North Carolina Mobile Home Residents Face The Boot Over Park Owner's Delinquent $50K Water Bill

In Salisbury, North Carolina, WCNC-TV Channel 36 reports:

• Neighbors in two Salisbury mobile home parks could have their water turned off and face possible eviction because their landlord isn’t paying his bills. "We got to cook, shower, wash our clothes, water our dogs, and we've got a little garden we've got to water,” said “Cowboy” Childress, explaining how much he relies upon water. All the water Cowboy and his wife Mona Childress use is included in their rent at Circle Drive mobile home park on Highway 29.
• The other mobile home park facing the same problem is Matika Villa on Airport Road. Still, landlord Tim Smith says he's $50,000 behind on his water bill to Salisbury-Rowan Utilities. That's why warning signs are on doors letting residents know disconnection is coming at the end of June and that neighbors should take whatever precautions are necessary.

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• Smith says the reason he's 50 grand behind is because he's an embezzlement victim. He says his former property manager cut rent deals that he didn't know about, then pocketed the money and took off. $150,000 and six months worth of rent were gone. Smith says police told him there's not enough evidence to prosecute.

For more, see Landlord's bills piling up; residents fear losing water.