Evicted residents face the expensive prospect of relocating.
The money will come largely from state taxpayers. It is the most significant reform in 15 years to the laws that balance the rights of mobile home park owners with the rights of residents. And it comes seven years after a court ruling that essentially overturned a requirement that mobile home park owners pay to relocate residents. The change created havoc in a state dotted with some 1.2-million mobile homes, most of them in rental communities that can be uprooted if park owners decide to use the land for other purposes. His group, and the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, representing park owners, negotiated for months on reforms to the landlord-tenant laws for mobile homes, leading to the legislation approved Thursday.