Residents of a northeast mobile home park have been given two months to move out after a Calgary judge sided with the city and dismissed their case.
Seven residents were holding out hope that they would be allowed to stay and had launched a civil lawsuit against the city, claiming officials treated them unfairly and breached the tenancy agreement.
Three weeks ago, they attended a hearing with their lawyer who said that the city neglected the park’s infrastructure and used that as a reason to evict the residents.
In 2014, the city offered 180 people at the park $20,000 in compensation and moving costs.
The holdouts said the amount was too little and were hoping to get fair market value for their homes.
On Friday, Justice Colleen Kenny, was sympathetic but ultimately dismissed their case and said that the city did not act in bad faith and that there were no charter violations.
The residents are disappointed in the decision and say they will continue to fight.
“Basically we have to abandon our house and take on our $60,000 mortgage,” said Calan Lovstrom.
“We’re going to court again and we’ll keep going,” said Lori Sperling.
The remaining residents now have until February 19, 2018 to move out.
