INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — Dozens of people who live in a west side mobile home park say they are angry and searching for help after being forced to pack up and move out within sixty days.
People who live at the I-70 Mobile Home Park showed Eyewitness News a letter claiming to be from the owners that said, “We are facing $100,000 to put in a whole new (sewer) system. Money we do not have. The problem has forced us to close the mobile home park.”
Some residents say they are disabled and need more time to move. Others say their mobile homes are too old to relocate.
“Most of this complex is elderly, disabled, veterans, single parents,” said Tonia Clark, resident. “The people who can’t afford to be uprooted like this.”
State Representative Justin Moed says he, along with the Wayne Township Trustee’s Office, will host a meeting next week for residents to go over getting financial assistance, legal aid and other help.
“I think a lot of people are frustrated by the lack of notice, the lack of information,” said State Representative Justin Moed, (D) District 97.
The meeting will be held Tuesday, September 3 from 2 – 7 p.m. at the United Steel Workers Hall, 218 S. Addison Street. The event is hosted by the Mayor’s Office, State Rep. Moed, Wayne Township Trustee Chuck Jones and Kristin Jones.
Eyewitness News also reached out to Citizens Energy for clarification on the sewer. It told Eyewitness News that it has been in contact with the mobile home park owner for more than a year about constructing a new connection to a sewer main to remedy issues with the private sewer lines.
Citizens Energy tells Eyewitness News that it submitted a plan in April to the engineering firm the mobile home park hired and has never heard back.
Citizens went on to say in its statement: "Citizens has not mandated the connection, so this appears to be a decision made by the owner.”
We’ve reached out to speak with the owners but so far have not heard back.