Residents at the Glenn Acres Mobile Home Park in Fairborn have been served notices to vacate the property pending the sale of the land to the city of Fairborn “for a use other than as a manufactured mobile home park.”
According to a letter signed by McNamee & McNamee, PLL, residents have 180 days to vacate the property. McNamee & McNamee represents Sheldon Macaske, LLC, which currently owns the mobile home park.
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“Obviously relocating your manufactured home and belongings will entail significant expense,” the letter read. “In order to ease that transition the City of Fairborn has agreed to provide you with $2,500 in financial assistance upon the condition that your relocation is accomplished no later than 180 days after you receive this notice.”
Fairborn Assistant City Manager Michael Gebhart said, “the city has been engaged in negotiations to purchase the park,” however, no deal has been finalized.
“It will probably likely be September or October before we would close if everything goes through,” Gebhart said.
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Patricia Collins has owned a mobile home on the property since 1986 and said the notice is leaving her with no options for a place to live.
“This is not a time that I need to be worrying about where I’m going to live,” said Collins, who added that she is dealing with being handicap and having heart issues. “At this point, it looks like I’m going to have to move into a tent.”
The mobile home park, located on Zimmerman Road, has approximately 12 mobile homes on it and six of those are still occupied by residents.
Gebhart said if the city does ultimately buy the land that they will provide the $2,500 in financial assistance to the existing residents.
“The city in purchasing or if purchasing the property would make available $2,500 to each property owner…to help with their move,” the assistant city manager said.
