Not the best kept secret - that is the closure of the Midfield mobile home park.
A number of news stories over the past few years regarding the aging underground infrastructure in the mobile home park but one has to wonder how much of this announcement has to do with the current value of this land plus how much more in tax monies the CoC could realize in having this land redeveloped. Sort of like McCall Lake golf course (city owned), Highland golf course (privately held), Shawnee Slops gold course (privately held) - all of which are going to or will soon be redeveloped into new communities/light industrial/warehousing that will generate more long term revenues (taxes) for the CoC than the current uses. The current owners also make some money as well.
The issue with Midfield is more troubling I suppose although no one held a gun to anyone who purchased a mobile home in that park and the writing has been on the wall for a number of years with respect to that park. Sucks though that a home owner there may not realize any gains because of potentially no where they can move their home and a mobile home that doesn't sit on a piece of rented or owned land is not worth much as the titled land (whether rented or owned) is what creates value in a mobile home.
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CTV News story
Residents at a mobile home park in northeast Calgary have been told by the city that they’ll need to find another place to live.
City officials notified the tenants of Midfield Mobile Home Park, located at 954 16 Avenue N.E., by letter that they would need to leave by September 30, 2017.
The decision comes because the water and sewer lines in the community are over 40 years old and have already reached the end of their life cycle.
Midfield consists of 173 homes.
Mayor Naheed Nenshi says that residents in the park will be given a package to help ease the transition.
“We know it’s never easy to go through change like this,” he said in a release. “But we will make sure that the City provides the services and support tenants need.”
As part of the package, the City is offering $10,000 towards the cost of moving mobile homes, as well as an additional $10,000 lump sum payment.
Counselling services are also being provided by Homewood Human Solutions.
Officials also told the residents of Midfield that they would not be pursuing a new mobile home park at 800 84 Street N.E.
They say that a review of the East Hills Estates project showed that it was no longer financially viable.
Read more: http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/city-of-calgar...mobile-home-park-1.1840292#ixzz32xdrZT6o
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Now I suppose the $20,000 is something that needs to be considered but what I find more amusing is the CoC musing that affordable housing would be developed on the Midfield site - somewhat to part of the original premise of Garrison Woods and we all know how affordable that area has remained. Now I'm not saying Midfield in it's redeveloped state will ever become another Garrison Woods, but a nicely designed inner-city locale will most likely quickly drive affordability out of the equation once reselling starts.
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