Don Dare and Hannah Moore
13 minutes ago
LOUISVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Some people living in a mobile home park in Louisville are looking for a new place to live, and they’re not happy about it. The city has told them they must move their cars and their campers by the end of June and that their homes violate a city ordinance.
WATE’s Don Dare visited Country Acres Estates where he spoke with the park owner and RV owners about the situation. Some of those he spoke to are disabled and living on the edge.
Country Acres Estates opened in 1987. The off road park was approved for 45 mobile home pads. However, the city of Louisville said RVs and campers on the property must leave.
Pam Brazzel and Duy Nguyen are neighbors. Nguyen takes care of him after Brazzel was injured a few months ago. She has lived in her RV for over a year, and so has he. They moved to County Acres Estates in Louisville because it’s peaceful, safe and out of the way. However, they are now just two of about a dozen people who will have to move their homes by the end of June.
“I was informed in October of 2022, by the city of Louisville, that I was not in compliance with the campers. However, I’ve had campers here since 1990. Not a word was said about non-compliance,” said Ken Mack, who owns Country Acres Estates.
He showed WATE a letter that says campers and RVs are in violation of a Louisville city ordinance. The park was approved for mobile homes, he said, but RVs and campers are not allowed.
“If I can’t have campers in my area, in the city of Louisville. Then everybody else that has campers in the city of Louisville, they better write them a letter and get everybody in compliance,” Mack said.
Mack explained that there are a total of 11 RVs that will need to be moved by the end of June.
“There is nowhere to move. So people like us have nowhere to go. What should we do?” said Sally Hulett, RV owner.
“It would just be difficult. You can’t get up and just move. You have to pay the first month’s rent, last month’s rent. You have to find someone to move it. It costs a lot,” said Pam Brazzel, RV owner.
Some of those who will have to move are disabled, others said they live paycheck to paycheck.
“We don’t see each other from the road. We are not bothering anyone. We don’t have many problems here. I do not understand if they will choose in this area. why aren’t they making all the campers leave,” said Heather Gintz.
“No one is accepting RVs at the moment. No one in this area except for a week or two. I can’t plan to move and find a place nearby for doctors and schools,” Nguyen said.
The city of Lousiville originally wanted the RVs and campers gone by the end of January, but the people living in them were given an extra six months.
“There are two other parks within two miles of us that allow campers. They are not being bullied into going. It’s $500 just to get someone to move you,” Gintz said.
WATE contacted the City of Louisville. The Mayor said, “The Board of Mayor and Aldermen represent all of the citizens of Louisville. We are pleased to speak with the residents of our city about any situation of their concern.”
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Hulett, Brazzel, Gintz, Nguyen and others said they want to talk to the mayor and board of mayors to ask why they have to move their RVs when others don’t. Right now they don’t understand and no one has explained it to them. If there were problems with the park or their homes, maybe they could see the reasoning, they told WATE. Especially since some of their units have been in Country Acre Estates for years and there is no explanation why they have to move them.
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