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AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES AS PROMISED, AND ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO BEING THREATENED WITH THE ALTERNATIVE OF HAVING TO MOVE THEIR HOMES OUT OF THE PARKS IF THEY DID NOT COMPLY WITH SOME OF THE LANDLORD S DEMANDS, SUCH AS BUILDING OF CONCRETE PATIOS, ETC. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS GIVEN TO THE BOARD BY RAY TURNER, WHO INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE WAS.WILLING,TO GO ALONG WITH THE "LOTION ON THE FLOOR. December 30, 1980 My name is Ray Turner. I reside at the Whispering Palms Mobile Home Park, which consists of approximately 510 home5and 260 Camp- ers and R.V.ss. My statement is as follows: Being a Federation of Mobile Home Owners of Fla. Inc. Co- ordinator of several parks in the North County of Indian -River. I represent members who live in their own mobile homes on leased or rental land. Gentlemen it somehow seems that the majority of mobile park owners graduated from the same school, their motto's and idea's are that once you have been sweet talked into living in their park, you have been caught in a web to be exploited. Most of the people don't know how mobile home parks operate, the problem of rents don't seem to be serious until they became residents. Apartment dwellers faced with excessive rent boosts, for example, can move fairly easily, provided they have found a place. But it's not the same with the tenants of mobile homes, who seek the states protection. They have paid anywhere from $20,000. and up to $509000. It has been a long time since those homes were ' mobile. They are permanent homes, more or less. Depending on whether the mobile homes has sidewalks, streetlights, a swimming pool, or --other amenities and depending where they are located the park owners charge $50.00 per month and up for the land under each home. And that fee is what some owners jack up time after time while the captive home owner has little choice but to sit there. DEC 311980 11 me 45 frE5 -,