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Sale Rumors Goad Residents Of Mobile Homes To Seek Help

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By NICOLA M. WHITE, The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 22, 2007

ZEPHYRHILLS - Concerned that they soon could be homeless, residents of Brightside Mobile Home Park met with State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, this week to see what kind of guidance state law provides when a mobile home park is sold.

Residents of the small park on U.S. 301 heard rumors this month that their park soon was going to be sold.

In Rainbow Mobile Home Court, a neighboring park owned by the same person, residents received certified letters that the park is for sale and that the residents, who own their homes but not the land they sit on, had 45 days to counter the buyer's offer and buy it themselves.

Residents at Brightside, which does not have a homeowners association, have received no such news or any offer, residents said. Many learned about the sale of the park when The Tampa Tribune reported that owner Christian Robin said the park was under contract.

Many have speculated for years that the park, which sits in an area that used to be dominated by orange groves and dairy farms but lately has become a bustling commercial corridor, would be sold.

Robin has not elaborated about what he wants to do with the park.

"Well, I think we're all devastated," said Shawn Flynn, 48, who lives in a 22-year-old trailer and is concerned that another park wouldn't accept the aging home.

"A lot of these people, like myself, have no place to go."
Weatherford said he would look into state law and see what, if anything, could be done.

"If they have to relocate they should be given the proper amount of time to plan for that," he said.

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