Friday, April 10, 2009

Mobile Home Park In Foreclosure Shut Down By Authorities As Unpaid Bill Results In Water Shutoff Leaving Premises Uninhabitable; Residents Get Boot

In Southport, New York, the Elmira Star Gazette reports:
  • Chemung County and multiple agencies [Tuesday] are assisting displaced residents of a Southport mobile home park on Sherman Avenue after their park became uninhabitable. The town of Southport code enforcement officer and the Chemung County Environmental Health Department said the property was uninhabitable [Tuesday] after the Elmira Water Board shut off its water, according to a news release from Chemung County.

  • The property, managed by White Tigers LLC of Poughkeepsie, failed to make payments to the Elmira Water Board for several months and has indicated it will be unable to pay and is facing bankruptcy and foreclosure, the news release said. The park is unlikely to reopen, the news release said. The park has 28 units with approximately 25 homes occupied, the release said.

Source: Officials scramble to help residents of Southport mobile home park.