West Kelowna mobile home park residents facing displacement amid housing crisis
Global News
The mobile home park is up for re-development. The land owner, Kerr Properties, hopes to have it rezoned to light industrial use.
After living at Shady Acres manufactured home park in West Kelowna for 30 years, Gary Sorensen is facing a bleak future.
“Homelessness,” Sorensen told Global News.
He is one of dozens of low-income residents, many with disabilities, facing the possibility of being displaced amid a housing crisis due to a proposed development plan at the site along Highway 97 near Stevens Road.
“I already suffer from anxiety and depression and it has put me through the roof, ” Sorensen said. “I am beyond worried, I can tell you.”
His neighbour of 20 years — employed, but on low income — is also fearing where he will end up.
“I don’t even have a full driver’s licence, so I can’t even live in a car,” Shawn Woodley said.
The mobile home park is up for re-development. The land owner, Kerr Properties, hopes to have it rezoned to light industrial use.
Under residential tenancy guidelines for mobile home park use changes, the developer must give owners at least 12 months’ notice and $20,000 in compensation.
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