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[soothing piano music playing]
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♪
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♪
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[water trickling]
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-[Petra laughing]
-[Petra] Oh, you shot me!
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-[child laughing]
-[Petra] I got you back!
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This is my backyard.
I call it my sanctuary.
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[Petra] I love to come here
and just take in calmness
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and just let
the rest of the day go.
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There's a big bumble bee,
look, look, look.
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You see the big
bumble bee right there?
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I open my door and plop down,
feel at home, you know?
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Take a load off.
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You're welcome
to come in here any time.
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That's home.
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[chuckling]
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[wistful music playing]
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Go ahead.
Oma's gonna go on this side.
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[tutting]
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[tricycle squeaking]
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I've raised my children here.
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I've made so many memories here
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for 18 years.
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Everybody's dream
is to go ahead
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and have a place
that they can call their own.
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♪
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[birds chirping & squawking]
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[egg sizzling]
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[parrot squeaking]
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[dog barking]
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[Luz]
Mobile home
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i. . is not
a second-class house.
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A mobile home is my home.
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It's where we put our energy,
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our family, our history,
our everyday memories.
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[Sara] How did you come
to live in Denver Meadows?
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After being married
for so many years,
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I became a single mom.
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And the only way
that I can be able
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to pay and support
my daughters be in college
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was moving from my huge
big house to a different place.
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I have the opportunity
to buy this house
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for $10,000.
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I won't be able
to find an apartment
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with a big backyard
like I have here
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with two bedrooms
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for no less than 1,600 a month.
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[calm music playing]
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[laughing & chatting]
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Mobile homes are homes.
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And it's the only option
for affordable houses.
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[train whistle blowing]
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[Sara] I've never lived
in a mobile home,
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but housing instability
is an issue I know well
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and it's why I wanted
to tell this story.
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I nearly lost my home
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in the toxic
mortgage meltdown of 2008.
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Ever since,
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I've spent more than half
of my income on housing.
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I belong
to the one-third of Americans
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who spend way more
than they can afford on home.
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Experts say
that's a big red flag.
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It's the affordable
housing crisis.
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There's a landscape
of housing in America
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that we've ignored for years.
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Mobile homes.
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They're the largest source
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of unsubsidized, affordable
housing in the country.
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20 million Americans
live in one.
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I read about a mobile home
park in Silicon Valley,
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the high tech region
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that's one
of the most expensive places
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to live in the United States.
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The mobile home park
is right next door
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to Google headquarters.
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[wheels grinding]
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[Barbara]
We would've never thought
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we were gonna move
into a trailer.
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Never in a million years.
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Probably the most expensive
trailer park
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in the United States.
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[laughing]
Definitely the most expensive.
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[intriguing music]
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A little over a year ago,
I got a job with Google.
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I came out in 2013
to work for Google.
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We didn't qualify for any
of the. . the Section 8 housing,
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and so. . But we couldn't afford
the traditional homes.
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The rent was,
like, 2,100, uh, for a studio.
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So, we were really looking for
a place that had enough room.
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So, what was left. . and that
was. . that was Santiago Villa.
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I depend on my,
uh, Social Security
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to pay all my bills.
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[Steve]
The mobile home park,
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it makes moving
into a home achievable for us.
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For the first time in my life,
I have my own home.
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There's a house
listed in Palo Alto
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for $64 million.
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I mean, $64 million.
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Fif. . compared to 54,000.
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[chuckling] I mean. .
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But I probably appreciate this
maybe more
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than they appreciate
that 64-million-dollar house.
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♪
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[Sara] There's a catch to this
version of the American dream.
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It's about who owns the land.
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Like the people I've been
meeting at Santiago Villa,
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most mobile home park
residents own their homes,
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but not the land they live on.
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They have to pay rent for that.
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Lot rent.
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And in most states,
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park owners
can raise those rents
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almost any time they want to,
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by as much as they want to.
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[indistinct chatting]
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Every night, the sun sets
in those three windows,
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so I have. .
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Until Google builds their
five-story building out there,
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I have the most splendid
sunsets every night.
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[solemn music]
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[Barbara]
The lot lease is really scary
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because Google
is buying up everything.
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[Brad]
We're. . we're vulnerable to. .
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-[Barbara] Vulnerable.
-[Brad] Change, to other people
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making new decisions
that will affect us.
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[Barbara]
Some pays. .
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Like, we'll have
to rob Peter to pay Paul.
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[Brad]
Buy 50% less groceries.
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I mean, how many jobs
can we work to pay land lease?
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-Yeah.
-I don't. . I don't know
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what we would do.
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Ooh, nice.
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That looks delicious.
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Looks good.
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-What's your favorite part?
-[Brad] Gravy.
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[Barbara chuckling]
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My favorite part is you guys.
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[parrot chirping]
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[whistling]
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[parrot chirping & squawking]
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[train whistle blowing]
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One thing Aurora has
is a lot of land.
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And Aurora has a lot of water.
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And those two things
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rule everywhere
in the West right now.
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Aurora, because it was
a military community,
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and essentially
middle class and white,
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um, it had
a strong conservative bent.
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The Republican Party's
held power here
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for. . for several decades.
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As far
as the individuals themselves,
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you know, that's part of the
libertarian Western mentality.
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The code of the West is,
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it's your land and you get
to do with it what you will.
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[delicate & pensive
music playing]
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I think in the past, our
identity was a suburban city.
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Now, we've become more of a. .
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I would call it a. .
More of a metropolitan city,
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a diverse city.
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We're becoming
larger and better.
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[Sara]
Somebody had told me
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that Aurora is 60% built out,
is that right?
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I. . I heard about 50%
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from the planning department,
out of 160 square miles.
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That's correct.
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[Sara]
So, you have 80 square miles.
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-[Bob] Yeah.
-[Sara] To become
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what kind of city?
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Boy, I think the. .
the opportunities are endless.
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American dream,
I think, is to, you know,
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raise your family
in a free country.
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Have your kids grow up
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and get a good education
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and then be able to retire
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and watch your kids
and grandkids grow up.
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And to be able
to afford to do that.
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Yeah, I'm a big believer
in the dream of this country.
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I do not go to a council
meeting at all anymore
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where I don't see
either a developer
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or somebody
from a metro district
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or, um, somebody
from a homebuilder.
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They are so interested in the
decisions that they are making,
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whether it be around water,
about building lots,
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about annexations.
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My background
is commercial real estate.
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I've invested
in real estate since 1981.
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So, the reality is, um, people
think that you can stop growth
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by stopping development,
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but it. .
it really doesn't happen.
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It just moves to the next area.
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[train whistle blowing]
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If you look at the landscape
of Denver Meadows,
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you really see the story
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of mobile home parks
across the United States.
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They were developed oftentimes
on the outside of cities,
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where land was cheaper
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and where landlords faced fewer
obstacles from city councils.
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Denver Meadows is just
this little sliver of land
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that's captured
by train tracks on one side
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and then newer development
to the south and west sides.
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So, you can really
see the pressures.
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[tranquil piano music playing]
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[birds chirping]
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[Petra]
As I was walking my dog,
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I found one of the two signs,
off the beaten path,
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where nobody really sees it
as they're driving by.
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And a second sign
hidden by bushes.
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I was looking at it
and wondering,
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what is this public
hearing notice?
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[news anchor]
And the owner of the property
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wants to rezone
the mobile home park.
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And as Fox31
Problem Solvers learned,
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that would force residents out
without any compensation.
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[reporter] The property
owner is asking Aurora
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to rezone the 20-acre plot
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as shops,
apartments and offices.
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That would mean
the hundreds of people
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who live here
would have to leave.
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[dog barking]
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[phone ringing]
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[Shawn] Hello?
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-[Sara] Hi, is this Shawn?
-[Shawn] Speaking.
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[Sara]
Shawn, this is Sara Terry.
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I told you I was doing
a documentary
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on mobile home parks
and that I'd. .
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I'd check back with you.
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[Shawn] Calling me. .
and I told you,
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I'm not going
to give you any information.
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Why you keep calling me?
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[Sara] I haven't kept
calling you.
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I told you
I would call you back.
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[Shawn]
I don't care who you are
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and I have
nothing to say to you.
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Listen, if you're
going to harass me,
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I'm gonna file a lawsuit.
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[Sara] You. .
I'm sorry, you're gonna do. .
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you're gonna do what?
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[cellphone beeping]
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[pensive & wistful
music playing]
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-[indistinct] Hello! Hi!
-[dog barking]
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Hi, how are you?
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The land owner wants to sell
this land for a high price.
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We have no rights. None.
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[parrot squeaking]
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That's not easy.
It's not like I. .
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"Well, let me put it
in the back of my car
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and I move my house. "
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We're talking about between
$20-25,000.
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[Sara]
To move the homes?
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To move the homes.
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Minimum wage is $9. 30.
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Come on, give me a break.
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Now, the definition
of the American dream
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is to hold on for dear life
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so somebody
doesn't pull the carpet out
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from under your feet.
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[Luz] That's the situation
that we have right now
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in my community.
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We have
less than a year to move.
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With no money saved,
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with no resources
to move our house,
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and no. .
no place to move our houses.
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[trumpet music playing]
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[narrator]
The American population
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is becoming
increasingly mobile.
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A family today might span
the continent several times
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during Dad's working career.
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These mobile homes
reflect this condition,
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and they are
the fastest growing segment
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of the homebuilding
industry today.
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[wistful cello music playing]
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[Sara] Mobile homes
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have had a lot of ups
and downs over the decades.
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They were housing for the poor
in the Great Depression.
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For defense workers
during World War II,
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and then returning GIs.
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They were starter homes
for young couples
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in the 1950s and '60s.
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They were cool.
They were hated.
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They were
the new American dream.
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They were
where trailer trash lived.
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As for mobile home parks,
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most of them started
as mom-and-pop businesses.
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They got handed down to second
and third generations.
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Until recently.
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[Frank] Uh,
the mobile home park industry
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is hugely underpriced on rent.
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The moms and pops of the world,
they hate raising the rent
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because they befriend
their customers,
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which hopefully you'll learn
in the next three days,
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you never do that.
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aYou don't want to know
your customers' names.
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You don't want to know
anything about 'em.
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We just rent land.
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Welcome to the Mobile Home
Park Boot Camp.
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I'm Frank Rolfe.
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We'll be together
the next three days
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with one simple goal,
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and that's to make everybody
in here a competent investor.
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Uh, at any rate,
what we're going to teach you
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how to do in the class
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is we're going to show you
how to identify, evaluate,
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negotiate,
perform due diligence on,
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renegotiate, purchase,
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turnaround and operate
mobile home parks.
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Today, we're the sixth
largest owner
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of mobile home parks.
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We own over
160 mobile home parks
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spread out over
about 22 states.
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So, we've built that
basically one park at a time.
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We only own this grass
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and this concrete
and the utility lines.
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We don't own this.
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So, the very fact that
this guy has built something
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that's totally bizarre
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i. . is not our issue
because he did it,
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and the guys at the city,
good old inspector,
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he's certainly seen it.
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Never done anything about it.
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[Sara] You do these seminars
how many times a year?
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We do the seminars typically
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about six. .
six to eight times a year.
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The majority of them come out,
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like the business model,
go back,
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and then start looking
for mobile home parks.
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We get it.
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Our typical park right now,
we get 50 to 100 calls a week.
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So, the affordable housing
in every city in America
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is typically
the mobile home park.
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That's. . that's it.
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Statistically, right now,
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a third of
the United States population,
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they make 30,000
a year or less.
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That is kind of the sweet
spot of the industry.
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[indistinct chatting]
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[Frank] All right, our
quick park evaluation system. .
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This is not in your manual. .
It's called the ideal system.
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I-D-E-A-L system
of park evaluation.
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This allows you
to focus on what's important
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and not worry
about the stuff that's not.
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But you'll be shocked
and turned off by, for example,
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the beach towel in the window
instead of an actual curtain.
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That doesn't mean anything.
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What you gotta worry about
are the following items:
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"I" is for infrastructure,
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"D" is for density,
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"E" is for a. .
a guesstimate of the expense
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to get the park
up to where it needs to be,
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"A" is for the age of the homes
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and "L" is for the location.
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There's two locations that work
with mobile home parks.
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There's that gritty,
urban kind of deal
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that you would recoil from.
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There's, like, an adult
bookstore across the street
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and a liquor store.
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That location
works really well.
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Because there's a lot of folks
looking for affordable housing,
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they actually like that.
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[downhearted music playing]
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[woman]
What's going on?
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[Sara] How long
have you lived here?
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[laughing] Over 20 years.
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-[Sara] Wow.
-I like it.
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-[Sara] Yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
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[Sara]
And. . and what do you like
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about living in a mobile home?
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Well, it's all. . you know,
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it's like a little house
I couldn't afford,
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you know, myself.
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[Sara] What do you think
we should do
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about the affordable
housing crisis?
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[woman] I don't know,
but it seems like
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when they have
a nice piece of prime property,
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they call us up.
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They build all the houses
for rich people.
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[chuckling] And, um. .
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rich people,
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and no affordable housing
for the low-income people.
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[Frank] So, this. . this park
would not get any deductions. .
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If we don't keep
the rents up to par,
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then the parks will go away,
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because there's other things
you can do with the land
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that are higher
and better than parks,
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unless the parks rents
are high enough
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to make it the better option.
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[Sara]
I mean, you could choose
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to stay with a mobile home park
and just make less money.
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Uh, that is. .
that is entirely true.
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There's no question of that.
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[chanting in Spanish]
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[crowd cheering]
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We got in touch with a group,
um, that's called "9to5,"
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who is helping
people nationwide
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preserve affordable housing.
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My, my, my!
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Housing is a human right!
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[Andrea]
We've gotten calls from,
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um, at least 30 parks
across the state.
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We see a lot of
the same issues,
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overcharges of water,
rent increases,
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um, parks being bought
by huge corporations
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and then forcing everyone
to sign a new lease.
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Um, and so, people ask, like,
you know, "What do we do?"
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For us, the biggest priority
is anti-displacement,
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um, and. . and creating avenues
for community ownership.
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[indistinct chatting]
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[man]
Roll call, please.
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-Mayor LeGare.
-[Bob] Here.
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-[man] Mayor Pro Tem Berzins.
-[Berzins] Here.
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-[man] Council Member Bergan.
-[Bergan] Here.
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-[man] Council Member Gruber.
-[Gruber] Here.
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-[man] Council Member Murillo.
-[Murillo] Present.
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[Andrea] I've been working
with residents
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living at Denver Meadows
Mobile Home Park
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for well over two years.
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We're very grateful
to hear that the city
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was able to negotiate
with the owner of the park
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to extend the closure date
until the end of February 2019.
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We're also here today
to ask the city
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3to continue to work with us
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on creating a permanent
solution for Denver Meadows,
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such as building
a new mobile home park.
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We would like the city
to continue searching
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for relocation funding
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in case it is needed
as a last resort
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if the priority to stay
in the current park
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or the creation
of a new park is impossible.
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So, I would like to ask
everyone present to stand
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if the following
applies to you:
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if you are here in support
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of Denver Meadows residents.
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If you are someone
currently seeking
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stable, affordable
housing in Aurora.
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If you are in favor
of the city of Aurora
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taking bigger and bolder
steps to prevent displacement
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and provide dignified
and affordable housing
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for those who need it.
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We believe community members
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are the experts
of their own lives.
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00:27:04,177 --> 00:27:07,347
Don't let developers push out
the people who built this city.
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00:27:07,347 --> 00:27:09,724
Do more now
before it's too late.
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00:27:09,724 --> 00:27:10,809
Thank you.
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[Bob] So, thank you very much
for your comments.
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Let the record show
that approximately 100 people
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stood up in, uh, support
of your comments that you made.
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00:27:20,985 --> 00:27:22,362
My name's Shannon Holloman.
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00:27:22,362 --> 00:27:23,655
It's hard to follow Andrea,
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I'm going to be
honest with you.
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[chuckling] We're your people.
Please don't give up on us.
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00:27:29,744 --> 00:27:31,871
This is the family
that I'm fighting for.
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We're fighting to. . to stay. .
to stay in our home.
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To not worry about, you know,
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00:27:36,126 --> 00:27:39,003
um, kids not being able
to go and study,
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parents having to work
more jobs.
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00:27:40,797 --> 00:27:43,049
Uh, because no duty
of this council
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is more important than serving
its working people.
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It's these residents
who keep this city running
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and who vote to elect you.
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These residents deserve more.
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[kindhearted music playing]
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00:28:03,236 --> 00:28:06,197
[indistinct chatting]
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[Jason] I started going
to resident meetings
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fall of last year.
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They're f. . faced with
eviction, losing their homes,
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losing their
chief financial asset.
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00:28:26,718 --> 00:28:29,346
They're raising young families,
they're working all the time.
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As a lawyer here,
I'm working for the residents.
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[chatter continues]
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[Jason] I'm. . I'm nervous
to talk. . To tell you,
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00:28:36,353 --> 00:28:38,104
because I don't want
to get hopes up,
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00:28:38,104 --> 00:28:39,689
because I don't know
if they'll come through.
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00:28:39,689 --> 00:28:41,608
I don't trust them
to come through with it.
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To. . to extending
the closing of the park.
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00:28:44,444 --> 00:28:47,781
A part of it's based
in state law in Colorado
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about when he's allowed
to close the park
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and having to rezone.
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00:28:51,826 --> 00:28:53,536
And there's an argument
that he can't close the park
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00:28:53,536 --> 00:28:56,247
until the rezoning process
has been approved
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or green lighted formally.
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00:28:57,874 --> 00:28:59,376
And that hasn't happened.
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I'm going to continue
filing a lawsuit
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to force that we continue
to have the park open.
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00:29:05,548 --> 00:29:07,092
And we can decide the rest
of our grievances
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00:29:07,092 --> 00:29:08,176
and fight it out.
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00:29:08,718 --> 00:29:11,471
Uh, until we have it signed,
that's the plan.
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I've told them
that I think I could wait
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until the end
of this week coming up,
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next Friday,
to file an action in court.
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00:29:18,186 --> 00:29:20,897
-[babies crying]
-[indistinct talking]
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00:29:20,897 --> 00:29:22,982
And I said what you said.
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00:29:22,982 --> 00:29:24,609
We are. . I'm ready.
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00:29:24,609 --> 00:29:25,985
I'm glad to hear you say
you're committed to it,
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00:29:25,985 --> 00:29:27,028
because it's gonna be a fight.
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00:29:29,989 --> 00:29:31,741
[heartfelt music playing]
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00:29:39,416 --> 00:29:41,209
[Luz]
It. . it's not right.
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00:29:41,209 --> 00:29:43,962
It's not right
that one person. .
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00:29:44,921 --> 00:29:46,756
has everything
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00:29:46,756 --> 00:29:49,634
and we have nothing,
and ready to lose everything.
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00:29:50,719 --> 00:29:52,929
We deserve better.
507
00:29:58,226 --> 00:30:00,061
[Sara] There's something else
you should know
508
00:30:00,061 --> 00:30:02,522
about the history
of mobile homes.
509
00:30:02,522 --> 00:30:05,650
They actually started out
as playthings for the wealthy
510
00:30:05,650 --> 00:30:08,236
in the early 1900s.
511
00:30:08,236 --> 00:30:10,405
Rich people were buying cars,
512
00:30:10,405 --> 00:30:13,324
and they didn't have any place
to stay when they traveled,
513
00:30:13,324 --> 00:30:15,535
so they started
customizing cars
514
00:30:15,535 --> 00:30:18,788
and building coaches
to pull along behind them.
515
00:30:18,788 --> 00:30:21,124
The first mobile homes.
516
00:30:21,124 --> 00:30:22,917
Over a century later,
517
00:30:22,917 --> 00:30:26,379
the wealthy are back
in the market again.
518
00:30:26,379 --> 00:30:29,716
Billionaire Sam Zell
owns more mobile home parks
519
00:30:29,716 --> 00:30:31,301
than anyone in the country.
520
00:30:32,594 --> 00:30:34,262
Billionaire Warren Buffett
521
00:30:34,262 --> 00:30:36,890
owns the largest
mobile home manufacturer
522
00:30:36,890 --> 00:30:39,392
and the two largest lenders.
523
00:30:39,392 --> 00:30:42,354
And then there are
the private equity firms.
524
00:30:42,354 --> 00:30:45,565
Groups of private investors
who buy up businesses
525
00:30:45,565 --> 00:30:47,609
they think are undervalued
526
00:30:47,609 --> 00:30:51,946
and then squeeze every penny
they can from them.
527
00:30:51,946 --> 00:30:53,990
The Carlyle Group,
528
00:30:53,990 --> 00:30:56,326
one of the largest private
equity firms in the world,
529
00:30:56,326 --> 00:31:00,246
bought its first park
around 2015.
530
00:31:00,246 --> 00:31:03,458
They set off a buying spree
among private equity firms
531
00:31:03,458 --> 00:31:07,087
who've been snapping up parks
across the country ever since.
532
00:31:11,841 --> 00:31:15,679
[violin cover of "This Land is
Your Land" by Woodie Guthrie]
533
00:31:15,679 --> 00:31:18,348
[crickets chirping]
534
00:31:22,519 --> 00:31:25,814
[bushes rustling]
535
00:31:27,649 --> 00:31:31,027
[engine rumbling]
536
00:31:31,027 --> 00:31:36,032
♪
537
00:31:49,254 --> 00:31:53,341
[indistinct chatting
& laughing]
538
00:32:00,306 --> 00:32:01,850
-How are you?
-I'm good.
539
00:32:01,850 --> 00:32:03,184
Oh, good.
540
00:32:03,184 --> 00:32:05,770
[chatter continues]
541
00:32:08,648 --> 00:32:11,234
I found a letter
taped to my door
542
00:32:11,234 --> 00:32:14,821
that said that Golfview
had been purchased by
543
00:32:15,447 --> 00:32:17,490
a company,
and they didn't give us a name.
544
00:32:18,533 --> 00:32:20,326
It was a couple days later,
545
00:32:20,326 --> 00:32:22,537
a second paper
appeared on the door
546
00:32:22,537 --> 00:32:24,998
to tell us
that it was Havenpark Capital
547
00:32:24,998 --> 00:32:27,042
that bought the trailer park
548
00:32:27,042 --> 00:32:30,920
and that, um, our rent
would be increasing.
549
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,173
Mine would go up by 63%
550
00:32:34,215 --> 00:32:36,051
Yeah, let me wash my hands.
551
00:32:40,180 --> 00:32:43,600
I just felt if they
treated people like that,
552
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,518
that I didn't know
if I wanted to stay here.
553
00:32:46,728 --> 00:32:49,647
But I've been here
for 21 years.
554
00:32:50,148 --> 00:32:51,816
I have a lot of friends.
555
00:32:52,650 --> 00:32:55,403
I like where I'm at.
It. . it means something to me.
556
00:32:56,071 --> 00:32:57,947
-[Cindy] It's for chili dogs.
-Oh, yeah.
557
00:32:57,947 --> 00:32:59,616
-Plug it in.
-Yeah, I want.
558
00:32:59,616 --> 00:33:01,368
[Cindy] We got
a letter from Havenpark.
559
00:33:01,368 --> 00:33:03,244
That was a shocker.
560
00:33:03,244 --> 00:33:05,330
And it was not
a nice letter either.
561
00:33:05,330 --> 00:33:07,791
-Mm-mm.
-It was pretty, uh, blunt.
562
00:33:07,791 --> 00:33:09,125
You know, uh. .
563
00:33:11,294 --> 00:33:12,504
It was just abrupt.
564
00:33:12,504 --> 00:33:15,173
It wasn't, um, friendly at all.
565
00:33:15,173 --> 00:33:17,300
Uh, I don't even think
it was dated.
566
00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:18,718
-[woman] Hi, Cindy.
-[Cindy] Hi, how are you?
567
00:33:18,718 --> 00:33:20,512
[woman]
Hi. Good.
568
00:33:20,512 --> 00:33:22,305
-How are you doing?
-Good. Good.
569
00:33:22,305 --> 00:33:24,265
[Jesse] We wanna welcome
everybody for coming out
570
00:33:24,265 --> 00:33:28,395
to another Goflview Resident
Association block party.
571
00:33:28,395 --> 00:33:31,022
My name's Jesse Case,
I'm with the Teamsters Union,
572
00:33:31,022 --> 00:33:33,983
which has worked with the
Golfview Residents Association
573
00:33:33,983 --> 00:33:36,027
as we've been
fighting Havenpark
574
00:33:36,027 --> 00:33:38,196
on their vulture
business practices
575
00:33:38,196 --> 00:33:41,366
as they're stealing money
out of people's pockets
576
00:33:41,366 --> 00:33:44,160
to put it in
their own corporate coffers.
577
00:33:44,953 --> 00:33:47,497
[Ethel] I did us a little
bit of homework on this
578
00:33:47,497 --> 00:33:52,001
and, uh, the. .
This same company has gone in
579
00:33:52,001 --> 00:33:54,587
and done the same thing
in other areas.
580
00:33:54,587 --> 00:33:56,798
These people
that have all this money,
581
00:33:56,798 --> 00:33:58,466
they're investing their money
582
00:33:58,466 --> 00:34:00,385
and they don't care
who they get it from
583
00:34:00,385 --> 00:34:03,013
as long as they put more
in their pocket.
584
00:34:03,013 --> 00:34:05,473
That's the only way
it looks to me.
585
00:34:05,473 --> 00:34:07,809
And they. . they've been
doing business in, you know,
586
00:34:07,809 --> 00:34:09,394
a lot of different states,
587
00:34:09,394 --> 00:34:11,104
buying up a lot
of different mobile homes.
588
00:34:11,104 --> 00:34:13,272
And nobody has ever called
them on it before,
589
00:34:13,272 --> 00:34:15,482
until they got to Golfview.
590
00:34:15,942 --> 00:34:17,777
[Cindy]
You know, quite frankly,
591
00:34:17,777 --> 00:34:21,239
I don't think any. . any of us
really have been exposed
592
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,241
to somebody
that's a predator like that,
593
00:34:23,241 --> 00:34:26,243
that maybe uses their money
and their power
594
00:34:26,243 --> 00:34:28,663
to, you know,
intimidate people.
595
00:34:28,663 --> 00:34:30,540
This is not right.
596
00:34:30,540 --> 00:34:32,709
People can't just come in
and raise things up so bad
597
00:34:32,709 --> 00:34:34,544
that people
can't afford to live.
598
00:34:34,544 --> 00:34:36,421
[Candi]
If you were to add up
599
00:34:36,421 --> 00:34:40,216
the 50 largest corporate owners
across the country,
600
00:34:40,216 --> 00:34:43,720
over 680,000 home sites
601
00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,138
were cutting
their monthly lot rent check
602
00:34:46,138 --> 00:34:49,558
to a real estate investor
and/or a corporation.
603
00:34:49,558 --> 00:34:51,895
It's not just Golfview
in North Liberty, Iowa,
604
00:34:51,895 --> 00:34:53,188
it's clear across the country.
605
00:34:53,897 --> 00:34:55,147
These are homes.
606
00:34:55,147 --> 00:34:56,607
They're not just lot numbers.
607
00:34:56,607 --> 00:34:58,026
They're homes.
608
00:34:58,026 --> 00:35:00,320
A lot of the time
you feel angry.
609
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,572
To think that there are
people that survive on this
610
00:35:02,572 --> 00:35:05,033
and can get up and look
themselves in the mirror
611
00:35:05,033 --> 00:35:06,868
and feel good about themselves.
612
00:35:06,868 --> 00:35:09,537
Oh, we want to make it
really tough for Havenpark.
613
00:35:09,537 --> 00:35:11,164
I mean, we want it. .
we want it. .
614
00:35:11,164 --> 00:35:13,291
we want to be
in the media all the time.
615
00:35:13,291 --> 00:35:15,752
We. . we don't want
people to forget
616
00:35:15,752 --> 00:35:17,796
that we're here
and what they're doing.
617
00:35:17,796 --> 00:35:19,839
I don't care if you're
a Democrat or Republican,
618
00:35:19,839 --> 00:35:21,633
it doesn't matter.
619
00:35:21,633 --> 00:35:25,470
I mean, it's. . it's the moral,
right thing to do.
620
00:35:25,470 --> 00:35:27,514
[Jesse] You know, they've
come into our community,
621
00:35:27,514 --> 00:35:29,432
jacked up the rent.
622
00:35:29,432 --> 00:35:31,518
They're shoveling money
into their bank accounts.
623
00:35:31,518 --> 00:35:34,104
We're gonna keep up this fight,
we're in it 'til the end,
624
00:35:34,104 --> 00:35:37,774
and we just really appreciate
you coming out today.
625
00:35:37,774 --> 00:35:40,193
And let's que up the music
and the bouncy house again
626
00:35:40,193 --> 00:35:42,570
and. . and, uh,
and keep up the fight.
627
00:35:42,570 --> 00:35:44,572
-So, thanks a lot for that.
-[crowd applauding]
628
00:35:44,572 --> 00:35:47,534
[downhearted music]
629
00:36:00,213 --> 00:36:01,881
[Sara]
There are some parks
630
00:36:01,881 --> 00:36:03,216
where residents
have already figured out
631
00:36:03,216 --> 00:36:05,343
how to win that fight.
632
00:36:05,343 --> 00:36:07,095
They've been able
to buy their parks
633
00:36:07,095 --> 00:36:08,722
when an owner wants to sell.
634
00:36:16,354 --> 00:36:18,106
[radio]
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635
00:36:18,106 --> 00:36:19,816
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homes for decades.
636
00:36:19,816 --> 00:36:22,235
Visit irvingenergy. com
for details.
637
00:36:22,235 --> 00:36:24,904
[radio playing music]
638
00:36:28,867 --> 00:36:31,077
[Sara] So, how did you all
become owners of the park?
639
00:36:31,578 --> 00:36:33,371
[Mike]
Well, we just got together
640
00:36:33,371 --> 00:36:37,667
because, uh, they was
gonna sell the property.
641
00:36:38,209 --> 00:36:40,420
The guy who was
actually going to buy them,
642
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:46,509
he was gonna tear it down
and do a condominium out of it.
643
00:36:47,218 --> 00:36:48,636
We all got together.
644
00:36:49,804 --> 00:36:52,766
Decided this would be
a good idea,
645
00:36:52,766 --> 00:36:56,895
and we had a chance
to put our bid in first.
646
00:36:56,895 --> 00:36:58,730
It felt good, you know,
647
00:36:58,730 --> 00:37:01,024
because we don't have
to worry about rent going up
648
00:37:01,024 --> 00:37:04,194
unless we all decided.
649
00:37:04,194 --> 00:37:06,237
[Sara] Mike and his neighbors
purchased the park
650
00:37:06,237 --> 00:37:10,200
for 150,000 dollars in 2016.
651
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:13,536
They had help from the
national nonprofit, ROC USA.
652
00:37:14,913 --> 00:37:16,706
[Kathy]
A lot of people just assume
653
00:37:16,706 --> 00:37:18,666
because you live
in a mobile home or trailer
654
00:37:18,666 --> 00:37:21,461
that you're no good,
but that's not true.
655
00:37:21,461 --> 00:37:24,214
I worked two
or three jobs all my life.
656
00:37:24,214 --> 00:37:25,882
And you own something,
you know,
657
00:37:25,882 --> 00:37:27,384
to live in a mobile home,
658
00:37:27,384 --> 00:37:29,427
but it doesn't mean
you're trash.
659
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:33,056
[George] I've. .
I've lived in regular houses,
660
00:37:33,056 --> 00:37:34,724
and people in trailer parks,
661
00:37:34,724 --> 00:37:37,102
I think they're a much tighter
group of people.
662
00:37:37,102 --> 00:37:39,604
They're more like family than,
you know,
663
00:37:39,604 --> 00:37:42,649
people that live in regular. .
regular homes.
664
00:37:43,233 --> 00:37:45,985
You know what's missin'?
Cheeseburgers.
665
00:37:45,985 --> 00:37:48,029
[laughing]
666
00:37:48,029 --> 00:37:51,199
[heartfelt music playing]
667
00:37:57,789 --> 00:37:59,374
[Mike]
You can't put a person down
668
00:37:59,374 --> 00:38:01,793
because what they can afford.
669
00:38:01,793 --> 00:38:03,878
To me, everybody is equal.
670
00:38:03,878 --> 00:38:06,089
It's just some people
have more money than others.
671
00:38:07,841 --> 00:38:11,970
[fireworks sizzling]
672
00:38:12,929 --> 00:38:14,764
[Kathy] You. .
you just do the best you can
673
00:38:14,764 --> 00:38:16,391
and you work hard every day,
674
00:38:16,391 --> 00:38:18,226
and you get something
to call your own,
675
00:38:18,226 --> 00:38:20,687
and that's something
everybody should be proud of.
676
00:38:23,565 --> 00:38:25,191
[George] You know,
personally, I. . I. . I think
677
00:38:25,191 --> 00:38:27,861
I am living
my American dream right now.
678
00:38:27,861 --> 00:38:29,362
It's as simple as that.
679
00:38:29,362 --> 00:38:32,407
[fireworks cracking]
680
00:38:32,407 --> 00:38:37,412
♪
681
00:38:43,001 --> 00:38:46,129
[inaudible chatting]
682
00:38:50,967 --> 00:38:54,554
[Petra] We got in touch
with an organization called ROC
683
00:38:54,554 --> 00:38:57,682
that helps people
that live in mobile home parks
684
00:38:57,682 --> 00:38:59,601
purchase the land
when it is for sale,
685
00:38:59,601 --> 00:39:00,977
which in many ways is great,
686
00:39:00,977 --> 00:39:03,938
because once we own the land,
687
00:39:03,938 --> 00:39:08,151
we. . we. . we don't, um,
spend money frivolously
688
00:39:08,151 --> 00:39:09,778
or put it in our pockets.
689
00:39:09,778 --> 00:39:13,281
It would be returned
to make the park better.
690
00:39:14,199 --> 00:39:17,243
ROC went to the owners
of this mobile home park
691
00:39:17,243 --> 00:39:20,789
and offered them 18 million
dollars for this piece of land,
692
00:39:20,789 --> 00:39:24,459
which is above
the current value.
693
00:39:24,459 --> 00:39:25,960
They keep turning us down.
694
00:39:28,004 --> 00:39:31,591
[birds chirping]
695
00:39:37,472 --> 00:39:38,973
-[Sara] Hello.
-[Faye] Hi, good morning.
696
00:39:38,973 --> 00:39:40,642
[Sara] Hi, how are you?
Are you Faye?
697
00:39:40,642 --> 00:39:42,811
-[Faye] Uh-huh.
-[Sara] My name is Sara Terry.
698
00:39:42,811 --> 00:39:45,063
[Faye] No, I don't. . I am not
interested to talk to you.
699
00:39:45,063 --> 00:39:48,066
[Sara] Oh. Can I ask you
just one question then?
700
00:39:48,066 --> 00:39:49,901
-[Faye] I don't need to tell. .
-[Sara] My question. .
701
00:39:49,901 --> 00:39:51,695
I. . I. . I was wondering
why you wouldn't take an offer
702
00:39:51,695 --> 00:39:53,738
of 18 million dollars
for the park.
703
00:39:54,739 --> 00:39:57,242
[Faye] Nobody gave me
18 million dollars offer.
704
00:39:57,242 --> 00:39:59,160
[Sara] But I think that's
what they're willing to pay,
705
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,954
is what. .
From my understanding.
706
00:40:00,954 --> 00:40:02,622
[Faye] They willing to pay,
it's their problem.
707
00:40:03,206 --> 00:40:05,083
I'm willing to get
is my problem.
708
00:40:05,583 --> 00:40:07,335
[Sara] Oh, so you want
more money than that?
709
00:40:07,335 --> 00:40:08,461
[Faye]
Sure, I want more money.
710
00:40:10,380 --> 00:40:12,173
[Sara] Well, I appreciate
your time today, Faye.
711
00:40:12,173 --> 00:40:13,758
-[Faye] No problem.
-[Sara] Have a good weekend.
712
00:40:13,758 --> 00:40:15,468
-[Faye] Same to you.
-[Sara] Thank you.
713
00:40:15,468 --> 00:40:17,429
[Faye] So, where do you live?
In California?
714
00:40:17,429 --> 00:40:19,222
[Sara]
In Los Angeles.
715
00:40:19,222 --> 00:40:21,016
[Faye] Why did you come
all the way to [indistinct]?
716
00:40:21,016 --> 00:40:22,559
[Sara] I'm making the film
all over the country.
717
00:40:22,559 --> 00:40:24,519
I. . I think mobile home parks
718
00:40:24,519 --> 00:40:27,522
are an important part
of the answer
719
00:40:27,522 --> 00:40:30,025
to the affordable
housing crisis.
720
00:40:30,025 --> 00:40:32,068
[Faye] Not if the land
belongs to us.
721
00:40:39,492 --> 00:40:41,661
Mm-hmm. .
722
00:40:41,661 --> 00:40:45,081
Um, we made an offer
to Denver Meadows
723
00:40:45,081 --> 00:40:48,043
for $20,500,000.
724
00:40:51,212 --> 00:40:54,215
So, we executed
the contract and sent it.
725
00:40:54,215 --> 00:40:58,386
And you can see that
the sellers never executed.
726
00:40:58,928 --> 00:41:01,681
He said. .
I sent it on the 25th. .
727
00:41:01,681 --> 00:41:03,725
He said,
"Thank you for your offer,
728
00:41:03,725 --> 00:41:06,561
but it'd be advised that it's
not acceptable to my clients. "
729
00:41:07,062 --> 00:41:09,230
A mobile home park on a,
you know,
730
00:41:09,230 --> 00:41:11,649
a four or five billion dollar
medical campus
731
00:41:11,649 --> 00:41:13,693
is not the highest
and best use.
732
00:41:13,693 --> 00:41:14,903
Yes, I agree with that.
733
00:41:16,071 --> 00:41:18,615
You know, that. .
that doesn't make it okay
734
00:41:18,615 --> 00:41:20,575
that these families
are being displaced.
735
00:41:20,575 --> 00:41:21,701
But. .
736
00:41:22,827 --> 00:41:24,496
I. . I. . yeah, I don't. .
737
00:41:24,496 --> 00:41:26,331
I don't have regrets about it.
738
00:41:27,374 --> 00:41:30,460
[Jason] It's not a coincidence
that the mayor, Bob LeGare,
739
00:41:30,460 --> 00:41:32,337
and City Councilwoman,
Marsha Berzins,
740
00:41:32,337 --> 00:41:33,797
sit on the board of directors
741
00:41:33,797 --> 00:41:35,090
for that redevelopment
authority,
742
00:41:35,090 --> 00:41:36,549
along with a bunch of re. .
743
00:41:36,549 --> 00:41:39,219
Developers
and construction CEOs.
744
00:41:39,761 --> 00:41:42,013
They're making excuses,
and just not being genuine
745
00:41:42,013 --> 00:41:44,015
about what they want
to see happen over there.
746
00:41:44,015 --> 00:41:46,351
They see that as a lucrative
area for development,
747
00:41:46,351 --> 00:41:48,103
which by necessity means
748
00:41:48,103 --> 00:41:49,896
that there's not
mobile homes there anymore.
749
00:41:49,896 --> 00:41:51,898
And there's not the people
living there anymore.
750
00:41:56,069 --> 00:41:58,988
[rustling]
751
00:41:58,988 --> 00:42:01,032
[Sara]
One of the things I've learned
752
00:42:01,032 --> 00:42:04,327
is that when someone talks
about pressure on the land
753
00:42:04,327 --> 00:42:07,539
or best use of the land,
754
00:42:07,539 --> 00:42:09,666
what they're
really talking about
755
00:42:09,666 --> 00:42:12,585
is how to make the most money
from a piece of property.
756
00:42:12,585 --> 00:42:16,589
They're not talking about land
as a place where people live.
757
00:42:16,589 --> 00:42:19,217
They're not talking
about the value of community.
758
00:42:19,217 --> 00:42:22,512
♪
759
00:42:22,512 --> 00:42:23,972
[dog barking]
760
00:42:33,606 --> 00:42:37,819
[wind chimes chiming]
761
00:42:41,823 --> 00:42:43,575
So, you got a notice
762
00:42:43,575 --> 00:42:47,328
that your lot rent was going up
by more than 60%,
763
00:42:47,328 --> 00:42:48,747
and that you had a new owner?
764
00:42:49,581 --> 00:42:51,124
Did you try
to reach out to them?
765
00:42:51,124 --> 00:42:52,751
[Candi]
Several times.
766
00:42:52,751 --> 00:42:55,420
It took us almost two months
767
00:42:55,420 --> 00:42:57,464
to get a phone number
from the management here.
768
00:42:57,464 --> 00:42:59,466
They would not give us
a phone number, even.
769
00:42:59,924 --> 00:43:02,052
Someone was able
to trace it down,
770
00:43:02,052 --> 00:43:05,638
and then Havenpark
decided to have a town hall.
771
00:43:07,057 --> 00:43:09,559
Well, the meeting
also was from 5:30. .
772
00:43:09,559 --> 00:43:11,811
Starting at 5:30
and only an hour.
773
00:43:11,811 --> 00:43:13,813
Well, people don't get off
work 'til five
774
00:43:13,813 --> 00:43:15,607
and go get their kids.
775
00:43:15,607 --> 00:43:17,400
And, you know, they couldn't
get to the meeting.
776
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,611
Not many of our questions
were answered.
777
00:43:20,695 --> 00:43:23,448
I can't think of any right off
the top of my head that were.
778
00:43:23,448 --> 00:43:26,076
[man] Okay,
so, uh, first. . first, uh. .
779
00:43:26,076 --> 00:43:28,411
first I want to introduce
is, uh, Anthony Antonelli.
780
00:43:28,411 --> 00:43:32,248
One of Havenpark's co-founders
and managing partners.
781
00:43:32,248 --> 00:43:34,000
[Anthony]
Some of you indicated
782
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:35,794
that you'd like
to get to know us better.
783
00:43:35,794 --> 00:43:39,756
So, I'll start off,
uh, with my life story.
784
00:43:39,756 --> 00:43:41,674
My dad was one of nine kids.
785
00:43:41,674 --> 00:43:43,718
We were homeless
before homeless was popular.
786
00:43:43,718 --> 00:43:45,595
Our big aspiration
787
00:43:45,595 --> 00:43:49,683
was to move into a trailer
in a trailer park.
788
00:43:49,683 --> 00:43:52,227
He was trying
to get our sympathy,
789
00:43:52,227 --> 00:43:56,439
but he then said
h. . he was homeless
790
00:43:56,439 --> 00:43:59,442
before homeless was popular.
791
00:43:59,442 --> 00:44:01,611
[Anthony] And one of the things
that I wanted to do
792
00:44:01,611 --> 00:44:03,822
was to try to give back.
793
00:44:03,822 --> 00:44:05,198
That's one of the things
that led me
794
00:44:05,198 --> 00:44:07,200
into this, uh, arena
795
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,703
of manufactured
home communities.
796
00:44:09,703 --> 00:44:12,872
In particular, to keep them
from disappearing.
797
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,042
He wanted us to know
what a good person he was.
798
00:44:16,042 --> 00:44:19,629
He was, uh,
riding in on a white horse
799
00:44:19,629 --> 00:44:22,090
to save us all,
and we should be thankful.
800
00:44:22,090 --> 00:44:23,758
[Anthony]
We can save this park.
801
00:44:25,218 --> 00:44:27,053
But if we pay this price,
802
00:44:27,053 --> 00:44:30,223
what has to happen
with the rents?
803
00:44:30,223 --> 00:44:32,809
They. . they have to go up
to preserve the park.
804
00:44:32,809 --> 00:44:34,728
-You see that?
-[woman] No.
805
00:44:34,728 --> 00:44:37,063
-[people] No.
-[Anthony] Oh, who's. . who's. .
806
00:44:37,063 --> 00:44:38,565
who's gonna make the payment?
807
00:44:38,565 --> 00:44:39,733
[woman]
Well, you are.
808
00:44:39,733 --> 00:44:44,237
[crosstalk]
809
00:44:46,364 --> 00:44:48,116
[Anthony]
Sounds like some of the. .
810
00:44:48,116 --> 00:44:49,117
sounds like
some politicians tonight.
811
00:44:51,077 --> 00:44:53,413
[Sara] Back in Aurora,
some of the homeowners
812
00:44:53,413 --> 00:44:56,124
have given up and moved out.
813
00:44:56,124 --> 00:44:58,501
But the homeowners
who remain at Denver Meadows
814
00:44:58,501 --> 00:45:00,128
are still fighting.
815
00:45:00,128 --> 00:45:02,213
They want the city
to help them
816
00:45:02,213 --> 00:45:05,425
get financial compensation
from Shawn, the park owner.
817
00:45:08,094 --> 00:45:10,764
[Francoise] I really wished
the owner would have stepped up
818
00:45:10,764 --> 00:45:14,642
to cover the entire cost
of. . of this. .
819
00:45:14,642 --> 00:45:16,394
of being part of the solution.
820
00:45:16,394 --> 00:45:18,563
But I also want to say,
he doesn't have to.
821
00:45:18,563 --> 00:45:22,609
I mean, he. . By legal rights,
he doesn't have to.
822
00:45:22,609 --> 00:45:24,944
This is not normally
a city responsibility.
823
00:45:25,362 --> 00:45:28,323
[Crystal] Sometimes, I find it
really just unfathomable
824
00:45:28,323 --> 00:45:31,826
that we weren't able
to figure out a solution
825
00:45:31,826 --> 00:45:33,870
when an outside organization
826
00:45:33,870 --> 00:45:36,498
was willing to invest
827
00:45:36,498 --> 00:45:39,501
20. 5 million dollars
in our community.
828
00:45:39,501 --> 00:45:41,419
When you have to think about,
and you're saying,
829
00:45:41,419 --> 00:45:43,797
"Where am I going to stay
in the next month?
830
00:45:43,797 --> 00:45:46,174
What are we gonna do
in the next month?
831
00:45:46,174 --> 00:45:49,552
Where are my kids going to live
in the next month?"
832
00:45:49,552 --> 00:45:53,181
To me, that's just not right.
833
00:45:53,181 --> 00:45:54,766
Especially when the city,
834
00:45:54,766 --> 00:45:56,518
and when we can do
something about it.
835
00:45:59,020 --> 00:46:02,315
The reality is, the owner
of the park at Denver Meadows
836
00:46:02,315 --> 00:46:04,651
wants to close the park
and he has the right
837
00:46:04,651 --> 00:46:06,111
to close the park.
838
00:46:06,111 --> 00:46:08,363
Um, he's. .
It's important to note
839
00:46:08,363 --> 00:46:12,117
that this park was gonna close
on September 30 of last year.
840
00:46:12,117 --> 00:46:14,202
And it was through
my negotiations
841
00:46:14,202 --> 00:46:16,621
with. . with Shawn
that got it extended
842
00:46:16,621 --> 00:46:18,248
for another six months.
843
00:46:18,248 --> 00:46:19,874
Um, otherwise,
there would have been
844
00:46:19,874 --> 00:46:23,712
this massive
eviction process last fall,
845
00:46:23,712 --> 00:46:25,755
and it would have been
very, very. .
846
00:46:27,590 --> 00:46:29,884
unfortunate, I guess, is the. .
847
00:46:29,884 --> 00:46:31,136
the best word I could use.
848
00:46:32,554 --> 00:46:34,597
The problem here
that they won't say
849
00:46:34,597 --> 00:46:36,516
is they don't have
the political will.
850
00:46:36,516 --> 00:46:38,018
They don't want to challenge
this guy's private power.
851
00:46:38,018 --> 00:46:39,644
Um, and they
don't want to do that
852
00:46:39,644 --> 00:46:40,645
with the business class,
generally, or something.
853
00:46:41,730 --> 00:46:43,064
Um, other discussion?
854
00:46:43,857 --> 00:46:45,692
Council Member Berzins.
855
00:46:45,692 --> 00:46:47,444
Everything looks like
they want th. . this rezoned,
856
00:46:47,444 --> 00:46:49,571
and they want the private
property owner to do it.
857
00:46:49,571 --> 00:46:51,156
And he's kind of
calling their bluff.
858
00:46:51,156 --> 00:46:52,907
You want me
to handle your dirty work?
859
00:46:52,907 --> 00:46:55,326
You're not gonna touch me
while I get it done.
860
00:46:55,326 --> 00:46:56,828
[Sara]
How have the negotiations gone
861
00:46:56,828 --> 00:46:58,455
with Shawn Lustigman?
862
00:46:58,455 --> 00:47:00,623
Actually. . actually,
they've gone very well.
863
00:47:00,623 --> 00:47:03,293
And, uh, I'm hoping
that within a few days
864
00:47:03,293 --> 00:47:05,628
that we would
be able to release to you
865
00:47:05,628 --> 00:47:08,089
and. . and the public,
an agreement.
866
00:47:36,368 --> 00:47:38,870
[Sara] Why are you not
part of the negotiations
867
00:47:38,870 --> 00:47:40,663
as the councilperson
for that ward?
868
00:47:40,663 --> 00:47:41,873
I don't know.
869
00:47:42,916 --> 00:47:46,461
I mean, to be really honest,
at one point I was in a. .
870
00:47:46,461 --> 00:47:49,089
The first couple
of meetings with the owner
871
00:47:49,089 --> 00:47:50,799
and with the mayor
and the city management,
872
00:47:50,799 --> 00:47:53,510
and I haven't been
in any. . in any since.
873
00:47:53,510 --> 00:47:56,471
[Sara] Why the negotiations
with Shawn have not included
874
00:47:56,471 --> 00:47:58,640
the councilwoman from that area
875
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,809
or representatives
from the. . the people
876
00:48:00,809 --> 00:48:02,227
who live in the park?
877
00:48:02,227 --> 00:48:03,395
It's been
you and the city staff.
878
00:48:03,395 --> 00:48:06,022
Um, I just felt
879
00:48:06,022 --> 00:48:08,316
that we would have
the best negotiations
880
00:48:08,316 --> 00:48:10,402
by keeping it
as small as possible.
881
00:48:10,402 --> 00:48:13,697
I actually had something
in common with Shawn,
882
00:48:13,697 --> 00:48:16,533
and that is
my real estate background.
883
00:48:16,533 --> 00:48:19,661
Having worked with tenants,
having had tenants,
884
00:48:19,661 --> 00:48:23,456
having mostly good tenants
but some bad tenants.
885
00:48:23,456 --> 00:48:26,000
I didn't feel
that adding. . adding
886
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:29,546
another elected official
to the mix would be beneficial.
887
00:48:29,546 --> 00:48:32,799
[parrots chirping]
888
00:49:29,564 --> 00:49:32,942
[soft instrumental
music playing]
889
00:49:36,196 --> 00:49:39,282
[parrot chirping]
890
00:50:17,737 --> 00:50:20,782
♪
891
00:51:15,086 --> 00:51:20,091
♪
892
00:51:32,937 --> 00:51:34,898
[Hilda laughing]
893
00:52:03,551 --> 00:52:08,515
[train whistle blowing]
894
00:52:23,613 --> 00:52:25,407
[Alison]
All right, so, on this list,
895
00:52:25,407 --> 00:52:26,991
I don't have
a ton of doors left,
896
00:52:26,991 --> 00:52:29,202
so I'm just gonna
loop up this street.
897
00:52:29,202 --> 00:52:32,247
Denver Meadows just
completely breaks my heart.
898
00:52:32,247 --> 00:52:36,376
Um, we literally have people
899
00:52:36,376 --> 00:52:40,505
who this was
their housing opportunity
900
00:52:40,505 --> 00:52:42,132
to stay in Aurora
901
00:52:42,132 --> 00:52:44,134
and be able to live
and work here.
902
00:52:44,843 --> 00:52:49,097
The fact
that over 20 million dollars
903
00:52:49,097 --> 00:52:53,143
was not adequate
to keep folks in their homes
904
00:52:53,143 --> 00:52:55,645
is extremely disappointing.
905
00:52:56,312 --> 00:52:57,772
My name is Alison Coombs.
906
00:52:57,772 --> 00:52:59,315
I'm running
for Aurora City Council
907
00:52:59,315 --> 00:53:00,900
for ward five.
908
00:53:00,900 --> 00:53:02,819
I've been
going to city council meetings,
909
00:53:02,819 --> 00:53:05,030
advocating
for affordable housing
910
00:53:05,030 --> 00:53:08,700
and sustainable development
for the last few years,
911
00:53:08,700 --> 00:53:13,788
um, and we haven't really seen
much movement on those issues.
912
00:53:13,788 --> 00:53:16,291
What happened
at Denver Meadows is proof
913
00:53:16,291 --> 00:53:19,335
that our city council
needs to address issues
914
00:53:19,335 --> 00:53:22,422
like affordable
housing differently.
915
00:53:22,422 --> 00:53:25,800
And so Juan, Ryan and I
decided to run together
916
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:27,594
as a progressive bloc
917
00:53:27,594 --> 00:53:29,387
to bring
those kinds of changes.
918
00:53:32,557 --> 00:53:34,017
[Sara]
So, it was Denver Meadows
919
00:53:34,017 --> 00:53:35,685
that got you interested
in city council?
920
00:53:35,685 --> 00:53:37,354
[Bryan] Yeah.
Specifically Denver Meadows.
921
00:53:37,354 --> 00:53:39,147
I'm a social studies teacher.
922
00:53:39,147 --> 00:53:41,733
I actually have students
who lived in that community.
923
00:53:42,525 --> 00:53:44,611
So, I started going
to city council,
924
00:53:44,611 --> 00:53:47,530
and I'm going in a meeting
where person after person
925
00:53:47,530 --> 00:53:49,366
is begging for their home,
926
00:53:49,366 --> 00:53:53,161
and one of them is a parent
to one of my students.
927
00:53:53,953 --> 00:53:55,413
These people matter.
928
00:53:55,413 --> 00:53:57,290
Denver Meadows matters.
929
00:53:57,290 --> 00:53:59,542
The handful of trailer parks
930
00:53:59,542 --> 00:54:01,544
we have left
in the city matter.
931
00:54:01,544 --> 00:54:03,671
My name is Brian Lindstrom,
I'm a teacher here in Aurora,
932
00:54:03,671 --> 00:54:05,465
and I'm running
for city council.
933
00:54:05,465 --> 00:54:08,259
About 15% of my students
deal with unstable housing.
934
00:54:08,259 --> 00:54:10,261
Um, you know,
I'm trying to teach history
935
00:54:10,261 --> 00:54:11,763
and they don't have
their basic needs met.
936
00:54:12,806 --> 00:54:15,141
[Alison]
I don't remember a point
937
00:54:15,141 --> 00:54:17,852
in which there wasn't
kind of this view
938
00:54:17,852 --> 00:54:20,689
that our government
was set up in a way
939
00:54:20,689 --> 00:54:22,399
to make the rich richer.
940
00:54:22,399 --> 00:54:24,025
So then it's like, "Okay,
941
00:54:24,025 --> 00:54:25,985
when is. .
you know, when is it enough?"
942
00:54:25,985 --> 00:54:28,697
When do we say people being
able to stay in their homes
943
00:54:28,697 --> 00:54:30,281
is more important
944
00:54:30,281 --> 00:54:32,867
than more millions
of dollars for someone?
945
00:54:32,867 --> 00:54:33,993
I don't know.
946
00:54:35,078 --> 00:54:38,748
I think we're starting
to see a tide turning
947
00:54:39,332 --> 00:54:42,877
of having moral leadership.
948
00:54:43,503 --> 00:54:45,463
[Juan] Hi, you should be
getting your ballot,
949
00:54:45,463 --> 00:54:46,965
-uh, either tomorrow. .
-[woman] Okay.
950
00:54:46,965 --> 00:54:48,258
or on Tuesday.
951
00:54:48,758 --> 00:54:50,719
I think that we are
absolutely at a crossroads,
952
00:54:50,719 --> 00:54:53,513
and I think one direction
looks like a place
953
00:54:53,513 --> 00:54:55,348
where we continue to divest
954
00:54:55,348 --> 00:54:56,850
from the older parts
of the city
955
00:54:56,850 --> 00:54:58,435
to continue
economic segregation.
956
00:54:59,352 --> 00:55:01,980
I think the alternative
is that we actually have
957
00:55:01,980 --> 00:55:04,024
a city council
that puts people first.
958
00:55:05,316 --> 00:55:08,945
If Alison and Brian and I win,
it will be the first time
959
00:55:08,945 --> 00:55:11,281
that we will have
a progressive majority
960
00:55:11,281 --> 00:55:13,116
on the Aurora city council
in the city's history.
961
00:55:24,294 --> 00:55:26,629
[Luz] I just had
to make the decision
962
00:55:26,629 --> 00:55:30,216
that was the best decision
for me and. . and my family.
963
00:55:30,216 --> 00:55:33,303
That was to move out of my. .
964
00:55:33,970 --> 00:55:35,138
home.
965
00:55:36,139 --> 00:55:39,851
The reality, now that I move
to this apartment,
966
00:55:39,851 --> 00:55:42,020
my rent is 1,800 a month.
967
00:55:45,315 --> 00:55:48,151
And that's why
I now I have three jobs.
968
00:55:51,696 --> 00:55:54,407
Every single
light bulb that is here,
969
00:55:54,407 --> 00:55:57,827
every single screw
that is here in. .
970
00:55:57,827 --> 00:56:01,206
in this nice apartment,
is not mine.
971
00:56:02,415 --> 00:56:04,834
And in my mobile home,
972
00:56:05,293 --> 00:56:07,754
yeah, the. .
One of the windows was cracked,
973
00:56:07,754 --> 00:56:10,382
but it was my window.
974
00:56:10,382 --> 00:56:12,092
My glass.
975
00:56:12,092 --> 00:56:13,551
It doesn't matter
976
00:56:13,551 --> 00:56:16,429
how small and how ugly,
977
00:56:16,429 --> 00:56:17,889
for some people it can be.
978
00:56:18,390 --> 00:56:22,102
That mobile home was my home.
979
00:56:22,102 --> 00:56:24,562
My home for me and my family.
980
00:56:27,315 --> 00:56:29,943
I have been,
uh, uh, in meetings
981
00:56:29,943 --> 00:56:31,736
with Shawn Lustigman
982
00:56:31,736 --> 00:56:35,407
and. . and his, uh,
advisor team and his partner,
983
00:56:35,407 --> 00:56:39,744
which is Faye, uh,
Faye Klein is his, uh, sister.
984
00:56:39,744 --> 00:56:41,371
And he's. . he's gone
985
00:56:41,371 --> 00:56:45,166
from offering zero dollars
to the owners
986
00:56:45,166 --> 00:56:48,670
to where we think
we're close to $300,000,
987
00:56:48,670 --> 00:56:50,755
um, that will be
available for them.
988
00:56:50,755 --> 00:56:52,173
[Sara]
To the remaining owners?
989
00:56:52,173 --> 00:56:53,883
Yes.
990
00:56:53,883 --> 00:56:55,468
[Sara] What about
the more than 85 families
991
00:56:55,468 --> 00:56:57,137
that have moved out?
992
00:56:57,137 --> 00:56:59,180
[Bob] You know,
that's, uh. . that's something
993
00:56:59,180 --> 00:57:01,182
I'm not gonna
be able to address.
994
00:57:01,182 --> 00:57:04,602
Uh, I think we can all look
at situations where we decided
995
00:57:04,602 --> 00:57:08,481
to do something
and we realized later
996
00:57:08,481 --> 00:57:10,150
that if we'd waited
a little longer,
997
00:57:10,150 --> 00:57:11,401
it would have been better.
998
00:57:15,363 --> 00:57:16,823
That's. .
999
00:57:16,823 --> 00:57:18,324
Like, why do you
get into government
1000
00:57:18,324 --> 00:57:19,743
55if you're a person like that?
1001
00:57:20,326 --> 00:57:22,620
What the hell
did you think. . I mean, why?
1002
00:57:23,455 --> 00:57:25,415
Everyone's in that situation
at some point,
1003
00:57:25,415 --> 00:57:27,751
and just imagine
the people with power saying,
1004
00:57:27,751 --> 00:57:30,086
"That's just. . "
you know, "That's tough luck. "
1005
00:57:34,174 --> 00:57:35,675
[Sara] Have you talked
with him about rezoning?
1006
00:57:37,218 --> 00:57:39,095
[Bob] Uh, yeah,
we've talked about rezoning.
1007
00:57:39,095 --> 00:57:41,473
That's part of this agreement
that we're working on.
1008
00:57:41,473 --> 00:57:43,892
[Sara] In. . in. . in what way?
How does it fit into that?
1009
00:57:43,892 --> 00:57:46,019
Well, it takes
the zoning off the table.
1010
00:57:46,019 --> 00:57:48,271
And he gets his T. O. D. zoning.
1011
00:57:48,813 --> 00:57:50,607
Hopefully,
gets his T. O. D. zoning.
1012
00:57:50,607 --> 00:57:52,901
It hasn't been promised to him
because we can't. .
1013
00:57:53,276 --> 00:57:57,364
city council
can't promise zoning.
1014
00:57:57,364 --> 00:58:01,493
[Sara] That deal between Shawn
and the mayor did go through.
1015
00:58:01,493 --> 00:58:04,371
$300,000 for the 17 families
1016
00:58:04,371 --> 00:58:09,042
who remain after three years
of fighting to save the park.
1017
00:58:09,042 --> 00:58:12,837
Nothing for the people
who moved out before them.
1018
00:58:12,837 --> 00:58:17,967
Denver Meadows closed
on May 31st, 2019.
1019
00:58:17,967 --> 00:58:20,095
Three days later,
the city council
1020
00:58:20,095 --> 00:58:23,014
took up Shawn's request
for rezoning.
1021
00:58:23,014 --> 00:58:24,641
He stands to make millions.
1022
00:58:25,141 --> 00:58:27,519
[Jason] Public hearing and
consideration of an ordinance
1023
00:58:27,519 --> 00:58:28,978
for introduction
of the city council
1024
00:58:28,978 --> 00:58:30,563
of the city of
Aurora, Colorado,
1025
00:58:30,563 --> 00:58:33,066
rezoning 20. 41 acres,
more or less,
1026
00:58:33,066 --> 00:58:34,651
for mobile home district
1027
00:58:34,651 --> 00:58:36,444
and residential
agricultural district
1028
00:58:36,444 --> 00:58:38,822
to transit-oriented
development district
1029
00:58:38,822 --> 00:58:41,074
and amending the zoning map
accordingly.
1030
00:58:41,074 --> 00:58:44,494
[indistinct speech]
1031
00:58:46,121 --> 00:58:48,623
[Sara] I'd really like
to know what makes you angry.
1032
00:58:51,584 --> 00:58:54,421
Greed.
[laughing] I think greed.
1033
00:58:54,421 --> 00:58:55,463
Greed and power.
1034
00:58:57,048 --> 00:58:58,633
Like, with Shawn, for example,
1035
00:58:58,633 --> 00:59:00,051
he could have taken
20 million dollars
1036
00:59:00,051 --> 00:59:01,678
and made a. . a ton of money
1037
00:59:01,678 --> 00:59:03,555
selling the park
to the residents,
1038
00:59:03,555 --> 00:59:04,848
and they would've had
somewhere to live.
1039
00:59:05,265 --> 00:59:07,100
And it's greed
that kept them from doing it.
1040
00:59:07,100 --> 00:59:09,936
[indistinct speech]
1041
00:59:09,936 --> 00:59:11,646
[Jason]
Taking as much as you can,
1042
00:59:11,646 --> 00:59:13,606
I'll be. . Damn the consequences,
1043
00:59:13,606 --> 00:59:16,192
You know, uh, is something
our government,
1044
00:59:16,192 --> 00:59:18,611
like, sanctions
and facilitates.
1045
00:59:18,611 --> 00:59:20,363
And that's kind of,
like, what I feel like
1046
00:59:20,363 --> 00:59:22,824
I'm beating against
most as an attorney.
1047
00:59:22,824 --> 00:59:26,411
Okay, item 11A
is a public hearing.
1048
00:59:26,411 --> 00:59:28,038
We're concerned that if there's
1049
00:59:28,038 --> 00:59:29,581
not a designated number
of affordable units,
1050
00:59:29,581 --> 00:59:31,583
developers
are going to continue
1051
00:59:31,583 --> 00:59:33,001
to build market rate housing
1052
00:59:33,001 --> 00:59:34,210
while destroying
the limited number
1053
00:59:34,210 --> 00:59:36,796
of affordable units that exist.
1054
00:59:36,796 --> 00:59:38,423
[Jason]
I am opposing the rezoning.
1055
00:59:38,423 --> 00:59:40,967
You think back
to the underlying reason,
1056
00:59:40,967 --> 00:59:42,761
the motivation
in all of our involvement,
1057
00:59:42,761 --> 00:59:44,679
the residents,
uh, coming to you all,
1058
00:59:44,679 --> 00:59:46,097
is that they
didn't want to be displaced
1059
00:59:46,097 --> 00:59:47,849
and they
didn't want to lose homes
1060
00:59:47,849 --> 00:59:49,642
that they had purchased,
they're not just tenants,
1061
00:59:49,642 --> 00:59:51,144
but they're homeowners
who purchased these homes.
1062
00:59:51,144 --> 00:59:52,937
[Francoise]
It's private property
1063
00:59:52,937 --> 00:59:55,315
and the property owner
is closing down the park.
1064
00:59:55,315 --> 00:59:56,399
This is a rezone.
1065
01:00:03,740 --> 01:00:05,450
What are you going to do
with the homes
1066
01:00:05,450 --> 01:00:07,994
and the 11 parks
that are still in Aurora?
1067
01:00:07,994 --> 01:00:10,497
I ask you to please
not do the rezoning
1068
01:00:10,497 --> 01:00:12,582
because they're
our. . our. . our. . our. .
1069
01:00:12,582 --> 01:00:14,167
our homes, our houses.
1070
01:00:15,168 --> 01:00:17,212
-[woman] Gracias.
-[translator] Thank you.
1071
01:00:17,212 --> 01:00:18,797
[Bob]
Thank you for your comments.
1072
01:00:18,797 --> 01:00:22,801
[soft instrumental
music playing]
1073
01:00:24,386 --> 01:00:28,390
[indistinct conversation]
1074
01:00:36,940 --> 01:00:39,150
[Luz]
I have nothing to celebrate.
1075
01:00:39,150 --> 01:00:41,194
I'm one of the residents
on Denver Meadows,
1076
01:00:41,194 --> 01:00:43,321
and. . and I lost everything.
1077
01:00:43,321 --> 01:00:46,991
Everything means everything.
1078
01:00:46,991 --> 01:00:51,162
Every single penny that I have
in my. . my. . my saving account.
1079
01:00:51,162 --> 01:00:55,417
And the reason what I'm here
is to ask all of you,
1080
01:00:55,417 --> 01:00:58,378
we cannot continue
di. . displacing people.
1081
01:00:58,378 --> 01:01:00,672
[Bob]
Thank you for the comments.
1082
01:01:00,672 --> 01:01:04,718
Now, I'm gonna call
the question on item 11A.
1083
01:01:08,304 --> 01:01:10,140
And the motion carries on
1084
01:01:10,140 --> 01:01:12,308
a vote of six to four
with councilmembers
1085
01:01:12,308 --> 01:01:16,354
Johnston, Lawson,
Hiltz and Murillo voting no.
1086
01:01:28,074 --> 01:01:29,534
[reporter] Shawn,
do you know how much money
1087
01:01:29,534 --> 01:01:31,036
you're gonna get for the park?
1088
01:01:31,036 --> 01:01:33,788
Between 100 million to 300.
1089
01:01:43,048 --> 01:01:46,968
♪
1090
01:01:54,559 --> 01:01:56,311
[Petra]
I lost my home.
1091
01:01:56,311 --> 01:02:00,398
I watched Shawn
get whatever he wants to.
1092
01:02:00,398 --> 01:02:02,025
I watched
the worst of the worst.
1093
01:02:08,114 --> 01:02:09,616
It doesn't
look like home anymore.
1094
01:02:09,616 --> 01:02:11,618
It's so naked.
1095
01:02:13,661 --> 01:02:16,456
Oh, wow.
This is, like, all gone.
1096
01:02:17,582 --> 01:02:18,875
Oh, wow.
1097
01:02:18,875 --> 01:02:22,879
[sentimental music playing]
1098
01:02:28,301 --> 01:02:32,222
Tons of memories
are really tied up in my home
1099
01:02:32,222 --> 01:02:35,684
and I don't get
to go down memory lane.
1100
01:02:35,684 --> 01:02:39,729
♪
1101
01:02:51,449 --> 01:02:53,243
When are the rich rich enough?
1102
01:03:03,670 --> 01:03:05,672
[car engine whirring]
1103
01:03:09,175 --> 01:03:11,928
[Sara]
Petra's question haunts me.
1104
01:03:11,928 --> 01:03:14,681
Who are we becoming
as Americans
1105
01:03:14,681 --> 01:03:16,474
when housing
that's on the lowest rung
1106
01:03:16,474 --> 01:03:19,019
of the American dream
is being devoured
1107
01:03:19,019 --> 01:03:20,895
by the wealthiest
of the wealthy?
1108
01:03:24,649 --> 01:03:26,860
Private equity firms
are notorious
1109
01:03:26,860 --> 01:03:29,112
for not wanting publicity.
1110
01:03:29,112 --> 01:03:32,449
Havenpark Capital
doesn't return my phone calls,
1111
01:03:32,449 --> 01:03:34,701
but I figure
it's worth a try to show up
1112
01:03:34,701 --> 01:03:36,911
in person at their office.
1113
01:03:36,911 --> 01:03:38,663
I've got their address.
1114
01:03:38,663 --> 01:03:42,709
It's 51 West Center Street,
Suite 600.
1115
01:03:42,709 --> 01:03:44,377
Orem, Utah.
1116
01:03:46,588 --> 01:03:48,715
[Sara] Havenpark Capital
is what I'm looking for.
1117
01:03:48,715 --> 01:03:50,550
-They must. .
-[man] So. .
1118
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:54,137
Because we just
have mailboxes here,
1119
01:03:54,137 --> 01:03:56,306
so if they're
an owner of a mailbox. .
1120
01:03:58,433 --> 01:04:02,354
um, that might be
the address you're looking for,
1121
01:04:02,354 --> 01:04:04,731
but th. . th. . they
don't have an office.
1122
01:04:04,731 --> 01:04:06,107
-[Sara] Okay.
-[man] Sorry.
1123
01:04:08,777 --> 01:04:10,862
These people are coming in
1124
01:04:10,862 --> 01:04:13,365
to make money
off of the backs of people
1125
01:04:13,365 --> 01:04:14,991
that have worked
all their lives. .
1126
01:04:16,159 --> 01:04:18,244
to have what they do have.
1127
01:04:18,244 --> 01:04:21,373
They're the most vulnerable
in society in most cases.
1128
01:04:22,123 --> 01:04:25,710
And the people that are taking
advantage of this situation
1129
01:04:25,710 --> 01:04:28,046
are some of the richest people.
1130
01:04:29,047 --> 01:04:30,548
[Sara]
So, some people would say,
1131
01:04:30,548 --> 01:04:32,050
"That's just
how capitalism works. "
1132
01:04:35,220 --> 01:04:38,765
Treating people fairly
is how life works.
1133
01:04:38,765 --> 01:04:40,850
[man] Here tonight, to talk
to you about this place,
1134
01:04:40,850 --> 01:04:42,394
Iowa City, please join me
1135
01:04:42,394 --> 01:04:44,729
in giving a big
Hawkeye welcome
1136
01:04:44,729 --> 01:04:46,981
to Senator Elizabeth Warren.
1137
01:04:46,981 --> 01:04:49,442
Hello, Iowa City!
1138
01:04:49,442 --> 01:04:51,945
[crowd cheering]
1139
01:04:51,945 --> 01:04:54,239
Um, we've got a problem
in America on housing,
1140
01:04:54,239 --> 01:04:55,990
and it's a problem
across America.
1141
01:04:55,990 --> 01:04:58,743
[sentimental music playing]
1142
01:05:05,250 --> 01:05:08,002
Hello, hello,
so nice to see you.
1143
01:05:08,002 --> 01:05:09,254
It's been a long time.
1144
01:05:10,630 --> 01:05:12,632
[Elizabeth] Yeah,
it's good to see you.
1145
01:05:12,632 --> 01:05:14,592
-[Elizabeth] Hi.
-This is Cindy Wade.
1146
01:05:14,592 --> 01:05:17,512
-It's nice to meet you, Cindy.
-It's good to see you.
1147
01:05:17,512 --> 01:05:20,265
[indistinct chatter]
1148
01:05:20,265 --> 01:05:22,225
A week ago, Sunday, I was
sitting at the front bench
1149
01:05:22,225 --> 01:05:24,310
and he said,
"Grandma, you look tired. "
1150
01:05:24,310 --> 01:05:28,148
I said, "I'm just tired.
I just want to quit. . quit. "
1151
01:05:28,606 --> 01:05:30,233
-[Elizabeth] Not gonna quit.
-No.
1152
01:05:31,276 --> 01:05:33,194
He said,
"My grandma don't quit. "
1153
01:05:33,194 --> 01:05:35,280
-[man] Yeah.
-[Elizabeth] And. .
1154
01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:36,781
you're grandma's not alone.
1155
01:05:36,781 --> 01:05:38,408
-No.
-You got your neighbors.
1156
01:05:38,408 --> 01:05:40,410
-No, I got my neighbors.
-That's right.
1157
01:05:40,410 --> 01:05:43,163
And you've got people who are
willing to get into this fight.
1158
01:05:43,163 --> 01:05:45,290
That's why Zach is here.
We're gonna do this.
1159
01:05:45,290 --> 01:05:46,958
-Yeah.
-So, currently,
1160
01:05:46,958 --> 01:05:48,501
in the state of Iowa,
you can be evicted
1161
01:05:48,501 --> 01:05:50,837
without cause
from a mobile home park,
1162
01:05:51,463 --> 01:05:52,964
-which is actually very common
-Uh-huh, uh-huh.
1163
01:05:52,964 --> 01:05:54,424
in many states
across the country.
1164
01:05:54,424 --> 01:05:56,676
So, we've heard
Havenpark has been busy.
1165
01:05:56,676 --> 01:05:58,553
They've been buying
more mobile home parks.
1166
01:05:58,553 --> 01:06:00,180
There's another company
out of Colorado
1167
01:06:00,180 --> 01:06:02,057
called Impact Communities
1168
01:06:02,057 --> 01:06:03,600
that's bought several
mobile home parks
1169
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:04,893
across the state,
exact same model.
1170
01:06:04,893 --> 01:06:06,686
Buy it, jack up the rent.
1171
01:06:06,686 --> 01:06:08,313
And so we're hoping
that we're going to be able
1172
01:06:08,313 --> 01:06:09,981
to go back
to the legislature in January.
1173
01:06:09,981 --> 01:06:11,608
Even some
of our Republican friends
1174
01:06:11,608 --> 01:06:12,901
are looking at this and saying,
1175
01:06:12,901 --> 01:06:14,486
"Boy, that doesn't look fair. "
1176
01:06:14,486 --> 01:06:16,863
Uh, and so,
theoretically, I. . I think
1177
01:06:16,863 --> 01:06:18,656
it's possible
we'll see some change.
1178
01:06:18,656 --> 01:06:21,117
But of course, um,
it's not over 'til it's over.
1179
01:06:21,117 --> 01:06:23,745
Yeah, you know,
people are gonna. .
1180
01:06:23,745 --> 01:06:25,538
Nobody can stay
on the sidelines anymore.
1181
01:06:25,538 --> 01:06:28,625
This is really about
people getting in the fight.
1182
01:06:28,625 --> 01:06:30,627
-[Candi] And we're gonna win.
-Yeah.
1183
01:06:33,630 --> 01:06:35,006
[Zach] You know,
mobile home parks
1184
01:06:35,006 --> 01:06:37,342
could be a part
of an effective,
1185
01:06:37,342 --> 01:06:38,968
affordable housing solution
1186
01:06:38,968 --> 01:06:42,097
so long as they're not being
1187
01:06:42,097 --> 01:06:44,391
sold under false pretenses.
1188
01:06:44,391 --> 01:06:47,394
As long as we don't have
out-of-state companies
1189
01:06:47,394 --> 01:06:48,895
jackin' up the rent
1190
01:06:48,895 --> 01:06:50,730
and making them
no longer affordable.
1191
01:06:50,730 --> 01:06:52,982
And. . and so long as
we have the basic protections
1192
01:06:52,982 --> 01:06:55,485
that are necessary for folks
1193
01:06:55,485 --> 01:06:57,195
who. . who live
in these properties
1194
01:06:57,195 --> 01:06:59,072
to. . to call them home.
1195
01:07:00,198 --> 01:07:01,950
[man] Yeah, I mean,
I've never been
1196
01:07:01,950 --> 01:07:03,284
-really politically active. .
-[Elizabeth] Yeah.
1197
01:07:03,284 --> 01:07:04,869
[man]
But I tell you what,
1198
01:07:04,869 --> 01:07:06,454
uh, when they're
coming after me,
1199
01:07:06,454 --> 01:07:08,164
I guess they kind of
forced me into it.
1200
01:07:08,164 --> 01:07:09,874
This has been
going on for years.
1201
01:07:09,874 --> 01:07:11,668
Oh, gosh, yeah.
1202
01:07:11,668 --> 01:07:13,294
[Elizabeth] And these
hedge funds that come in,
1203
01:07:13,294 --> 01:07:15,088
they buy up a business,
and they don't care.
1204
01:07:15,088 --> 01:07:16,881
They made their money.
1205
01:07:16,881 --> 01:07:18,591
And whatever's left behind
is not their problem.
1206
01:07:18,591 --> 01:07:19,968
[sentimental
instrumental playing]
1207
01:07:29,060 --> 01:07:31,312
[Candi] Havenpark Capital
stated this,
1208
01:07:31,688 --> 01:07:35,316
"Our fund invests in stable,
high cash flowing,
1209
01:07:35,316 --> 01:07:37,193
manufactured home communities
1210
01:07:37,193 --> 01:07:40,655
that provides a generous,
dependable investor yield
1211
01:07:40,655 --> 01:07:43,074
while steadily growing
investor capital.
1212
01:07:45,827 --> 01:07:48,413
We only acquire properties
that generate
1213
01:07:48,413 --> 01:07:52,375
a significant
target cash flow from day one
1214
01:07:52,375 --> 01:07:55,253
and have ample
upside opportunities
1215
01:07:55,253 --> 01:07:58,131
that will allow us
to significantly raise
1216
01:07:58,131 --> 01:08:00,467
the value
and cash flow of the property
1217
01:08:00,467 --> 01:08:02,802
in any market, good or bad. "
1218
01:08:03,970 --> 01:08:05,138
It makes your blood boil.
1219
01:08:08,475 --> 01:08:10,226
There is
no concern about a mo. .
1220
01:08:10,226 --> 01:08:11,770
Saving mobile home parks.
1221
01:08:11,770 --> 01:08:13,605
Once again, that proves it.
1222
01:08:19,693 --> 01:08:22,280
[indistinct chatter]
1223
01:08:30,537 --> 01:08:33,582
Morning. Hey, how're you doing?
1224
01:08:33,582 --> 01:08:36,044
I am good, how are you?
1225
01:08:36,044 --> 01:08:37,504
Good to see you.
1226
01:08:37,504 --> 01:08:39,756
I need a statement on "I won,"
1227
01:08:39,756 --> 01:08:41,715
statement on "I lost,"
1228
01:08:41,715 --> 01:08:43,550
and statement on "Too close
to call for press releases. "
1229
01:08:43,550 --> 01:08:47,138
Because I want all those
just written and ready to go.
1230
01:08:48,098 --> 01:08:49,683
[Kristen]
We're grassroots people.
1231
01:08:49,683 --> 01:08:51,476
We have people
on the doors every day.
1232
01:08:51,476 --> 01:08:54,144
We have people making
phone calls every day.
1233
01:08:54,144 --> 01:08:55,979
We are sitting there
and we are talking
1234
01:08:55,979 --> 01:08:57,314
and we are listening.
1235
01:08:57,314 --> 01:08:59,693
[indistinct chatter]
1236
01:08:59,693 --> 01:09:01,361
-[applause]
-Good morning, everybody.
1237
01:09:01,361 --> 01:09:03,071
[all]
Good morning!
1238
01:09:03,071 --> 01:09:05,031
Thank you
so much for being here.
1239
01:09:05,031 --> 01:09:08,367
As has been mentioned,
it's been quite a year.
1240
01:09:08,367 --> 01:09:11,955
Um, we started out
this year with folks
1241
01:09:11,955 --> 01:09:15,834
underestimating the power
of what we could do
1242
01:09:15,834 --> 01:09:18,336
coming together as a team
1243
01:09:18,336 --> 01:09:20,671
and fighting
for the people of our city.
1244
01:09:20,671 --> 01:09:22,215
We are ready
1245
01:09:23,258 --> 01:09:25,635
to get in there
and to make change,
1246
01:09:25,635 --> 01:09:27,637
and to make change
for every one of you
1247
01:09:27,637 --> 01:09:29,639
and for all the folks
that couldn't be here today,
1248
01:09:29,639 --> 01:09:32,684
for all the folks that we are
getting ready to go talk to,
1249
01:09:32,684 --> 01:09:34,936
to make sure
that every single one of them
1250
01:09:34,936 --> 01:09:37,689
turns in their ballots,
has their voices heard,
1251
01:09:37,689 --> 01:09:40,399
and creates a city
that works for all of us.
1252
01:09:40,399 --> 01:09:41,860
Thank you. .
Oh, Alison Coombs,
1253
01:09:41,860 --> 01:09:43,611
running for ward five.
1254
01:09:43,611 --> 01:09:45,530
[woman] She has come
all the way from Missouri,
1255
01:09:45,530 --> 01:09:49,325
off of her campaign trail,
to be with us here in Colorado.
1256
01:09:49,325 --> 01:09:51,286
Miss Cori Bush.
1257
01:09:51,286 --> 01:09:54,664
First of all, let me just say,
"Thank you for your work. "
1258
01:09:54,664 --> 01:09:56,332
Let me start with that.
1259
01:09:56,332 --> 01:09:59,294
Because this can be
a very thankless job.
1260
01:09:59,294 --> 01:10:01,755
And then once you win,
it'll be even more thankless.
1261
01:10:01,755 --> 01:10:04,132
-[man laughing loudly]
-It's time.
1262
01:10:04,132 --> 01:10:05,717
The power is in your hands.
1263
01:10:05,717 --> 01:10:08,011
Each and every one of you
are influential.
1264
01:10:08,011 --> 01:10:10,430
Each and every one of you
have a platform.
1265
01:10:10,430 --> 01:10:12,557
Each and every one of you
have a squad.
1266
01:10:12,557 --> 01:10:15,018
Each and every one of you
are somebody
1267
01:10:15,018 --> 01:10:16,936
in this community and beyond.
1268
01:10:16,936 --> 01:10:18,646
So, know
what you're influencing
1269
01:10:18,646 --> 01:10:20,899
and tap into it,
some of you have thousands,
1270
01:10:20,899 --> 01:10:22,442
some of you have ten thousands,
1271
01:10:22,442 --> 01:10:24,069
some of you
may have your block.
1272
01:10:24,069 --> 01:10:26,237
Whatever you got,
we all have something.
1273
01:10:26,237 --> 01:10:28,490
Go out there and take it,
and let's do this on Tuesday.
1274
01:10:28,490 --> 01:10:31,451
[group cheering]
1275
01:10:31,451 --> 01:10:33,953
When we win, then you sleep.
1276
01:10:34,537 --> 01:10:36,956
I'm just calling to make sure
that you're able to get
1277
01:10:36,956 --> 01:10:39,250
your ballot in by tonight.
1278
01:10:39,250 --> 01:10:42,629
Please vote, because democracy
works when we all participate.
1279
01:10:44,839 --> 01:10:47,425
-[man] Dude.
-[woman] We have three hours!
1280
01:10:47,425 --> 01:10:48,885
Uh, this election's
gonna be really close.
1281
01:10:48,885 --> 01:10:50,804
Every vote's
gonna really matter.
1282
01:10:51,388 --> 01:10:53,306
There's no way. .
We've been on phones
1283
01:10:53,306 --> 01:10:54,849
since, uh,
ten o'clock this morning.
1284
01:10:54,849 --> 01:10:56,810
[talking indistinctly]
1285
01:10:56,810 --> 01:11:00,230
Every vote counts right now
and we have about two hours.
1286
01:11:00,230 --> 01:11:03,233
[indistinct chatter]
1287
01:11:10,073 --> 01:11:13,368
-[woman 1] Okay, so here, um. .
-[woman 2] Bye-bye.
1288
01:11:13,368 --> 01:11:14,744
[man] Did you
receive your ballot?
1289
01:11:15,328 --> 01:11:17,831
So, should I
stop calling people?
1290
01:11:17,831 --> 01:11:19,207
Or just keep going?
1291
01:11:19,207 --> 01:11:21,251
We did everything we could.
1292
01:11:21,251 --> 01:11:23,294
Ah, thank you.
Thank you so much.
1293
01:11:23,878 --> 01:11:26,965
Francoise is ahead of Bryan.
1294
01:11:27,841 --> 01:11:29,551
-Really?
-Mm-hmm.
1295
01:11:29,551 --> 01:11:33,013
Juan is down at 44,
1296
01:11:33,013 --> 01:11:34,431
almost 45%
1297
01:11:35,015 --> 01:11:37,559
Alison is down at 47.
1298
01:11:37,559 --> 01:11:40,311
And Bryan is down at 41.
1299
01:11:40,937 --> 01:11:43,064
-[woman] That sucks.
-[Kristen] Yeah.
1300
01:11:43,064 --> 01:11:44,441
[man] We're gonna,
um, head over
1301
01:11:44,441 --> 01:11:46,192
to, um, the city building.
1302
01:11:46,192 --> 01:11:47,736
[woman 1]
All right. We'll see you.
1303
01:11:47,736 --> 01:11:48,987
[woman 2]
Okay. All right, see you.
1304
01:11:53,908 --> 01:11:56,119
Hopefully,
it gets closer, but we'll see.
1305
01:11:57,704 --> 01:11:58,913
That's where it is.
1306
01:12:08,423 --> 01:12:09,924
[Candi]
Six months ago,
1307
01:12:09,924 --> 01:12:11,342
I didn't think
I'd be standing here
1308
01:12:11,342 --> 01:12:12,886
talking to anybody. [chuckling]
1309
01:12:12,886 --> 01:12:14,596
Thank you for coming,
and thank you
1310
01:12:14,596 --> 01:12:16,222
for all the support
from everybody.
1311
01:12:16,765 --> 01:12:19,059
We exposed Havenpark,
who is the company
1312
01:12:19,059 --> 01:12:20,894
that purchased our park,
1313
01:12:20,894 --> 01:12:22,604
and we put them on the defense.
1314
01:12:23,104 --> 01:12:25,065
Our next step
in preparing ourselves
1315
01:12:25,065 --> 01:12:26,691
is to fight
for a better state laws
1316
01:12:26,691 --> 01:12:29,694
in the next
legislative session.
1317
01:12:30,070 --> 01:12:32,364
Some of what we're hoping
to gain from this session today
1318
01:12:32,364 --> 01:12:33,907
is how to deal
with these legislators,
1319
01:12:33,907 --> 01:12:35,408
how to put them
on the right track
1320
01:12:35,408 --> 01:12:37,494
to tell them what we want,
1321
01:12:37,494 --> 01:12:39,329
what we need to survive
1322
01:12:39,329 --> 01:12:42,165
and be a community of our own.
1323
01:12:42,165 --> 01:12:44,209
Possibly,
even to buy our own park.
1324
01:12:44,209 --> 01:12:46,336
And. . and it. .
it can't be just one park.
1325
01:12:46,336 --> 01:12:47,796
It has to be across the state.
1326
01:12:47,796 --> 01:12:49,714
It has to be
across the country.
1327
01:12:49,714 --> 01:12:52,884
That's so important
that we get this out.
1328
01:12:57,722 --> 01:12:58,973
[Kristen sighing]
1329
01:12:58,973 --> 01:13:02,977
♪
1330
01:13:04,646 --> 01:13:06,690
[Kristen] Bryan lost.
We're very sad.
1331
01:13:07,107 --> 01:13:11,861
We still don't know the results
for Alison or Juan.
1332
01:13:14,739 --> 01:13:17,909
[Alison] It's kind of
a last hope election for change
1333
01:13:17,909 --> 01:13:19,703
in a lot of ways for Aurora.
1334
01:13:19,703 --> 01:13:22,497
[sighing]
1335
01:13:22,497 --> 01:13:24,791
[Alison]
We're at the recall point.
1336
01:13:24,791 --> 01:13:27,001
Recount, not recall.
1337
01:13:27,001 --> 01:13:28,670
Oh, my God.
1338
01:13:28,670 --> 01:13:31,589
-Just 21 fucking votes behind.
-[Alison] What?
1339
01:13:31,589 --> 01:13:33,967
21 votes behind,
Kristen just said.
1340
01:13:34,551 --> 01:13:35,677
[sighing]
1341
01:13:38,179 --> 01:13:41,599
[Kristen] I hate having to
hit refresh every 30 seconds.
1342
01:13:43,435 --> 01:13:46,771
So stinking close.
1343
01:13:48,189 --> 01:13:50,692
Oh, they're killing me.
1344
01:13:52,110 --> 01:13:54,654
[sighing] Fuckity fuck.
1345
01:13:54,654 --> 01:13:56,239
Oh, my God, you guys.
1346
01:13:56,239 --> 01:13:58,992
I just need the new numbers.
1347
01:14:00,326 --> 01:14:01,995
[Alison]
An hour and ten minutes
1348
01:14:01,995 --> 01:14:03,163
-y'all are. .
-[Kristen] Wait, wait, wait,
1349
01:14:03,163 --> 01:14:05,040
this was a long refresh.
1350
01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:06,583
[man]
You got it?
1351
01:14:06,583 --> 01:14:08,084
I don't know,
it's still refreshing.
1352
01:14:08,084 --> 01:14:09,377
[Alison]
Mine is still refreshing too.
1353
01:14:09,377 --> 01:14:11,046
[man]
That could be it.
1354
01:14:11,046 --> 01:14:12,630
[Alison] No. Goddamn.
Do we have updates?
1355
01:14:12,630 --> 01:14:14,007
-Do we have numbers?
-Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
1356
01:14:14,007 --> 01:14:15,675
[Alison]
What are the numbers?
1357
01:14:15,675 --> 01:14:17,093
-Oh, my God. .
-[Kristen] Juan is winning!
1358
01:14:17,093 --> 01:14:20,096
-[Alison] Yeah!
-We're at 50. 5!
1359
01:14:20,096 --> 01:14:24,100
[cheering]
1360
01:14:25,935 --> 01:14:27,103
Juan, where are you?
1361
01:14:27,103 --> 01:14:29,064
[laughing]
1362
01:14:30,565 --> 01:14:31,983
Oh, shit. Okay.
1363
01:14:31,983 --> 01:14:33,777
[Alison] We gotta
go to the S. O. S.
1364
01:14:33,777 --> 01:14:35,362
[man]
Get the full one.
1365
01:14:35,779 --> 01:14:37,489
[Kristen]
You are a numbers guy.
1366
01:14:37,489 --> 01:14:38,865
[laughing]
1367
01:14:39,491 --> 01:14:40,909
I'm out of recount range, baby.
1368
01:14:40,909 --> 01:14:43,036
Whoo! Yes!
1369
01:14:43,036 --> 01:14:44,954
You are. . you are out
of recount range as well.
1370
01:14:44,954 --> 01:14:46,664
We hit 51%
1371
01:14:47,248 --> 01:14:50,960
They legally
cannot pay for a recount.
1372
01:14:50,960 --> 01:14:52,337
-[Alison] Yeah.
-We won.
1373
01:14:52,337 --> 01:14:56,341
[yelling]
1374
01:14:58,343 --> 01:15:02,138
[Alison] Politics
isn't just about rich people
1375
01:15:02,138 --> 01:15:04,432
moving us around like pawns.
1376
01:15:04,432 --> 01:15:08,853
We are taking the reins,
1377
01:15:08,853 --> 01:15:11,564
and we're taking
that power for people.
1378
01:15:11,564 --> 01:15:14,943
[indistinct chatter]
1379
01:15:14,943 --> 01:15:16,945
[sighs]
1380
01:15:18,113 --> 01:15:21,366
A group of Iowa lawmakers
from both sides of the aisle
1381
01:15:21,366 --> 01:15:23,076
are in agreement on the need
1382
01:15:23,076 --> 01:15:24,619
to strengthen the rights
of people
1383
01:15:24,619 --> 01:15:26,246
who live in mobile home park.
1384
01:15:26,246 --> 01:15:28,123
[male reporter]
Statehouse reporter,
1385
01:15:28,123 --> 01:15:29,833
Caroline Cummings, breaks down
the sweeping proposal
1386
01:15:29,833 --> 01:15:32,877
moving through
the Iowa House and Senate.
1387
01:15:32,877 --> 01:15:34,629
[Caroline]
The Iowa Manufactured
1388
01:15:34,629 --> 01:15:36,005
Housing Association
is the only group
1389
01:15:36,005 --> 01:15:37,716
registered against the bill.
1390
01:15:37,716 --> 01:15:39,676
They argue the bill imposes
1391
01:15:39,676 --> 01:15:42,470
overly burdensome regulation
on property owners.
1392
01:15:43,263 --> 01:15:45,306
The provisions in the bill
that. . that cause us
1393
01:15:45,306 --> 01:15:48,893
so much, uh, heartburn,
are so egregious
1394
01:15:48,893 --> 01:15:51,730
that we have to oppose
the bill in its entirety.
1395
01:15:52,230 --> 01:15:55,150
The bill also presents
an inconsistent approach
1396
01:15:55,150 --> 01:15:56,985
to what we're trying to do
1397
01:15:56,985 --> 01:16:00,530
in. . in keeping and attracting
people to the state.
1398
01:16:01,656 --> 01:16:04,117
[Jodie] The section that
I'd like to talk about today
1399
01:16:04,117 --> 01:16:05,827
is the rent control provision.
1400
01:16:05,827 --> 01:16:10,373
What we view as overly
burdensome regulation.
1401
01:16:10,373 --> 01:16:13,626
Um, it doesn't capture
1402
01:16:14,294 --> 01:16:17,797
the realities of what I see
as the market dictating rents
1403
01:16:17,797 --> 01:16:20,175
and. . and doing an okay job
with it.
1404
01:16:20,508 --> 01:16:22,677
There's a perception
that these residents are. .
1405
01:16:22,677 --> 01:16:25,513
are. . are trapped,
um, and can't move
1406
01:16:25,513 --> 01:16:27,474
from their, uh,
mobile home community
1407
01:16:27,474 --> 01:16:29,100
if they. .
if they want to leave.
1408
01:16:29,100 --> 01:16:31,269
Can you, or I don't know,
Jodi, or Tim,
1409
01:16:31,269 --> 01:16:32,937
if you're speaking
for the association,
1410
01:16:32,937 --> 01:16:35,065
can one of you
please confirm that Frank Rolfe
1411
01:16:35,065 --> 01:16:37,108
was a member
of the Iowa Manufactured
1412
01:16:37,108 --> 01:16:38,610
Housing Association?
1413
01:16:38,610 --> 01:16:40,528
-[Jodi] Uh, yeah. He is.
-[Zach] Okay.
1414
01:16:40,528 --> 01:16:43,531
[Zach] So, you said
that these are easy to move
1415
01:16:43,531 --> 01:16:45,492
and it's easy
to get out of these rents.
1416
01:16:45,492 --> 01:16:47,243
Here's what Frank Rolfe said.
1417
01:16:48,203 --> 01:16:51,373
"The customers are stuck there.
They don't have the option.
1418
01:16:51,373 --> 01:16:53,166
They can't afford
to move the trailer.
1419
01:16:53,166 --> 01:16:55,168
The only way they can
object to your rent raise
1420
01:16:55,168 --> 01:16:57,170
is to walk off
and leave the trailer,
1421
01:16:57,170 --> 01:16:59,714
in which. . in which case
it becomes abandoned property,
1422
01:16:59,714 --> 01:17:02,217
and you recycle it and you can
put another person in it.
1423
01:17:02,217 --> 01:17:04,552
So, you really
hold all the cards. "
1424
01:17:06,304 --> 01:17:07,764
Is it true or is it false
1425
01:17:07,764 --> 01:17:09,474
that a landlord
can evict a resident
1426
01:17:09,474 --> 01:17:11,393
for any or no reason
with 60 days notice?
1427
01:17:11,393 --> 01:17:14,229
Uh, okay, to address
a couple of those, um. .
1428
01:17:14,229 --> 01:17:16,147
[Zach] Sorry,
we've got a limited time.
1429
01:17:16,147 --> 01:17:17,774
-Yeah.
-[Zach] Can a landlord
1430
01:17:17,774 --> 01:17:19,484
evict a resident
for any or no reason
1431
01:17:19,484 --> 01:17:21,277
with 60 days notice?
1432
01:17:21,277 --> 01:17:23,071
[Jodi] No, because of those
provisions I talk about.
1433
01:17:23,071 --> 01:17:24,739
-[Zach] Okay.
-[Jodi] So, they cannot evict. .
1434
01:17:24,739 --> 01:17:26,574
[Zach] How many
of those evictions took place
1435
01:17:26,574 --> 01:17:28,326
in Midwest country estates
in the last month?
1436
01:17:29,577 --> 01:17:31,246
[Jodi] I don't have
that information.
1437
01:17:31,246 --> 01:17:35,125
We are not just
dollar signs on a lot number.
1438
01:17:35,125 --> 01:17:37,794
We are a real community,
real people.
1439
01:17:37,794 --> 01:17:39,087
And we're fighting this.
1440
01:17:40,255 --> 01:17:42,090
[Zach] The. .
the downside of democracy
1441
01:17:42,090 --> 01:17:44,384
is that wealthy people
have huge amounts of power.
1442
01:17:44,384 --> 01:17:47,637
And we are struggling
today to figure out
1443
01:17:47,637 --> 01:17:50,640
how to live up
to the ideals of the country.
1444
01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:52,559
So, first of all,
thank you to all of you
1445
01:17:52,559 --> 01:17:54,144
for taking
the time to come here
1446
01:17:54,144 --> 01:17:55,395
to the Capitol today.
1447
01:17:55,395 --> 01:17:57,439
Um, we did get some bad news,
1448
01:17:57,439 --> 01:17:59,065
uh, that the House Republicans
1449
01:17:59,065 --> 01:18:01,192
have pulled the bill
from the agenda
1450
01:18:01,192 --> 01:18:02,944
of the House Judiciary
Committee this afternoon.
1451
01:18:04,446 --> 01:18:06,698
It does not mean
the bill legislation is dead.
1452
01:18:06,698 --> 01:18:08,700
It means it was not
on the agenda for today,
1453
01:18:08,700 --> 01:18:10,243
but we're hoping
that with your support,
1454
01:18:10,243 --> 01:18:11,953
talking to Chairman Holt,
1455
01:18:11,953 --> 01:18:13,580
he'll reconsider
and put it on the agenda
1456
01:18:13,580 --> 01:18:15,331
for either today
or for tomorrow.
1457
01:18:15,331 --> 01:18:16,583
[Candi]
Where's his office?
1458
01:18:17,792 --> 01:18:18,960
Where's his office?
1459
01:18:24,424 --> 01:18:25,925
[Candi] We have about,
I don't know,
1460
01:18:25,925 --> 01:18:27,552
30-some people here
to talk to him
1461
01:18:27,552 --> 01:18:29,804
about the bill
for manufactured housing.
1462
01:18:29,804 --> 01:18:31,056
[man] Yeah.
1463
01:18:31,598 --> 01:18:33,350
[Candi] And we want to know
where he stands on that.
1464
01:18:33,350 --> 01:18:35,643
A lot of us are in fear
of lo. . losing our homes.
1465
01:18:35,643 --> 01:18:39,189
It's important that we get
some action on this right away.
1466
01:18:39,898 --> 01:18:42,400
[Cindy] We elect
these people to protect us.
1467
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:43,735
I've heard you guys' story,
1468
01:18:43,735 --> 01:18:45,195
I. . Personally.
1469
01:18:45,195 --> 01:18:47,155
But, I'm not
an elected official.
1470
01:18:47,155 --> 01:18:49,908
There's not anything
that I can do right now.
1471
01:18:49,908 --> 01:18:52,077
Um, if you have
some information,
1472
01:18:52,077 --> 01:18:53,995
-I can pass it along.
-[Candi] Please.
1473
01:18:53,995 --> 01:18:56,247
But it's in the committee
process right now.
1474
01:18:56,247 --> 01:18:58,249
[Cindy] Could you let,
uh, Grassley know
1475
01:18:58,249 --> 01:18:59,876
-that we were here?
-[man] I absolutely will.
1476
01:18:59,876 --> 01:19:01,127
-And our. . and our concerns?
-[man] Yes.
1477
01:19:04,047 --> 01:19:05,548
[Candi]
Is Representative Grassley in?
1478
01:19:05,548 --> 01:19:08,134
People say he's not here, so. .
1479
01:19:08,134 --> 01:19:09,719
[man]
He's. . he's in there.
1480
01:19:09,719 --> 01:19:11,805
He's downstairs.
I saw him in the hallway.
1481
01:19:12,430 --> 01:19:14,099
Come on in, we'll talk inside.
1482
01:19:16,393 --> 01:19:19,646
[indistinct]
Grassley can then [indistinct],
1483
01:19:19,646 --> 01:19:21,439
so it doesn't reach the floor.
1484
01:19:21,439 --> 01:19:22,691
[Candi] But does
Holt have the power
1485
01:19:22,691 --> 01:19:24,401
to put it back on the table?
1486
01:19:24,401 --> 01:19:26,277
-[man] He has the committee. .
-[Candi] Yeah.
1487
01:19:26,277 --> 01:19:28,822
[Candi] But we probably
don't speak as loud as the ones
1488
01:19:28,822 --> 01:19:30,448
that spoke to him,
and told him to kill it.
1489
01:19:31,116 --> 01:19:32,826
Evidently,
the right thing to do
1490
01:19:32,826 --> 01:19:34,786
isn't the most
important thing on their mind.
1491
01:19:36,037 --> 01:19:38,456
A bill that would've
given protection to people
1492
01:19:38,456 --> 01:19:41,501
who live in mobile homes
from price gouging rent
1493
01:19:41,501 --> 01:19:43,586
has died
in subcommittee this week.
1494
01:19:43,586 --> 01:19:45,714
But as
KCRG-TV Nine's Brian Tabick
1495
01:19:45,714 --> 01:19:48,133
is learning,
that's not stopping some
1496
01:19:48,133 --> 01:19:50,009
from continuing the fight.
1497
01:19:50,009 --> 01:19:52,095
If you don't fight,
you can't win.
1498
01:19:52,554 --> 01:19:54,848
So, I'm determined to. . to. .
1499
01:19:56,474 --> 01:19:58,601
do what I can
to encourage people
1500
01:19:58,601 --> 01:19:59,769
to fight with me.
1501
01:20:01,438 --> 01:20:03,064
[man] Next will be
councilwoman Coombs.
1502
01:20:03,064 --> 01:20:07,068
[cheering]
1503
01:20:12,949 --> 01:20:14,034
[man] Congratulations.
1504
01:20:17,287 --> 01:20:19,164
Again, it's my great honor
to administer the oaths.
1505
01:20:19,164 --> 01:20:20,665
So, if you please,
raise your right hand,
1506
01:20:20,665 --> 01:20:22,208
and repeat after me.
1507
01:20:22,208 --> 01:20:24,419
[Sara]
If you could talk to somebody
1508
01:20:24,419 --> 01:20:26,838
who lived
at Denver Meadows today. .
1509
01:20:30,884 --> 01:20:32,260
what would you say?
1510
01:20:32,260 --> 01:20:34,012
Um, I wish
1511
01:20:34,012 --> 01:20:36,765
that we had
already been in office
1512
01:20:36,765 --> 01:20:40,894
when y'all were going
through your whole ordeal.
1513
01:20:40,894 --> 01:20:42,687
Um, you know,
1514
01:20:42,687 --> 01:20:46,232
and we certainly. .
Or are going to do everything
1515
01:20:46,232 --> 01:20:48,109
that we can to make sure
1516
01:20:48,109 --> 01:20:49,903
that there's
housing in our city
1517
01:20:49,903 --> 01:20:51,613
that the working people
who live here
1518
01:20:51,613 --> 01:20:54,074
can actually afford
and can live in.
1519
01:20:54,074 --> 01:20:58,328
Because you
make our city great,
1520
01:20:58,328 --> 01:21:00,997
um, and we need you.
1521
01:21:00,997 --> 01:21:05,168
[soft guitar
instrumental playing]
1522
01:21:07,712 --> 01:21:11,508
[Luz] What I miss most
about Denver Meadows,
1523
01:21:11,508 --> 01:21:12,550
the people.
1524
01:21:13,635 --> 01:21:14,886
The neighbors.
1525
01:21:16,054 --> 01:21:17,180
Um. .
1526
01:21:19,265 --> 01:21:20,433
I don't know where they are.
1527
01:21:22,268 --> 01:21:26,189
That hurts not to know
that they're okay.
1528
01:21:27,315 --> 01:21:30,026
What are they. . Maria?
1529
01:21:30,026 --> 01:21:32,153
Where is, uh. . Connie?
1530
01:21:32,153 --> 01:21:35,240
Where is Isabel?
Where are they?
1531
01:21:35,240 --> 01:21:37,325
What happening with them?
1532
01:21:37,325 --> 01:21:38,993
Do they have money to live?
1533
01:21:38,993 --> 01:21:41,663
Do they have money
to pay the rent?
1534
01:21:43,164 --> 01:21:45,875
I wonder
where is everybody else?
1535
01:21:51,131 --> 01:21:54,300
[Sara] What happens next
isn't my story.
1536
01:21:54,300 --> 01:21:55,719
But it is.
1537
01:21:55,719 --> 01:21:58,638
And it's your story, too.
1538
01:21:58,638 --> 01:22:02,017
It's about what we call
the American Dream,
1539
01:22:02,017 --> 01:22:04,853
and it's about whose dream
we're serving these days.
1540
01:22:07,856 --> 01:22:10,859
♪ There was a big
high wall there ♪
1541
01:22:10,859 --> 01:22:14,279
♪ That tried to stop me ♪
1542
01:22:14,279 --> 01:22:17,407
♪ The sign was painted ♪
1543
01:22:17,407 --> 01:22:21,119
♪ Said private property ♪
1544
01:22:21,119 --> 01:22:24,122
♪ But on the backside ♪
1545
01:22:24,122 --> 01:22:28,626
♪ It didn't say nothing ♪
1546
01:22:28,626 --> 01:22:32,881
♪ This land
was made for you and me ♪
1547
01:23:00,450 --> 01:23:03,620
♪ In the shadow
of the steeple ♪
1548
01:23:03,620 --> 01:23:07,165
♪ I saw my people ♪
1549
01:23:07,165 --> 01:23:10,210
♪ By the relief office ♪
1550
01:23:10,210 --> 01:23:13,630
♪ I saw my people ♪
1551
01:23:13,630 --> 01:23:17,092
♪ And as they stood there
hungry ♪
1552
01:23:17,092 --> 01:23:20,970
♪ I stood there wondering ♪
1553
01:23:20,970 --> 01:23:25,684
♪ Dear God, bless this land
for you and me ♪
1554
01:23:26,935 --> 01:23:30,188
♪ Nobody living ♪
1555
01:23:30,188 --> 01:23:33,400
♪ Can ever stop me ♪
1556
01:23:33,400 --> 01:23:36,945
♪ As I go walking ♪
1557
01:23:36,945 --> 01:23:39,864
♪ That freedom highway ♪
1558
01:23:39,864 --> 01:23:43,368
♪ Nobody living ♪
1559
01:23:43,368 --> 01:23:47,747
♪ Can make me turn back ♪
1560
01:23:47,747 --> 01:23:53,002
♪ This land was made
for you and me ♪
1561
01:23:53,002 --> 01:23:56,256
♪ This land is your land ♪
1562
01:23:56,256 --> 01:23:59,592
♪ This land is my land ♪
1563
01:23:59,592 --> 01:24:02,804
♪ From California ♪
1564
01:24:02,804 --> 01:24:06,141
♪ To the New York island ♪
1565
01:24:06,141 --> 01:24:09,394
♪ From the Redwood forest ♪
1566
01:24:09,394 --> 01:24:13,982
♪ To the Gulf Stream water ♪
1567
01:24:13,982 --> 01:24:17,986
♪ This land was made
for you and me ♪
1568
01:24:32,167 --> 01:24:37,839
["This Land is Your Land"
by Woodie Guthrie playing]
1569
01:24:37,839 --> 01:24:42,635
♪ As I went walking
that ribbon of highway ♪
1570
01:24:42,635 --> 01:24:47,515
♪ I saw above me
that endless skyway ♪
1571
01:24:47,515 --> 01:24:53,063
♪ Saw below me
that golden valley ♪
1572
01:24:53,063 --> 01:24:56,483
♪ This land
was made for you and me ♪
1573
01:25:05,450 --> 01:25:08,203
♪ I roamed and rambled ♪
1574
01:25:08,203 --> 01:25:10,163
♪ And I've
followed my footsteps ♪
1575
01:25:10,163 --> 01:25:14,959
♪ To the sparkling sands
of her diamond deserts ♪
1576
01:25:14,959 --> 01:25:20,298
♪ All around me
a voice was sounding ♪
1577
01:25:20,298 --> 01:25:23,259
♪ This land
was made for you and me ♪
1578
01:25:26,012 --> 01:25:30,767
♪ When the sun come shining,
then I was strolling ♪
1579
01:25:30,767 --> 01:25:36,356
♪ And the wheat fields waving
and the dust clouds rolling ♪
1580
01:25:36,356 --> 01:25:41,611
♪ The voice was chanting
as the fog was lifting ♪
1581
01:25:41,611 --> 01:25:44,948
♪ This land
was made for you and me ♪
1582
01:25:56,126 --> 01:26:00,588
♪ This land is your land
and this land is my land ♪
1583
01:26:00,588 --> 01:26:05,176
♪ From California
to the New York island ♪
1584
01:26:05,176 --> 01:26:10,390
♪ From the redwood forest
to the Gulf Stream waters ♪
1585
01:26:10,390 --> 01:26:14,811
♪ This land
was made for you and me ♪
1586
01:26:14,811 --> 01:26:19,399
♪ When the sun come shining,
then I was strolling ♪
1587
01:26:19,399 --> 01:26:23,903
♪ And the wheat fields waving
and the dust clouds rolling ♪
1588
01:26:23,903 --> 01:26:29,117
♪ The voice come a-chanting
and the fog was lifting ♪
1589
01:26:29,117 --> 01:26:32,829
♪ This land
was made for you and me ♪
1590
01:26:33,997 --> 01:26:38,001
♪
1591
01:27:01,358 --> 01:27:03,360
[music fades]