Tuesday, Oct 16 2012 5:52PM
Residents of the Desert Mobile Home Park in Mecca, California, will soon benefit from $9.9 million from the state that will be used to build them more modern affordable housing.
Residents of the Desert Mobile Home Park in Mecca, California, will soon benefit from $9.9 million from the state that will be used to build them more modern affordable housing.
Those who have been living in the community, also known as Duroville, have been living without clean water, a proper sewage system, dangerous electrical systems and other hazards that would otherwise deem a home unlivable, local newspaper The Press-Enterprise reports.
While the federal government attempted to close down the mobile home park back in 2003, the owner later agreed to make necessary repairs. However, no fixes were ever made.
After the owner failed to make these fixes, he was later sued in 2007 and the park was officially closed in 2008. However, many families that lived there, including farm workers, have remained in the area.
“The fact they're moving from 50-year-old dilapidated, distressed and failing mobile homes to a decent and modern mobile home means a lot for these families, their children and their future,” Tom Flynn, the court-appointed receiver for Duroville, told the news source.
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