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According to left-leaning Bing’s AI powered Copilot on this date is the following response to the chat Q&A shown below related to the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park woes being experienced by the residents there in Sweetwater, FL. Note that the #1 shown below from Copilot links to the most detailed report, per that source, at this link here.
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Copilot, provide a detailed look, including the case number plaintiffs and defendants, in the troubling issues related to the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park and their residents from the report linked here: https://www.manufacturedhomepronews.com/illegal-unconscionable-class-action-case-hits-manufactured-housing-firm-lil-abner-mobile-home-park-residents-try-to-keep-rights-cant-sleep-omg/
The troubling issues related to the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park involve a class action lawsuit filed by the residents against CREI Holdings, LLC, Consolidated Real Estate Investments, LLC, Consolidated Real Estate Investments, GP, the City of Sweetwater, and Miami-Dade County. The case number is Filing # 213224894, filed in the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, FL.
The plaintiffs, who are the owners of mobile homes at the park, allege that the defendants engaged in illegal and unconscionable acts to evict them without proper notice or compensation. The lawsuit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as an objection to the change of use under Florida Statute 723.061.
The residents claim that they were misled about the security of their tenure and that they have invested significant amounts of money into their homes, only to face eviction and displacement. The case highlights the broader issues of tenant rights and the impact of redevelopment on vulnerable communities. …”
2) Copilot aptly noted that problematic behavior by a minority of firms, albeit that some of those firms are often sizable ones, should be carefully distinguished between the often ethical and honest behavior by thousands of companies and professionals in the manufactured home industry, including scores of ‘mom and pop’ style operators that own a manufactured home community and have a good relationship with their residents.
That said, when a land-lease is being considered, due to problematic companies, there ought to be a careful and legally documented and confirmed set of understandings between owners and residents so that the kind of problems faced by the residents of Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park don’t hit you or someone you care about. While it can be difficult to generalize, regrettably there is evidence that it is often larger firms that happen to be members of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) which are engaged in arguably unethical, predatory, and perhaps illegal behavior. MHLivingNews has advocated for years that while manufactured homes and manufactured home living is a good and necessary option, before buying a new home from a company that firm should be carefully checked, perhaps particularly so if it is a member of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI).
3) There is simply no other trade media focused on the manufactured home industry professionals, consumers, and affordable housing advocacy that has named the names of companies and individuals that have raised legal, ethical, or other issues with respect to their business practices as MHLivingNews and/or our MHProNews sister site.
4) For what Copilot called the most comprehensive report on this issue, see the first report linked below.
5) For the class action lawsuit pleadings, see the document linked here.
The case is styled number “Filing # 213224894 E-Filed 12/19/2024 with the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL.” is on behalf of “OWNERS OF MOBILE HOMES AT LI’L ABNER MOBILE HOME PARK, Plaintiff(s), v. CREI HOLDINGS, LLC, CONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS, LLC, , CONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS, GP, a Florida general partnership, d/b/a LI’L ABNER MOBILE HOME PARK, CITY OF SWEETWATER, a Florida municipal corporation, and MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, a subdivision of Florida, Defendant(s). The pleadings state that the “CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND OBJECTION TO CHANGE OF USE UNDER FLA. STAT. §723.061.”
Per their pleadings: “The CREI Defendants knew or should have known the statements made were false.” “As a direct and proximate result of the false statements and concealments of material fact by the CREI Defendants, Plaintiffs justifiably relied on those false statements, remained in Li’l Abner and continued paying rent they otherwise would not have paid, as well as being forced out of their homes during one of the worst rental markets in US history.”
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