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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Residents at Lake Bradford Estates met to share stories of dealing with alleged poor living conditions, rent increases and eviction threats at a Tallahassee mobile home park.
Melanie Payne-Powell has lived in Lake Bradford Estates for 33 years, she purchased her current mobile home in 1997.
“I bought that mobile home with my husband’s death money so I could keep a roof over our heads,” said Lake Bradford Estates resident Melanie Payne-Powell. “I was homeless 35 years ago. I don’t ever wanna do that again.”
Payne-Powell lives on a fixed income and said, like other residents in Lake Bradford Estates, her rent has...
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Look at the video. This is a really nice property, right? Then read this quote:
“Residents at Lake Bradford Estates met to share stories of dealing with alleged poor living conditions, rent increases and eviction threats at a Tallahassee mobile home park”
So let’s cut out the B.S. and get straight to the truth. The property is really nice and the “poor living conditions” claim is a lie. The residents simply don’t want to pay market rent, which at $750 is about right. That’s all this story is about, nothing more.
Florida has no rent control. The rent appears to be fair. There is absolutely no story other than people trying to take advantage of a screwed-up media and political system to try to coerce maintaining their rent at below market levels. It’s not going to work long term. Never does.