What is the law in Florida regarding relocation/eviction of mobile home owners?
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?
12/22/2016 |
Category: Landlord Tenant |
State: Florida |
#28607
Answer:
Fla. 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.