They call the community mediation center for assistance. The center trains staff, parents, and students in conflict resolution skills and helps set up a school-based mediation center. He's paid his monthly installments faithfully in the past, but now he's out of work and his unemployment is running out. The community mediators work with the mobile home owner and park owner, agreeing upon a workable payment plan. A homeless shelter wants to expand.
Neighbors are anxious and angry.
The community dispute resolution center responds to a request for facilitators to conduct several public meetings. The neighbors, members of the shelter board and shelter residents meet face to face to air their opinions and guidelines are agreed on for hours of operation, noise level and the conduct of shelter residents and neighbors towards one another. The tenants are withholding rent because they feel that certain repairs should be made to the apartment. The landlord thinks the tenants' children are causing the damage. The landlord goes to court and files for eviction.