank you for a touching and valuable video.

  • @kkellerk23
    @kkellerk23 2 роки тому +10

    I really shouldn't have watched this before bed, but I've seen the worst in humans my whole life. So no surprise to see this happening. What is even more upsetting, folks won't vote those idiots out of office. Smh things will never change unless you take action.

  • @janicem4382
    @janicem4382 3 роки тому +371

    That was heartbreaking. What disgusting treatment by a cold, uncaring bunch of city officials. 10,000 dollars was a slap in the face, unfair and unreasonable value. There is nothing comparable that they could have afforded.

    • @rosemarypaulus3518
      @rosemarypaulus3518 3 роки тому +11

      So sad😭

    • @evelynconnell3686
      @evelynconnell3686 Рік тому +13

      This is so sad ,
      This is not right,

    • @davedangerous
      @davedangerous Рік тому

      And the average price of a house and land is.... let me guess $500,000. Bunch of rich bastids kicking around the poor again.

    • @apodc123
      @apodc123 Рік тому

      The city has all this money because of the people they take all of our money get rich off of it and do what they want with us an throw us crumbs while they handle public funds we need to take our country back before it's too late

    • @somewhatinformed1208
      @somewhatinformed1208 Рік тому +6

      @Wally Watts Owning land is for people who don't expect government assistance. Except when landowners want to evict people off land they own the governments pretty handy. We need government to enforce the laws of the land. Being poor does not give people rights that supersede peoples right to own.

  • @dmotta2811
    @dmotta2811 3 роки тому +221

    To see that bulldozer knocking down someone’s home was really sad.

    • @waynecrothers9441
      @waynecrothers9441 Рік тому +11

      Especially Rudy's when he spent thousands on new roof and sidings,all for what

    • @somewhatinformed1208
      @somewhatinformed1208 Рік тому +5

      @@waynecrothers9441 20k bad investment building on land he does not own.

    • @dirkplant
      @dirkplant Рік тому +1

      It's very sad, especially went it could've been avoided.. Pay your rent, this isn't fantasy island. Noone lives for free regardless of what lies you tell yourself.

    • @dirkplant
      @dirkplant Рік тому

      False since of entitlement

    • @thelonesurvivor3955
      @thelonesurvivor3955 Рік тому

      @@somewhatinformed1208 honestly,the very fact that we never truly own our home and land is an affront to the foundation of this country,it wasn't perfect,but there was an ideal in mind,and the government butting into your home and relationships is unacceptable and is deserving of a revolution.
      Everyone in the white house needs to be wiped out,classic revolutionary style.

  • @sherrynelson1508
    @sherrynelson1508 Рік тому +9

    In the 90s a park owner let me have a snack concession at the community pool. Children were not allowed to swim unless there was an adult watching.
    A lot of the parents asked if I would mind to watch the children so they could swim after school. They also made sure they had snack money. They were happy healthy families. I wonder what becomes of people now that these communities are being torn down . You could have your own home yard and it seemed much better than huge apartment complexes.

  • @michellefury12345
    @michellefury12345 Рік тому +8

    My heart breaks for the old man...so much loss in his life then to take all of these peoples homes and the land is still vacant? What a shame💔

  • @opr8tr1962
    @opr8tr1962 3 роки тому +391

    Thank you Mayor Nenshi for doing this to my parents. All they wanted was to live out their last years in their home... God rest their souls.

    • @annihilatedbutcomingback1119
      @annihilatedbutcomingback1119 3 роки тому +44

      This breaks my heart, im so sorry, I don't even have the proper words to express to you💔

    • @doylejodi7502
      @doylejodi7502 3 роки тому +11

      🥺😔😪😢

    • @taraerskine3954
      @taraerskine3954 2 роки тому +22

      So sorry for your parents,that was such a rotten thing to do. I pray that your parents are safe & comfortable. I pray for all who lost there homes,hopes,& dreams!

    • @deeliciousgrapes
      @deeliciousgrapes 2 роки тому +3

      🙏🙏🤲🤲🤗💕🥰

    • @sandygarcia6684
      @sandygarcia6684 2 роки тому +10

      I'm so sorry. I know how that feels.

  • @lordcron
    @lordcron 5 років тому +581

    That's the thing that chaps my butt, When they are in a rush to push everyone off the property only to have it sit vacant with no plans to develop on it. What the hell did you kick them out for?!

    • @TheOceanJames
      @TheOceanJames 5 років тому +11

      The tenants didn't own the property. They agreed to these specific terms when they signed their lease agreements. They are lucky to get $10k + moving expenses. The only people who owed anyone anything in this film were the tenants, to honor and uphold the terms in their lease agreement.

    • @tedneill1246
      @tedneill1246 5 років тому +96

      @@TheOceanJames Happy to see YOU live in a world that is strictly Black and White. I must only conclude that compassion is not a quality you look for in your municipal government.

    • @quincyslawgmailcom
      @quincyslawgmailcom 4 роки тому +61

      @@TheOceanJames: Hope you're a lawyer, otherwise you've missed your calling, i.e., lawfully screwing over others - particularly those of little to no monetary sway and political clout. May ":justice," always be meted out to you in the same antiseptic, cold, stark way that you yourself regard the world; that way, according to the likes of you, everything in the universe will properly adhere to a "no grey area," anti-humanist, allegedly logical scenario.
      What an exceedingly sad world we now live in.
      Lastly, your YT moniker pretty much sums up your less than generous outlook on the treatment of others, especially those ever-seeking to live decent lives minus big fat bank accounts and stock portfolios.
      Quincy's Law

    • @MankindFails
      @MankindFails 4 роки тому +12

      @@quincyslawgmailcom Get over yourself ! In life you don't have only rights, you also have duties. These people rented lands to live in mobile homes. Key word here being "mobile" as in being able to move away if need be. So they settled permanently which they are not supposed too. So when it was time to move they couldn't. Now the city could evict them with a year notice and no compensations and they decided to give them 3 years, 10 000$ and pay their moving fees. So in a situation where some peoples do the wrong things and other do the right things, you blame the ones doing the right things. Then you imagine it makes you some kind of saint... Pfff You're such a phony.

    • @lovelylady1966
      @lovelylady1966 3 роки тому +25

      @@TheOceanJames you are an idiot so your telling me the tenants agreed to leave their homes they owned and only receive $10,000 plus moving exspenses yes you are a very stupid and greedy person.

  • @Bettinasisrg
    @Bettinasisrg 3 роки тому +8

    This is wrong on SO many levels, sickening to the core and I hope the people pushing these people out get their karma.

  • @sexysophie4426
    @sexysophie4426 2 роки тому +9

    I feel like if they're going to evict them from their homes they should at least compensate them for a new place! Or automatically give them somewhere to go! This is really sad . The higher ups never have a heart .

    • @dcg590
      @dcg590 Рік тому

      Move them into your home!! You’re so generous.

  • @Iris_Collins
    @Iris_Collins 3 роки тому +350

    Crap like this goes down, and they're wondering why there are suddenly so many homeless people.

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +7

      Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +3

      @Soph Wright Yes some of the renters rights stuff is ridiculous. Show proof of ownership, rental contract ended, done deal send in the Sheriff to enforce removal the same day. Then again on the flip side there's a lot of complicated situations that take time to reveal the truth. Squatters should have no right to take a home. There's a lot of entitlement these days. The more developed and prosperous nations become the worse it gets

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +1

      @Soph Wright Yep called adverse possession

    • @cynthiabackman6174
      @cynthiabackman6174 3 роки тому +5

      I hate our government

    • @Iris_Collins
      @Iris_Collins 3 роки тому +1

      @@cynthiabackman6174 I know, right!

  • @davesummer2552
    @davesummer2552 5 років тому +425

    Imagine all the people, families, seniors etc having lost these homes to put up more crappy condos for investors to get richer, for real estate agents to drive prices up and for bureaucrats to keep busy and maybe skim a bit for themselves...pathetic times we’re living in. Are you going to tell me this land was NEEDED for this “high density development”, what a crock. Greedy scumbags should leave people alone

    • @vmitchinson
      @vmitchinson 3 роки тому +32

      What is more reprehensible is the land is still vacant. The whole destruction of that park is based on predigist against mobile homes.

    • @michaelmullin3585
      @michaelmullin3585 3 роки тому +10

      @@vmitchinson The city wants the city-owned land available to sell to a developer. They wouldn not get any offers with residents on the land.

    • @chrisvalentine3017
      @chrisvalentine3017 3 роки тому +11

      You have hit the nail on the head, someone want's to make money out of it.

    • @Elizabeth-rq1vi
      @Elizabeth-rq1vi 3 роки тому +10

      High density high end development most likely. It’s 2021 & Midfield park is still undeveloped.

    • @elizabethbrazel9162
      @elizabethbrazel9162 3 роки тому +12

      @@Elizabeth-rq1vi o my goodness what a wicked act against humanity evilous set of people kill the poor and elderly for their what ? U see the the poor is not government concern government is only for the rich

  • @barbieburton1665
    @barbieburton1665 Рік тому +4

    I am so sad for these older people and any residents that are being evicted. It's not fair no matter what. At least they can help them in some way. Elites are running this country and world. So unfair. May God Bless these residents.

  • @paularogers3549
    @paularogers3549 3 роки тому +5

    This is so sad. It shouldn’t be this way for these people. I’ve lived where I’m at for 11 years change is hard.

  • @janicethomas3775
    @janicethomas3775 6 років тому +393

    These actions by the landowners may be legally correct but the actions are morally corrupt.

    • @teresasmith4446
      @teresasmith4446 3 роки тому +6

      what the rich want the rich take one way or another either by trying to pay you enough money to leave or by force because everyone else is left and you have no choice but to leave it's kind of sucky but that's just the way it is everywhere in all parts of the world even here hopefully these people are doing okay now God bless

    • @milobar100
      @milobar100 3 роки тому +12

      Money blinds these people. They don't see the suffering, the hurt...it's just the money that counts.

    • @jillh7403
      @jillh7403 3 роки тому +5

      It's all about $$$$

    • @bronicaloglesby3610
      @bronicaloglesby3610 3 роки тому +3

      One thing for sure, no one gets by God !

    • @PhoenixFires9
      @PhoenixFires9 3 роки тому +1

      I think that what they did was morally bereft but not unexpected. People who rent can get turned out of their homes in much shorter time spans with zero compensation.

  • @loulalucille8946
    @loulalucille8946 3 роки тому +153

    I lived in a trailer for 4 years. I am here to tell you, there is no difference from living in a traditional house, just cheaper. I hate that there is a stigma on trailers, or being poor. This breaks my heart. All because some people with more money thought they were better than these folks.

    • @Chordonblue
      @Chordonblue Рік тому +13

      There is ONE difference. If you don't own the land under it, you have NO recourse for something like this.

    • @deniseleaps
      @deniseleaps Рік тому +10

      Unfortunately, if you don’t own the land greedy people like shown here can get away with it. It’s sad. I looked into a mobile home but the landlords in our area did the owners wrong. I decided it wasn’t worth it. So, I waited and bought a fixer upper.

    • @michellecorbin2687
      @michellecorbin2687 Рік тому +5

      We started out in a manufactured home in a park. in 1984. Then we bought two acres of property and moved it out to the country. At the rate the communities for them are disappearing that's about the only way I'd have another. Nobody can tell you to get lost or charge you lot rent. The people who bought it still live there and have added on to it. Only way to go now and it is hard to do. Most places won't let you have the zoning but this is West Virginia. The well, septic, driveway, electricity and movers cost a lot up front but can be worth it!

    • @scottr3484
      @scottr3484 Рік тому +1

      There is a BIG difference between a trailer and a regular home. You people need to stop blaming others.

    • @Chordonblue
      @Chordonblue Рік тому +2

      @@scottr3484 You're right. People should be WELL educated before making a decision to buy a home that can easily be pulled out from under them. I would suggest that this documentary is a GREAT way to start that conversation.

  • @julieellis2870
    @julieellis2870 Рік тому +3

    This is so sad. Especially with homelessness such a huge issue everywhere. A city council should not be able to take actions like this.

  • @noname-ye7zj
    @noname-ye7zj 3 роки тому +10

    So depressing,
    For the love of money is the root of all evil.

  • @nana_ginny
    @nana_ginny 5 років тому +319

    Just shows cities are not caring about these folks & all about money!

    • @tallthinkev
      @tallthinkev 3 роки тому +10

      Like round my way. The council will listen to people and take on board what they say. Then do what they wanted in the first place. 35,000 new homes yet no new doctors, schools, roads, hospital...

  • @lark6spur
    @lark6spur 3 роки тому +198

    This is truly despicable and downright EVIL!!!

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому

      Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. They all chose to leave their trailer trash behind costing the govt more money. Robbing the community of those funds. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

    • @Msbuddy08sej
      @Msbuddy08sej 3 роки тому +1

      Tragic

    • @Jane-lf2fb
      @Jane-lf2fb 2 роки тому +1

      @@mrmotofy I live in this city. These were homes not trailer trash. Most of these folks were seniors and disabled people. The park is an old one and the infrastructure probably DID need replacing. It's on top of a hill overlooking the golf course and the reasoning was that water leaks were causing the slope to become unstable. Also the city does want to have retail in there as it's on a major east west road. Owners of homes in this park that COULD be moved were offered that option I believe. Problem is that a lot of homes were 30,40, 50 years old or more. They can't be moved, they won't hold up. $10,000 was not enough by far but it was a bad situation all around.

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 2 роки тому

      @@Jane-lf2fb If they were that old...they were overpaid for them then and should consider themselves lucky.

    • @marcgadoury5460
      @marcgadoury5460 Рік тому

      Amen

  • @avalondreaming1433
    @avalondreaming1433 Рік тому +1

    They did the exact same thing to a trailer park in Dallas. The people were elderly and had all lived in their trailers for over 40 years. It was on what was considered a flood plain. A new expensive housing development was put up a block away. A wealthy lady who had moved in made a complaint about the trailers not being up to code. She said she didn't want to have to drive by and look at an eyesore. The people were forced out. None of the trailers were able to be moved. All because a new neighbor didn't want to look at them.

  • @Rich-yj4ub
    @Rich-yj4ub Рік тому +2

    "If you play nice they will walk all over you". A man with 80 years experience.

  • @donnaterry1200
    @donnaterry1200 3 роки тому +386

    I pray that those who have made the decision to displace the residents get exactly what they deserve. May they find themselves in dire situations like they have imposed on others!

    • @foreverwise999
      @foreverwise999 3 роки тому +21

      Well said DONNA TERRY , GOD will send his message and let see how they like it.

    • @ladyjade6446
      @ladyjade6446 3 роки тому +11

      If not in this life then the next.

    • @feralLove
      @feralLove Рік тому

      Hopefully it will happen sooner then later

    • @betzlaplant2755
      @betzlaplant2755 Рік тому +7

      well that would be true justice hope we are still alive to see something like that to take place

    • @robynweeks6004
      @robynweeks6004 Рік тому +7

      Karma and mother nature can be so underated..and it's funny how they usually come calling on these types of people.. no good can come from evil

  • @HarvestMoon21
    @HarvestMoon21 3 роки тому +278

    I'm 59 and have spent over 45 years in a moblie home. People do treat and think of you as trash sometimes but frankly my dear I don't give a damn...😛

    • @debbyfaner291
      @debbyfaner291 3 роки тому +23

      I have lived in a mobile home my whole life. I work 3 jobs just to stay afloat. It's not easy. I'm with ya on what you said. Sometimes I get treated differently for where I live and it isn't right. I'm clean and a decent human trying to make ends meet

    • @HarvestMoon21
      @HarvestMoon21 3 роки тому +18

      @@debbyfaner291 I completely understand, I've always been called "Trailer Trash" kids at school didn't come up with that, it came from their families, who lives in glass houses, the older I got I begin to understand that, as a young child it was painful, I loved my home, my neighbors, couldn't understand how what I lived in gave them the right to talk/ physical abuse towards me & my family. So that's still my home, my neighborhood ❣️ ☮️ and best wishes for the holidays and a VERY VIRUS free year to you my neighbor❣️
      I love my by God mobile home😊

    • @debbyfaner291
      @debbyfaner291 3 роки тому +4

      Thank you! You have a good Christmas too!

    • @nickhill8612
      @nickhill8612 3 роки тому +10

      @@debbyfaner291
      It was my younger sister myself and my mom living in a trailer.
      I remember my mom working 2-3 jobs.
      I was so stupid I didn't know how hard it was for her.

    • @eckankar7756
      @eckankar7756 3 роки тому +7

      I remember as a kid watching Elvis in the movie It Happened at the World's Fair. he did a number in a trailer park and it looked so glamorous. Later I saw a PBS show about people being tossed out of the trailer park just as this show describes it. While still a kid it had such an impact on me that I promised myself I'd own a house and the land under it no matter what.

  • @MistressGlowWorm
    @MistressGlowWorm Рік тому +3

    How much did that mayor get paid in that deal? Someone needs to follow the money. It never lies.

  • @lesliesmith53
    @lesliesmith53 Рік тому +3

    How sad. Makes me think. I'm in a trailer park also. When will I get pushed out so they can build apartments and collect more money. Those officials should be put out of their homes too.

  • @jacquelineransfield989
    @jacquelineransfield989 3 роки тому +112

    they are in a rush to push everyone off the property only to have it sit vacant with no plans to develop on it. What the hell did you kick them out for?!

    • @standupstew1645
      @standupstew1645 3 роки тому +8

      Because the location of the trailer park was worth big money, which means big taxes.The reason it is still vacant is that Calgary is the oil capital of Canada,and since the slump in oil prices is not doing so well.

    • @maryannlaylanzon9885
      @maryannlaylanzon9885 Рік тому +3

      In Detroit metro area lot rent just went up to 700.00 a month. hardly any lots . terrible people can't even use a tax break on them.

    • @karengiorella2690
      @karengiorella2690 Рік тому +5

      It's always about money.

    • @Chordonblue
      @Chordonblue Рік тому +1

      @@standupstew1645 Yes it is the oil capital - but Alberta can't take advantage of that potential when you can't move it out of the province. It is what it is.

    • @Msangel06
      @Msangel06 Рік тому

      Right

  • @diannenaworensky6698
    @diannenaworensky6698 3 роки тому +267

    I found this story to be so sad. No one should have their home taken from them.

    • @patricksaxon3983
      @patricksaxon3983 3 роки тому +5

      In Bryan, Texas, if someone wants your property, they can have the city condemn it and then get your home for a lot less money and force you out.

    • @Chordonblue
      @Chordonblue Рік тому +6

      Technically, their homes weren't TAKEN. This is the predatory result of not owning the land under your home. I just sold my mobile home after a large corporation purchased the land underneath it. They wasted no time in raising the rents and making formerly allowable things like a firepit, against the rules.
      The park was started by a well-known local doctor over 50 years ago. He was aware that housing was essential to a growing population and it needed to be affordable. It was kept clean, and any troublemakers were shown the exit. His children continued taking care of the place, until recently. They've become too elderly to do the job, and their kids didn't want to. We were fortunate, having an opportunity to purchase a home nearby. The others, especially the elderly on fixed incomes? Not so much.

    • @cassidypresley614
      @cassidypresley614 Рік тому +1

      Dianne Naworensky.........it's called "The Root Of All Evil !! Money, Power and Greed.

    • @mortgageapprovals8933
      @mortgageapprovals8933 Рік тому +3

      If I were to set up a mobile home on your property would you be ok with it? Or would you ask me to leave because I am on your property? What if I pleaded with you and said pleas don't kick me out of my home?
      The people living here on on someone else's property. They do not own the land.
      In the same way you would not tolerate me staying on your property why should the city tolerate people staying on their property.
      And if you care so much would you allow any of these people on your property? No you would not.

    • @Chordonblue
      @Chordonblue Рік тому

      @@mortgageapprovals8933 your name is telling, so we can all understand which side you likely side with. The difference between someone just moving on to my property would be whether I had invited them to do so and pay me a fixed amount.
      There is no real equity in a mobile home that is sitting on someone else's land because at any time that person or company who owns said land can pull it out from under you and then where do you go?
      Few people have the resources to move those homes and even if they could, because of the understandable preference of mobile home parks for newer homes, homeowners are unlikely to find a space to put it anyway.
      Perhaps private or corporate ownership of these Parks needs to stop. Perhaps all mobile home parks need to be group owned by the tenants with management rules and laws applied by local communities in which they reside.
      Mobile homes seem to be a special case, neither Feast nor famine. It is a place for people to live, but it could also be a place where people go bankrupt and lose their homes and have nowhere to go. For those people, it's cardboard box time, right?
      I simply think that these issues are going to require some serious rethinking.

  • @darrisnelson5223
    @darrisnelson5223 Рік тому +2

    This is typical of the U.S./California county where I live and any most county or cities where land prices are through the roof. The city council here, like there, says they care about low income housing, elder displacement, single parent households, they do not…$$ rule not people. They should be ashamed…😠

  • @chingli-xg4ns
    @chingli-xg4ns 6 місяців тому +1

    'TRUE WEALTH IS WHAT U ARE, NOT WHAT U HAVE'! Great statement. It's not what people believe anymore! Hes right for the majority of this greedy corporate world, But there's strength in numbers, stick together and fight! Now there's social media, Spread the word.
    P.S I live in a mobile home park in Jersey, I'm afraid we're gonna be next!

  • @lauraogrady1038
    @lauraogrady1038 3 роки тому +128

    Hello, this is Laura, the director of Eviction Notice. Thank you for taking the time to watch this film. While the residents have gone different ways, the land still sits vacant, although a new development plan has just been announced by the city. Despite the tearing out of the homes, Rudy's tree still stands.

    • @kathyevans757
      @kathyevans757 3 роки тому +24

      Well that's something... Hope it stays as sort of a memorial to Rudy and what was done here to these people...

    • @fuckyoutube5584
      @fuckyoutube5584 3 роки тому +27

      So fraud is what you did. If an eviction takes places for development then development has to happen within a year of demolition or then fines are placed against city/property owner. Since no development has happen this is a clear case of fraud. If lets say international countries come in for humanitarian rights such as displacement of residents such as Palestinians, what would Canada do or say. This is a clear case of we dont care for our citizens. So to other countries why shouldn't suits be brought against the city and property owner for violating human rights? This is the same as what happened with Palestinians. No excuses

    • @doriemckay6935
      @doriemckay6935 3 роки тому +18

      oh great.. the homeless can go live in Rudy's tree! lmao. this film is criminal.

    • @stj971
      @stj971 Рік тому +3

      Swell

    • @truthhurts2879
      @truthhurts2879 Рік тому +12

      Thanku Laura, an incredibly evocative piece of film, you thoroughly captured the mood, the sadness and injustice of what's taken place.

  • @davidjohnmiller4849
    @davidjohnmiller4849 3 роки тому +100

    They’ll dig your grave up if they want the land , immortal words were never spoken !

    • @c50ge
      @c50ge 3 роки тому

      And then expect you to cover yourself with dirt

  • @barbthompson2715
    @barbthompson2715 2 роки тому +1

    How in the heck does a 92 year old tenant get any eviction notice!, wow!! That is cold hearted!!!!!

  • @lauraogrady1038
    @lauraogrady1038 9 місяців тому +3

    Saddened to report that a great man, Rudy Prediger, passed away this morning. Smart, funny and savvy, he was compelled to do what he thought was right despite the consequences. The land his home stood on still sits vacant. I hope Rudy knows his story has inspired the many who have watched him.

    • @JJJJ-gl2uf
      @JJJJ-gl2uf 5 місяців тому

      Rudy was a lot more honourable than those on city council that voted to destroy the lives of all those people.

  • @sarahburton3110
    @sarahburton3110 3 роки тому +90

    What was the point of kicking these peaceful families off the land only for it to sit vacant. City Hall should bow their heads in shame.

    • @akaJoo
      @akaJoo 3 роки тому +9

      They don't want poor people around. It is heartbreaking.

    • @bunzeebear2973
      @bunzeebear2973 3 роки тому +4

      Must be the extra tax money they get for vacant land??NOT? The tree has protected status?

    • @offgridhomesteaders863
      @offgridhomesteaders863 3 роки тому +5

      They all should be shot. You don't get it, THEY HAVE NO SHAME!

    • @bigvalley4987
      @bigvalley4987 3 роки тому +2

      After the City Hall take a bow. Than they need to ensure these people are placed in permanent housing. And anyone else that is affected in this economy. This is America. The home of the free or the brave?

    • @blackfacehardon5163
      @blackfacehardon5163 3 роки тому +3

      They dont care

  • @kathleenkoval3424
    @kathleenkoval3424 3 роки тому +414

    What a horrible thing to do to people , I am so sorry for everyone who had to endure this pain

    • @bonniebell2050
      @bonniebell2050 3 роки тому +9

      Oh gosh me 2..Breaks my heart..U know most will miss each other..That's the really sad part..

    • @Angel-tw3ko
      @Angel-tw3ko 3 роки тому +18

      Don't ever move to a trailer park, they can do anything that they want with their land. Its better to have your own land to put your home on..park owners are opportunistic and prey on the poor.

    • @PhoenixFires9
      @PhoenixFires9 3 роки тому +9

      @@Angel-tw3ko Agreed! My grandparents eventually bought their own piece of land to put their mobile home on.

    • @lindajackson618
      @lindajackson618 3 роки тому +7

      @@Angel-tw3ko not so! Millions have had their cbs block homes condemned and property seized by what ever government in that city, county, and etc. Happened to a whole neighborhood here in PB County, Fl. Back in the early 90s. The county airport wanted the land and got it. People had lived there 40-50 years. Big long court battle and of course they lost. Happens all over America. If billionaire wants to build a mall or Walmart want to build your home and life means nothing.

    • @larachevrier-brown6439
      @larachevrier-brown6439 3 роки тому +3

      @@lindajackson618 I'm from Palm Beach County. I live in Volusia County now, near Daytona. Here in Florida...if the owners (or city owned)..they are required to relocate the residents in a comparable location & rent. I live in a mobile park community and pay lot rent. I will never do that again! In the last 2 yrs the management hasn't done squat. But increase rent anyway. This is costing me a big lesson.

  • @ediddysmith2500
    @ediddysmith2500 Рік тому +2

    This is criminal, where are these people going to go. I hope people in Calgary stand up for them

  • @racheloutman6241
    @racheloutman6241 3 роки тому +1

    This is happening all over the place. Very sad.. I've been pushed out many times.

  • @joannietowner3317
    @joannietowner3317 5 років тому +381

    I'm 71, I lived in Trailwood Park in South Carolina, In 2012, the park was evicted from Boeing Aircraft. They took my home that I lived in for forty years. My mom bought my trailer in 1976 , she loved it. She passed away in 1997. I cremated her. In March 2013 I went to the site of the old trailers platform and spreaded her ashes. Now they paved the area. Her ashes will be forever on the trailers platform and under the pavement. I raised my kids at that place . There was a lake at the park. I would take the kids there and fish. It's sad it's gone now. I miss it, Certainly i do.

    • @maureenkirby1155
      @maureenkirby1155 4 роки тому +35

      Another happy ending for the politicians and the property developers. Well done!
      If the city of Calgary had to redo water/sewers anyway, why couldn't they do it for these long time residents and why did they break their promise on a new mobile home park to assist in relocation?
      The people responsible for taking away that neighbourhood must leave their humanity at the door and I'm sure none of them are living in a mobile home park. How do any of you sleep at night?
      Thank you CBC Docs POV for these enlightening stories.

    • @blairstewart2476
      @blairstewart2476 3 роки тому +18

      Joannie Towner i’m so sorry . That’s awful.

    • @yoleeisbored
      @yoleeisbored 3 роки тому +26

      im sorry. rest in peace to your mother.

    • @208cindygirl
      @208cindygirl 3 роки тому +19

      The love of money

    • @spocksbeard76
      @spocksbeard76 3 роки тому +12

      @@208cindygirl That Says It ALL!!

  • @jaciekelly3391
    @jaciekelly3391 3 роки тому +80

    That city sucks I'll never give them my tourist dollars

  • @williamjones4483
    @williamjones4483 2 роки тому +1

    Heartbreaking. A government that can give you everything can take everything. So much for Canadian social safety nets. Looking at this location on 06/06/2022 on Google Earth reveals that this land is vacant. Nothing has been placed on it.

  • @elizabethshaw734
    @elizabethshaw734 3 роки тому +2

    There is nothing like a cat to reduce stress and to make you happy! they understand the vocabulary up to a three-year-old child so my George knows everything I say to him and acts accordingly.

  • @Katietoo
    @Katietoo 3 роки тому +194

    This has left me broken-hearted for all these people. I cannot believe that the golf-course still remains, yet peoples' homes and dreams have been harshly destroyed. I live in France so these cruel actions have, and are still, being known globally. Shame on the culprits, and love and peace to those afflicted.

    • @rebaeasler
      @rebaeasler Рік тому +6

      God could and should send a earthquake to get rid of the Goff court..perfect carma for the rich..

    • @robynweeks6004
      @robynweeks6004 Рік тому

      Location , Location, Location

    • @faithrada
      @faithrada Рік тому +6

      Too bad the greedy power mongers don't understand that God IS Watching... and that ALL will be held accountable for their actions. No one gets away with anything.

    • @robynweeks6004
      @robynweeks6004 Рік тому +1

      @@faithrada Amen

    • @ScubaSteveCanada
      @ScubaSteveCanada Рік тому +1

      @@rebaeasler Why blame the golf course? They have absolutely nothing to do about this. The owner of the park decided to sell out the residents who were invited to live there all those years ago.

  • @Jean-gf3fi
    @Jean-gf3fi 5 років тому +189

    $10,000 in cash for your home in CALGARY? They ought to be ASHAMED of themselves. There needs to be a guarantee that when you buy a mobile home, you are safe from this nonsense & abuse

    • @irunthestreets
      @irunthestreets 4 роки тому +7

      you got 10k and you got to keep your home, you could relocate it to a different mobile home park.

    • @spocksbeard76
      @spocksbeard76 3 роки тому +21

      @@irunthestreets Most Of them(The Mobile Homes) Were Too Old To Move.

    • @jeremynemily
      @jeremynemily 3 роки тому +23

      It’s costs significant $ to move a mobile home.

    • @vmitchinson
      @vmitchinson 3 роки тому +9

      Ok Wise guy, Where can you move it to?

    • @kilimangarohighz9481
      @kilimangarohighz9481 3 роки тому +5

      @Billy Ray Valentine In Canada NO ONE possess anything. The Whole Canada belongs to her majesty the Queen of England. We are all renters. Don't think your house is yours. If the Queen decides to get it she will get it and no one can stop her.

  • @alisonlee3314
    @alisonlee3314 3 роки тому +2

    "If you play nice, they walk all over you".
    Never a truer word said.

  • @mikestory5883
    @mikestory5883 3 роки тому +1

    This is a very sad story and an injustice to the life long residents of the mobile home community. Sewer pipes and water lines can be replaced in any community whether its regular houses or mobile homes... it just requires a lot of digging & construction work on the part of the city and or the owner of the property. The excuse that the sewer and water system was bad was just a legality that the city used to force the people off the land so they can redevelop it and make millions of dollars.

  • @maygnjamieson485
    @maygnjamieson485 6 років тому +291

    This is a truly sad story, shame on the council for not letting people live there lives in peace

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +2

      Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

    • @PhoenixFires9
      @PhoenixFires9 3 роки тому +4

      @Daylight Angel What happened to “God helps those who help themselves”. I actually hate this quote because sometimes people have no way to help themselves.

    • @Growmap
      @Growmap 3 роки тому +7

      @@mrmotofy Are you aware that you're lying? Older mobile homes cannot be moved. Where you live, how much does it cost to move? Where could they relocate for the same monthly overhead? (Into a basement "bunker"?)
      Easy for the rich to say "buy your own". If those people had the money to buy land, put in utilities, and build a house they probably would have. Are you aware what that costs?
      And that is no guarantee the government won't decide to take your land after you put in all those investments.

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +1

      @@Growmap Are you aware I'm NOT LYING. Contact mobile home movers, they have moved em up to 50yrs old or more. Without getting into specifics we can't say if it's allowed or not in any one location. There's different regulations everywhere. But to blanket say old homes can't be moved is FALSE. One has to work within the regulations of your location. Many times the permits/regulations will be relaxed for park closures etc.
      It's generally gonna be expensive to move. There's a lot of work, but one assumes that cost or risk when you buy the mobile home. Relocating is YOUR OWN responsibility. NOT your landlord or city in this case. YOU voluntarily and knowingly chose to and agreed to sign the documents and live there.
      But there's no where for them to move to. Or they're too old for other parks. Again that's the homeowners problem and responsibility. Nobody else's. One assumes those kind of risks going into it.
      Yes I'm very knowledgeable on all the complications and costs involved in buying land, building and moving. I've worked in home construction, transport and lived in a home in a park for 13yrs. It was MY choice and MY RISK/Responsibility. There's a risk you get kicked out of the park, have to either move it or sell to an approved buyer. Those costs and complications belong to nobody else but the home owner. YOU bought that risk.
      I know what land costs, I know what homesite development costs. I'm very aware of all of the complications and have dealt with it all. I've either built or helped owners work through it all for years. I know people who are currently dealing with about $20k in water and sewer repairs. Just found out from the plumber it's now gonna be another $5k on top of it. I know people who got $10k bills from the city for new repairs in front of the home and adding a sidewalk where there never was one. I've worked on homes and handed bills for thousands, then informed them they needed thousands more from another contractor. I've built $80k additions on people's homes saving them $30k from other contractors. Don't cry to me homes cost a lot. YES HOMES COST a lot to buy own and maintain. That' NOBODY elses problem but the buyer/owner. Don't like it...rent for the rest of your life. Or live in a van wherever you can. That's YOUR problem and cost not MINE, or the city or a current landowner.
      I've seen car repair bills for $10k, is that my repair bill, yours or the car owners? YOU ASSUME liability for your property. That guy in the vid paid $25k for repairs in the last year. That home didn't look like it was worth $10k. That's poor money management. Would you pay $12k for a car that's valued at $4k? NO of course not, that's stupid. Yet he did it. He had choices he made decisions he has to live with the consequences. Our current life is a culmination of our life decisions up to this point. Don't like it...make different/better decisions.
      Take responsibility for your own life. All these people clearly found other arrangements when they looked.
      You're right there's no guarantees in life but death and taxes. The rest is all a risk. The sooner people learn that the better off they'll be
      I've always taken jobs where I was taught new skills and knowledge that I could use for the rest of my life. Every time I switch I pick an industry or skill and go find a job in that. Now I can do tons of things for myself or get paid good money by others. Everyone can do what I do...but they choose to make different decisions. We should always strive to invest in ourselves. Educating yourselves in personal development and money management will not only propel you personally it will make you worth more to future bosses so you become more valuable. When you become more valuable...you get paid more and your income goes up. Everyone has the same choices in life realistically. Clarence Thomas grew up in the slums on govt assistance and had a rough childhood. He made changes to his life and worked up to one of the most respected Supreme Court justices of all time. He did it by working hard and making better choices. We can all do the same. I'm now in a position where I can help others begin to educate themselves and make better smarter decisions for themselves. Help them invest IN THEMSELVES which NOBODY can take away. Success is a mindset and choice to make daily decisions to reach your goals and dreams.
      I know people that have educated themselves then got offered jobs that doubled their income to $100k because they invested in themselves and knowledge that got noticed. I've worked with people that educated themselves and then rearranged their finances, got an extra $500/mo in their budget and formulated a plan to have their house paid off in 2yrs. Everyone CAN do it...but most just won't, that's the reality. And there's huge powers at work to keep it that way cuz they are capitalizing on that ignorance and getting fat and wealthy off it. But only YOU can make that change.

    • @stj971
      @stj971 Рік тому

      @@mrmotofy ty for being so compassionate...not. there's a very warm place waiting 4 u

  • @vickithilges3497
    @vickithilges3497 3 роки тому +131

    When people are forced out of their homes it just adds to Homelessness. So Sad 😞

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +1

      Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

    • @gracefullikeagazelle
      @gracefullikeagazelle 3 роки тому +4

      Vicki Thilges Very sad. In Canada we face an eviction wave AND a homelessness crisis. Yet the government instructs us to "STAY HOME". Please advise.!

    • @Christmas-dg5xc
      @Christmas-dg5xc 3 роки тому +3

      "When people are forced out of their homes it just adds to Homelessness." Yes, but homelessness enables them to tell people, "we need you to fund a new program to combat homelessness." As with many other businesses, you have to "create the market."

    • @msjay025
      @msjay025 3 роки тому +2

      When older people are forces out, it is the beginning to an end for them. Shame on everyone who are partakes for the rich.

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +3

      @@msjay025 They all found somewhere else to live

  • @marcosozzi749
    @marcosozzi749 8 днів тому +1

    People living in mobile home parks are at high risk of being charged high lot rents and/or being forced out when new ownership manages the property and/or because the land has appreciated in value so much over many years that money-making opportunities arise that displace the residents of the mobile home residents. In other words, if you live in a mobile home park, look at every opportunity to move out of it before property owner and/our management serve you a notice of eviction. It is always better to plan ahead vs to be unprepared when the notice of eviction arrives ❤😊

  • @mspat8195
    @mspat8195 3 роки тому +1

    AND look at ALL of the usable shelter + appliances, etc., being trashed & wasted!
    My heartcracked at each story, broke at each demolition but the tears burst when I saw the tree . . . . . Planted in Good ground for a legacy of Sowing Good seed, now a symbol of the perversion wrought by servants to Evil.
    🙏's & 🤗's for all, everywhere & a special shout out to the Hero, Rudy❣
    💞~👵

  • @brittanybellinger
    @brittanybellinger 3 роки тому +14

    They are doing this to my dad right now. 72 acres of farm land that's been in the family over 150 years and they have been fighting him in court for the last decade to take it from him.

    • @sheilasullivan1950
      @sheilasullivan1950 3 роки тому +4

      Worldwide scam going on. Sorry for your Dad. They'll hammer him into bankruptcy first then emminent domaine the property. Soulless small sharp objects that they are. Devil is driving it.

  • @nancyneyedly4587
    @nancyneyedly4587 3 роки тому +25

    22:30 When he says "they'll dig your grave up if they want that land" he wasn't exaggerating. They dug up 39 people from a cemetery in Calgary when they wanted to install the LRT transit line in the 80's.

    • @swisherlife
      @swisherlife 3 роки тому

      That's disgusting and disrespectful 😢

    • @christinamann3640
      @christinamann3640 Рік тому

      OMfrickinG!!! I always thought that was creepy going underground right next to the cemetery, but I never knew they MOVED any! Horrible!

  • @dapdne4916
    @dapdne4916 Рік тому +2

    This was 4 years ago
    Damn. God Bless the former citizens of this trailer park. This is the only home for some elderly people who probably had no where to go. Apparently also young families. Thank God certain ones found new homes. Shame on this city government! Calgary seemed like such a friendly place. I guess NOT.
    What is that crazy deal with that golf course? That is pure insanity!!

  • @caroleastmond9064
    @caroleastmond9064 2 роки тому +1

    This is so terrible
    that this city is
    doing this to these
    home owners, a city should help its people
    and not destroyed them.

  • @barbarahartlett5400
    @barbarahartlett5400 3 роки тому +74

    So sorry for this older gentleman that been there so long

    • @PhoenixFires9
      @PhoenixFires9 3 роки тому +6

      I know. I felt terrible for him too. Not only is he losing his home, he’s losing his friends too.

    • @tarawalton6778
      @tarawalton6778 2 роки тому

      BEYOND heartbreaking!💔

  • @JanesDough855
    @JanesDough855 3 роки тому +19

    I've seen enough videos of empty schools, hotels, hospitals, shopping malls, factories and rotting old trains and buses. Yet they have to take land that people are LIVING on! SINFUL!

  • @filomenaregan1537
    @filomenaregan1537 Рік тому +1

    So sad to know this happened to these nice hard working people. God bless.

  • @rogerweaver7686
    @rogerweaver7686 Рік тому +1

    "They'll dig your grave up if they want that land" truer words were never spoken.

  • @WhispersFromTheDark
    @WhispersFromTheDark 3 роки тому +95

    In my opinion there's a special kind of HOT hell for the 'officials' that would do this to people. At some point, be it here on earth or after they're gone they'll have to answer for the things they did that was cruel and wrong, and may they have to feel the pain and anguish they dished out to others. So be it!

  • @Tina06019
    @Tina06019 3 роки тому +34

    As an aside, I lived in Calgary as a child, and my Lord it is COLD there. I can imagine that it takes a fortune to heat a trailer home.
    The failure to relocate the residents and their homes to a new park where they could have remained neighbors is shameful.

    • @lilpinksliplee7310
      @lilpinksliplee7310 Рік тому +1

      I live in MI and it's cold here. I have a manufactured home. 2023 Sq ft 4 bd 2 full bath and it costs less than 200 a month dead of winter and that's keeping it hot in this house. Maybe those old trailer homes that were 50+ years old and not maintained got cold, but my grandmother owned a trailer park and my Aunt owns it now. I stayed in her old trailer when l was just a kid. She lived in WI and l was warmer in that trailer than l was in our 350,000 stick built houses. I was always putting tons of blankets on my bed at night and snuggling my baby sister to keep her warm.

    • @myrtleborodziuk7163
      @myrtleborodziuk7163 Рік тому +1

      It does not cost anymore to heat then a house

    • @cassidypresley614
      @cassidypresley614 Рік тому

      Tina..........not shameful 😔 but SINFULL.........THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL!! MONEY & GREED!!

  • @kevinengler7467
    @kevinengler7467 Рік тому +1

    I can sympathize with the people who had lost their homes. I too lost a good trailer due to being unable to pay. It was pretty hard to pay for land on a property that we owed outright--especially when no one in town was willing to hire you for the skill you had!

  • @jackrodgersjr
    @jackrodgersjr 3 роки тому +1

    Someone should run for mayor and others for the council and then evict everyone who was on the council and voted to evict. Also do research on what development papers had been filed, who would get the property/development, etc. and then sue those people.

  • @MrGrdnrmn
    @MrGrdnrmn 6 років тому +162

    The way the city dealt with this is our biggest embarrassment for more than a century.

    • @legalfictionnaturalfact3969
      @legalfictionnaturalfact3969 4 роки тому +5

      just wait until the rest comes out. soon. :) :)

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +1

      Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

    • @PhoenixFires9
      @PhoenixFires9 3 роки тому +4

      @@mrmotofy I agree with you but what makes it sad is that these tenants were mostly elderly and vulnerable.

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому

      @bOhO CHiC Yes I do. I've lived in one in a park. I knew walking into the whole deal. The contracts state the terms. If YOU don't own the land then you're at the landowners mercy. The renters made the choice to move in there knowing all that. Sorry but the renters need to take personal responsibility for their own bad choices rather than blaming everyone else. The city went above and beyond what was needed. They should be grateful. The city owed them nothing. If you or others disagree with the city decisions then join the council or whatever positions so YOU are in a position to vote on or make the decisions.

    • @dianehunsberger2271
      @dianehunsberger2271 3 роки тому

      @bOhO CHiC Was quoted a price of $1000/mile here in the states. No guarantee that mobile home would remain intact.

  • @ashleystewart34ify
    @ashleystewart34ify 5 років тому +85

    The Calgary City Council should be absolutely ashamed of themselves...this is inhumane. What a way to take of one another, especially families with young children and the elderly... greedy sob's.

  • @graysonwalker
    @graysonwalker Рік тому +2

    Why don't they pay the residents a fair price...

  • @laikanbarth
    @laikanbarth Рік тому +1

    Absolutely heartbreaking. How can you treat people this way?? We all know why the city did this. It’s so they can build houses for the rich!! Governments everywhere hate poor people.

  • @angusosborne3151
    @angusosborne3151 5 років тому +111

    After having recently moved to a "Trailer Park" it was hard to watch this without having empathy for those involved. When you first move in you soon realize that it's not a park but a community. Your so close to your neighbors that you can't help but to get to know them and when you know your neighbors you tend to look after them. Sad to see they destroyed that!

    • @legalfictionnaturalfact3969
      @legalfictionnaturalfact3969 4 роки тому +4

      that is WHY the gov't does these things. to break up communities. that's why they bombed syria as well.

    • @coachAnita1
      @coachAnita1 3 роки тому +2

      I'm a manager where I live, yes you do get closer to your neighbors. You get to everyone, along with their hardships. I have to watch myself with the company I work for when I see them putting the screws to all of us!

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +1

      Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k. They still owned the home and could have moved it. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.

  • @dannsherstone1037
    @dannsherstone1037 5 років тому +181

    Sadly this is the reality of living on land that you don't own. This happens over and over again. I think that mobile home parks should be co-owned by the residence - like a condo development. The shared cost of the land would be reasonably affordable and they would have complete control over their land.

    • @scorpion777silvermoon3
      @scorpion777silvermoon3 5 років тому +11

      Great point

    • @owatinay
      @owatinay 4 роки тому +14

      That would never be allowed. The whole point of forcing people to live in trailer parks with mobile homes and not allowing them to be put on owned property is to segregate and marginalize people who would otherwise benefit from the affordability of manufactured homes. The whole point is for municipalities to have the freedom to rip their homes from them exactly like this when it serves the interests of those with more money and influence. If someone wants the land for development, and/or they want to clear out the "riffraff", ie working class and poor people, then they have the ability to get rid of them.

    • @dannsherstone1037
      @dannsherstone1037 4 роки тому +13

      @@owatinay Its been a year so I had to re-watch the video. You make a lot of good points. But honesty Owatinay there had been no upgrades to anything for 35 to 40 years - most likely longer. Some of those structures are very frail and they could not work around or moved without causing damage. What the City should have done was move the entire park to a new location and help finance new trailers for those that could not be moved. We did that in the town I live in, the Town moved everyone to a new location with full, new services and roads. I stand by my original statement. The pad fee would be about the same as a portion of the shared mortgage - totally affordable.

    • @marcusfitzgerald59
      @marcusfitzgerald59 3 роки тому +7

      That's bad business. I feel bad for those people though.

    • @dannsherstone1037
      @dannsherstone1037 3 роки тому +5

      @@marcusfitzgerald59 I feel bad for them too.

  • @shannonsaunders547
    @shannonsaunders547 Рік тому +2

    Absolutely cruel evicting people especially at there age. The ones who are doing this have a spot in hell waiting for them.

  • @asleepcloud
    @asleepcloud Рік тому +1

    The other day the Landlord gave us a letter saying we need to move our mobile home off the lot in 6 months, in September. Just like the story here, they don't want to replace the water pipes and are selling the land for commercial development. We don't know what to do this is our home, what are we supposed to do about this in such a short amount of time? I've been homeless before and I told myself I would never go there again but now that I finally have a home it gets taken away. Life is so hard man

  • @ZykaCharlie
    @ZykaCharlie 3 роки тому +27

    Thank you CBC. I am so incensed about how the City of Calgary treated these people. Most of the residents were seniors who were pulled away from their friends and families.

    • @Babu-kr3cr
      @Babu-kr3cr 3 роки тому +6

      The seniors were all doing really well there. They would die off in nursing homes. You need community like that to survive for the elderly for the single mother with kids; they were all able to help each other whereas separately they would have a much harder time.

  • @debbieyork972
    @debbieyork972 3 роки тому +35

    This is so sad. How can anyone feel good about moving the elderly out of their home?

  • @ulvertlester3156
    @ulvertlester3156 Рік тому +1

    This is heartbreaking !! This is also why there is so much homelessness !!

  • @adventure7434
    @adventure7434 Рік тому +2

    I was displaced 3/7/22. I haven't been able to find affordable housing as of 6/18/22. It's terrible and only getting worse

  • @karencampbell2632
    @karencampbell2632 3 роки тому +69

    This is so heartbreaking to watch, those poor people. Prayers to them.

  • @jams8557
    @jams8557 Рік тому +1

    To see what all of these PEOPLE went thru and most lived there for 15-20+years…and it sits vacant made me want to go thru the television!
    What a disgusting display of humanity! It has nothing to do with community and this being their HOMES & everything to do with the bottom line and in some way that golf course!
    To see how often this happens all around us and the little guy never wins! What’s the lesson here? They paid their rent, abided by the rules of the park for years and it meant nothing! I’m literally sick to my stomach!

  • @littlewolfspirit7373
    @littlewolfspirit7373 Рік тому +2

    Watching this just made me physically sick to my stomach. I live in a Mobil home in Sacramento, Ca. It's been here for years and years. But I know this will eventually happen herd. Hopefully IL be able to leave here before they pull this on the people. One time I happen to just pull this property up and saw that it had been up for sale for a long time. It used to have 3 properties 2 in Los Angeles and one here, the two in Los Angeles have sold so guess no body wants this right now but they will and that's going to hurt a lot of people. I'm so sorry these people had to move,

  • @kylec166
    @kylec166 3 роки тому +81

    There's a lot of people that to this day in the year 2020 still make 10.00 an hour I do. I am 38 years old. That's 1982 salary. It is so hard here in the USA to find cheap rent or cheap houses to live in.

    • @bigallupul5991
      @bigallupul5991 3 роки тому +7

      Our minimum wage here in Alberta is 15.00 hr.

    • @om-nj2hw
      @om-nj2hw 3 роки тому +11

      Yes wage stagnation and the outrageous cost of a home is truly outrageous here in America.

    • @bigallupul5991
      @bigallupul5991 3 роки тому +5

      What is the rent for a one bedroom apartment where you live. Here in Edmonton Alberta Canada, a one bedroom apartment can go from 700.00 to 1000.00 a month. Rent on a house is anywhere from 1500.00 to over 2000.00 depending where the house is located.

    • @PhoenixFires9
      @PhoenixFires9 3 роки тому +3

      @@bigallupul5991 One of my neighbours rents a one bedroom condo for $1400. I’m in Victoria, BC.

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +4

      So educate yourself and make yourself more valuable to an employer then you can make more money. Or work for yourself
      A paycheck is a bribe for your dreams

  • @garywilson818
    @garywilson818 5 років тому +32

    Gary's Wife says: We lost out home to foreclosure during the Depression of 2006 - 2016. First ouor jobs were gone overseas, then we lost our house after we had exhausted all of our saving trying to save our house (mistake). We bought raw land real cheap (35 acres for $17,500 forth miles east of the city) because there was a huge mess on it and we eventually cleaned it up. We bought ($600 - yes, $600 dollars) a used mobile home (1980) that was headed for the landfill. We had it moved to the property ($500). It was barely better than a livestock barn but we were very poor and had no choice. In 6 years, we have remodeled it and replaced every part from the floor joice up to the roof (this year, we put on a new pitch metal roof). Everything is beautiful and modern. Our house is 1000 times nicer and upgraded compared to a cheap-ass NEW MOBILE HOME that sells for $49,000 at the mobile home dealership in the city. We are in our mid-50's and the only help we got from others was the guy that handed me $20,000 cash from his safe and told me to go buy the land. He also said, "Pay me when you can" - and we paid him off first even though areas of the house would be considered UNLIVABLE by 100% of the people in the United States. We never could afford utility poles to be brought to the land, so we have used a $500 HARBOR FREIGHT GENERATOR for power for 6 years while we bought Solar Panels and components one at a time and checked them off our NEEDS list. A well has been inflated to $30,000, so we still dont have a well, but bought a 450 gallon water tank and the water is gravity fed into the house (not much pressure, but someday we will have enough money saved up to get a well installed). We haul water in a 55 gallon barrel secured to a tiny trailer and pulled by our little car - we fill up in the city at one of our friend's houses, bring it out and use a transfer pump (Harbor Freight) to get the water into the big tank. Our friends that are far better off than us, financially, have a lot of respect for us because we just kept being positive and moving forward. We bought the land for half price because of the terrible mess that was on it. In 7 years, it has tripled compared to the 2012 value. There has been tremendous Urban Sprawl in our direction in the past three years. Though we lost everything about 9 years ago, we will have something nice to leave our children when we die. God is so Good !

    • @rehrbar
      @rehrbar 4 роки тому +8

      Gary Wilson A very nice story! Land will most always go up in value...can’t lose. My two brothers were both given a nice chunk of farmland when their father died...I received nothing so had to struggle and save on my own. They are financially well off, my house is about half paid for and in another 10 years I will be pensioned off. Not much time left but we just keep struggling on. Life is short so we shouldn’t worry too much and make the best of it. Also raised 4 children...made sure that they all got a good education and trade so they can look after themselves.

    • @catharanne2323
      @catharanne2323 4 роки тому +1

      Those were two beautiful stories. Thank you for inspiring with pure positivity 🙏 🤗

    • @cificare2184
      @cificare2184 3 роки тому +4

      Great story! It reminds me of the old saying "do the best you can, then do better'. I hope all is well with your family.

    • @vmitchinson
      @vmitchinson 3 роки тому

      God had nothing to do with your success. You did it all yourself and you should be very proud of what you did by your self.

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому +3

      A 12v or 120v rv water pump is very cheap comparatively and can give you an all in 1 piece pressurized water system

  • @Dani65ful
    @Dani65ful 3 роки тому +1

    I am sad for these people to be evicted and displaced, though I understand when a building is or mobile home park fell into a dilapidated condition because whether the owners of the park just let it go or the residents failed to keep up with the up keep as they grew older. but to allow a city to just to go in and take over all because they can make a little money off any new development that shows promise of revenue. but on the same token whether or not they were lied about water and sewage issue that could have been repaired is another thing.. and if its the city's greed for more revenue and nothing was wrong with the park.. then shame on the city for displacing people out of their homes.

  • @ginnamin
    @ginnamin Рік тому +1

    I can’t imagine how upsetting that would be…That is their home !

  • @Mikevdog
    @Mikevdog 3 роки тому +50

    It's always preferable to own the land. Even then, the government can still run you out. Sadly.

    • @greenearthblueskies8556
      @greenearthblueskies8556 3 роки тому +5

      Eminent domain 😔

    • @frederickmuhlbauer9477
      @frederickmuhlbauer9477 2 роки тому +1

      True but much less likely.So far anyway

    • @tammylewis8556
      @tammylewis8556 Рік тому +3

      “Fair market value”. Fair to whom?

    • @sherrysinclair605
      @sherrysinclair605 Рік тому

      And whether it's a rental lot for a mobile home or your own land, you have to pay property taxes on top of rent, mortgage, utilities, groceries, necessities, medical bills, insurance, etc. If you fall behind on property taxes, the government can seize the property, home and contents.

  • @chipguy911
    @chipguy911 3 роки тому +84

    It’s all about money they could care less about people

    • @MsZeus49
      @MsZeus49 3 роки тому +4

      All about money.... watch what happens to that land!

    • @mrmotofy
      @mrmotofy 3 роки тому

      Rental is a set terms and $ for a set time frame... not eternity, the contract ends, obligations end. Land owner gets to control don't like it buy your own so the choice is yours. They got 2yrs more then required by law and $10k they had no obligation to give. They still owned the home and could have moved it. They all chose to leave their trailer trash behind costing the govt more money. Robbing the community of those funds. If you disagree with the govt choices, get in there so YOU can help make decisions.
      All those people found somewhere else to live when they looked.

    • @leisurelanemhp3853
      @leisurelanemhp3853 3 роки тому

      Its not about the money its about sending a message.... today the land is vacant.

    • @davidcosma
      @davidcosma 3 роки тому

      "For the love of money is the root of all evil..." (1 Timothy 6:10)

  • @Rockymountainhighlife
    @Rockymountainhighlife Рік тому +2

    Trailers are selling for 400k here … I live in Buena vista very close to Crested Butte… I’m 42 and make a good income and I could never get approved for the cheapest house here as a single person… serious problems … I do work remotely but I have been here years and have a teenager in school here .. we aren’t going anywhere

  • @xSaphiredust
    @xSaphiredust Рік тому +2

    This is so heart breaking. Picking on old folks who have no options. Throw out all the local representatives - they're all garbage.