Full question:
I am a resident and owner of a mobile home in Margate, Florida. Recently, the mobile park owner sent a notice to all the mobile home owners intimating that we must vacate the lot and find an alternate location within a month. I am a senior citizen and I stay alone. My health does not permit me to move out or hunt for another location. What is the law in Florida regarding relocation/eviction of mobile home owners?
- Category: Landlord Tenant
- Date:
- State: Florida
Answer:
No agency of municipal, local, county, or state government shall approve any application for rezoning, or take any other official action, which would result in the removal or relocation of mobile home owners residing in a mobile home park without first determining that adequate mobile home parks or other suitable facilities exist for the relocation of the mobile home owners. The following statute provides grounds for eviction and its proceedingsFla. Stat. § 723.061 (2016)Eviction; grounds, proceedings.
“(1) A mobile home park owner may evict a mobile home owner, a mobile home tenant, a mobile home occupant, or a mobile home only on one or more of the following grounds:
(a) Nonpayment of the lot rental amount. ***
(b) Conviction of a violation of a federal or state law or local ordinance, if the violation is detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of other residents of the mobile home park. ***
(c) Violation of a park rule or regulation, the rental agreement, or this chapter A properly promulgated rule or regulation may not be arbitrarily applied and used as a ground for eviction.
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2. The park owner gives the affected mobile home owners and tenants at least 6 months' notice of the eviction due to the projected change in use and of their need to secure other accommodations.
a. The notice of eviction due to a change in use of the land must include in a font no smaller than the body of the notice.***
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From the statute described above you may not be evicted from the mobile home unless there is an alternative provided by the Florida government or the home park owner association.
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