Ideal living in mobile home parks grows with care
South suburban communities feature wide streets and landscaped lots with modern amenities. HUD standards govern construction while parks push new developments like Maple Brook and Golf Vista offering 55 plus living and golf access. Evictions and buyout disputes show tensions between owners and residents amid a nationwide growth of manufactured housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Marlowe
Illinois Manufactured Housing Association
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Manufactured Housing Organization
Maple Brook
Ridgeland Road
Matteson
Evicted Couple Fights Blue Island Park Rules and Court Delays
Loretta and John, both in their 60s, faced eviction from Colonial Mobile Homes in Blue Island after disputes over shed removal and light bulb notices. They engaged Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation, fought in court, endured four months of hearings and delays, and ultimately sold their home for $7,000 and moved on, with their attorney calling the outcome a sad story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candlelight Village
The
Star
Tom Smith
Smith Mobile Homes
Blue Island
Park
Uni
Bill Bishop
Chicago Heights
Torrence
Gloria
Harold Mindeman
Sycamore Park
Colonial Mobile Home Park
John Wallis
Loretta
John
Colonial Mobile Homes, Inc
Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation
Lois Cornill
Cornils
Colonial
Park Management
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Cecile Julian
Smith
Legal Assistance Foundation
Lois Cornils
Carol Dorsett
the Star
Homewood-Flossmoor
Hazel Crest-Country Club Hills
Park Forest
Crete University Park
Matteson-Richton Park
Otto Boulevard
P. O
Illinois
Norman A. Rosinski
James S. Meidell
Lester G. Sons
Ané
U. S
U.S
G.drers
Tinley Park
Sele Ace
World Music Theatre
SUN. _ AM
Colonial Park
South Suburban Humane Society
West End Ave
Chicago
Hts
First United Bank
FDIC
Exchange Street
P.O. Box
Crete
West
Lincoln Hwy
West Steger Road
P.O
Steger, IL
Pa ™ Catering & Banquets
Dixie Hwy
Alfs Place
A & Caterers Fox
Neptune
159Th St
South Park Ave
Chicago Road
Chicago Rd
Lala
Tuu Rcurale
East Sibley
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