Li’l Abner residents face deadline to move out amid redevelopment plans

Residents at Sweetwater mobile home park pack up belongings ahead of deadline to receive maximum payout - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Residents of Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater said a final goodbye to their homes after they were asked to vacate the property because the trailer community will be closing. Rayna Castro wiped away tears as she packed up her belongings at the mobile home where she and her family lived for 35 years. “Today we leave,” said Castro in Spanish. “We just said goodbye to the place we lived many years.” She is one of thousands of residents who …

Li’l Abner residents face deadline to move out amid redevelopment plans

Friday marks the first deadline for approximately 5,000 Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park residents to move out and receive the highest incentive package.Local 10′s Layron Livingston was at the Sweetwater mobile home park Friday where demolition crews were seen removing carports and other structures from vacated mobile homes as the park prepares for closure.Management officials say 605 of the park’s 900 tenants have accepted incentive packages ranging…

‘It's been a hard process': Families move out of Sweetwater mobile home park by first deadline

Friday is the deadline for people at a Sweetwater mobile home park to move out of their homes and receive the highest possible financial incentive package. Tenants of the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park were told in November they had to move out by May. On Thursday, several moving trucks were seen throughout the neighborhood. Rocio Loaisiga has lived with her mom at Li’l Abner for about 10 years. They spent Thursday moving out the last of their thin…

This Friday ends one of the deadlines for residents of 900 homes in a Sweetwater mobile home park to move and receive the highest financial incentive package for vacating the place. In November, families learned that they had until May to find another place to live, as there were plans to close the “Li’l Abner” park, which includes 900 mobile homes and develop a new community. Residents were informed that if they moved before January 31 they wou…