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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
Great. Then since they actually did not own property in the taxable sense, they should then get their property tax refunded. Lot fees cover services and utilities. If these tenants were just tenants, why did they pay property tax?
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So what's your argument. Are you going to suggest that the other 10 mobile home parks in Calgary should not be required to pay property tax, in fact be refunded for it, and the residents renting land should never have to face the chance of having to move either?
Simple fact is, they agreed to as much when they started renting at Midfield. They knew they were renting, they didn't buy the land, they knew they would have to pay the property tax for the value of their assessed home on the land, they knew there was a chance that they would be required to move. If they didn't, they were ignorant, and that's on them. Again, I agree it sucks for those who were banking on East Hills Estates, but many people had just as much to complain about for that, and some are probably happy they got the $10,000 compensation instead of a lot in East Hills Estates. The City went out of their way to try and help them in a sucky situation. You've already admitted that the City went far above and beyond what any private company would have done - and acting as a private company really in this endeavor, the residents should be 'thankful'. A lot of people have been put in sucky situations over the years and not had the City do anything for them.