Revocation Of Mobile Home Park Operator's License Could Drive 30 Families Out From Homes

In Bradford Township, Wisconsin, The Janesville Gazette reports:

• Juan and Anna Iniguez have a brand-new lease on their lot at Shady Hills Mobile Home Park. According to the lease, they can stay through at least December. And they want to stay. Desperately. But the lease doesn’t give them much confidence.



• The Bradford Town Board has set a public hearing as part of the process to revoke Shady Hills owner David Merriam’s operating license.



• The Rock County Health Department also has filed orders against the park. The county would support whatever decision the town made about Merriam’s license, Environmental Health Director Tim Banwell said.



• If the license were revoked, it could mean the residents would have to move. [...] The Iniguezes are among the 30 households that in April were given a letter that states their lot leases were terminated as of Jan. 1. They had until July 4 to move out, the letter states.

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• The town of Bradford building inspector has recommended Merriam’s license be revoked based on the half-torn-down mobile homes, the lack of access for emergency vehicles and work that has been done on some units without a license.



• The Rock County Health Department has issued an order for streets to be repaired, manholes secured and trash removed.

For more, see Action vs. owner could hurt Shady Hills tenants.