DOZENS of seniors living in a mobile home village have told how they are fighting to prevent being evicted from their properties.

Locals at the Imperial Avalon Mobile Estates Park have faced uncertainty for years – after a property company bought the site in 2019 and announced plans to redevelop the land.  

Residents of the Carson, California mobile home site were facing a looming eviction on November 1, but this has since been delayed following a court ruling, per the ABC affiliate KABC.

Seniors own their homes but do not own the land that they are situated on.

They also face having to leave their homes behind as the properties are tricky to move.

The land was bought in 2019 and the risk of eviction has loomed over residents for years.

Some residents have already left the site, while others remain.

Seniors have previously expressed fears that they could be left homeless.

In 2020, Mona Borotesana told KABC: “It seems like we have to look for homes if we can afford it. Otherwise, we’ll be out on the street.”

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In 2021, Adelina Willis revealed she was offered a pay-out but said it wouldn’t be enough for another mobile home, per Spectrum News.

But, Darren Embry, of Imperial Avalon LLC, told the outlet: “We are making sure that every resident has the one-on-one attention, care, and understanding they deserve.

“The site is ultimately planned for a mixed-use residential project with for-sale and rental units, to which the current residents can return, again at low-income rental rates.”

Lawyer Tim Tatro, who represents the Imperial Avalon Mobile Estates Homeowner’s Association, said the low-income earners struggle to rent another place.

Attorney Boyd Hill, of Imperial Avalon, told the court: “We have tried for more than three years to assist the remaining residents, and today, a judge ruled that those residents are now required to meet with our relocation specialists.”

Lula Davis-Holmes, the mayor of Carson, said the deals that have been offered to residents are fair.

Davis-Holmes said: “The package was designed to make sure not only every single senior citizen, but all the residents of the park, would have a place to live at the affordable rents they were paying for at least 20 years. No one will be homeless.”

The new development site is expected to house more than 300 townhomes and 800 apartments that can be rented out.

Around 180 of the apartments would be reserved for seniors and there will be a mixture of studio, one and two-bedroom apartments, per Urbanize Los Angeles.

The U.S. Sun has approached Tim Tatro and Boyd Hill for comment.