Originally the city said it was closing the park and people could move to the East Hills park. People bought trailers and all of a sudden, East Hills is cancelled. What I've heard from various news stories is that there is no room in any other trailer parks in the city. So people need to get out with their trailers, but there is nowhere they can move them.
If people made changes to their trailers so they couldn't be moved or the East Hills option was available, but people didn't want it, I wouldn't have much sympathy for those situations. But people bought trailers in the park, with the understanding that East Hills was going to be available and then a few years ago, suddenly it's not. If there are not available lots within the Calgary area, those people got ripped off by the city and, I feel, deserve more than a $10 000 take it or leave it and directions to a homeless shelter.
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