Well if a private company was in this position, it would likely have given them a notice to vacate the property in a couple months. Not given them years, not supplying them with councilors to discuss their option and certainly not paying up to $20,000 to relocate. So yeah, there might be some outrage, but I think the general consensus would be the same - the tenants never owned the property. If a private company did as much as Calgary, we would be applauding the owner.
Of course, there wouldn't be as many sad-stories (not being sarcastic of frivolous) if a private company owned it because the stories of the poor retired couples that lived their for 40 years? They probably would have had to move decades ago when the private company increased the rent, I mean, 300 dollars a month to rent at those location in inner city Calgary during the booms? Yeah, no low-income owner, mobile home or not, is affording what a private company would be asking (if they didn't redevelop years ago).
I certainly feel bad for everyone, it's not a great situation, the same way I felt bad for everyone who took hits on their houses when they moved her during a boom. Or couldn't afford their places when they lost their jobs But when I hear stories about how these people have made that place their home and community for decades and how awesome it is to live there and how they don't want to move, what that is telling me is their landlord has been great to them for decades. I feel a lot worse for the couple of residents who got screwed over buying after the City announced the East Hills Estates.
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