Comments on: Sooke’s Seaview Trailer Park Residents Served Eviction Notice

By: Are Sooke’s Seaview Trailer Park Residents Still In Peril? | Sooke Community and Real Estate Blog 642Blog.ca

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:55:32 +0000

[...] I first posted about the plight of the residents of the Seaview Mobile Home Park in Sooke, I’ve had quite the response from residents of the park and observers of the situation. I [...]

By: Sooke’s Seaview Mobile Home Park Protected by Sooke Council | Sooke Community and Real Estate Blog 642Blog.ca

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:22:24 +0000

[...] An updated on the situation I posted about last week: [...]

By: TimAyres

TimAyres — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:18:39 +0000

Hi Kate,

Thanks for your comment – an interesting and innovative idea.

I think the problem with that would be getting residents on board. Why should they have to do fundraising, etc, to be able to live where they already own a mobile home – remember they are only tenants in the sense that they lease the pad upon which their units sit. I certainly wouldn’t buy into it if I lived there.

I’ll be doing a little research as to what could be done with the units, where they could go, etc. I will also be getting updates on the situation as it unfolds from one of the residents there.

Once again, thanks for the comment – I really appreciate your input.

-Tim Ayres

By: Kate Porter

Kate Porter — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:36:24 +0000

Regarding Seaview Trailor Park. I completely understand the owners not wanting to put good money after bad. Would you want to keep your money in an investment that loses money year after year? On the other hand, I can’t imagine anyone being so heartless as to evict people from homes that are not truly mobile anymore, and where it is known that there is no other place for them.

The solution seems to me so blindingly obvious I’m amazed no-one else has suggested it. Turn the organization into a non-profit. Tax benefits abound for the owners. The owners/tenants can hold one or many annual fundraisers. Find a product or service the tenants can produce and sell (100% natural rustic west coast twig wreaths to sell on eBay???) Money from which goes into a central infrastructure fund for maintenance and repairs.

Even if the above ideas don’t fly, get the owners and tenants working together collaboratively so (1) the owners don’t lose any more money and can feel good about doing something for their neighbour and (2) so the tenants have a place to live out their lives that is their own and is affordable.

By: TimAyres

TimAyres — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:13:04 +0000

Hi Dustin – I’m so sorry you have to deal with this situation. My thoughts are with you for a good outcome to this. If there is anything I can do, help you with contacting municipal and/or Provincial leaders, direct you to where to get more information, please let me know. I’d appreciate it if you would drop by and keep us all updated as the story unfolds.

By: Dustin Tilley-Sturgeon

Dustin Tilley-Sturgeon — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:24:32 +0000

I am a resident of the Sea View mobile home park now faced with this most devastating event. This was my first home in which I purchased and hoped would be an investment for my future. I am deeply saddened by the decision to close the park. Needless to say it was very unexpected. With out a commitment to actually establishing the new policy I fear we will all be faced with a hopeless situation. There are no simple answers to this problem especially since all the facts are as clear as mud.