A Double Oral History From 6-0-5 Mobile Home Village
“Pat: Why put all that money into these trailers when you could just barely live in it? Never mind fix it up.
Bee: We’ve been having to struggle for a while, because of that.
Pat: I was told, when I moved here, you got 30 days to figure out what is wrong with the trailer, and we will fix it. I wrote her [the property manager], I sent her pictures, and I didn’t even- She just stopped talking to me. She wouldn’t even answered me-
Bee: All within the first week.
Pat: She [Bee] even tried calling, and texting her, and tell her, “she needs this” or whatever.
Bee: All within the first week.
Pat: Three days after moving here, my ceiling fell in! And she goes, “Yeah, yeah yeah!” I took a picture and I sent it to her. It was the last time I ever heard from her.”
(39:53 – 40:46)
Pat & Bee, 8/2/2023
“Bee: [ I ] can’t walk a straight line, still can’t walk a straight line, still living in a lot of pain. I take over 40 pills a day. I ended up here because I couldn’t work, basically. I had to go on disability. I was working long enough to get on disability. I had to sue them to get on disability. I couldn’t find work like I was doing, you know, so I ended up here. I was very fortunate because it came with a good price. And when I started here in this trailer park, I was only paying $315 a month. And each year they’d raise it $10. And then they’d raised it $25, and it stayed at $25. And then these people come in! [Homes of America] I’m paying $450 a month, and they come in, and they raise me $180! In one month! And I’m like-
Q: That’s illegal, right?
Bee: Yeah!
Pat: With no notice! No paper notice, no email, text, anything.”
(26:49 – 28:09)
Bee, 8/2/2023
Content Warning: This interview contain strong language, and some listeners might be distressed by some of the topics that are discussed.
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- (5:19 – 6:30) – Internalized xenophobia
- (13:59 – 14:39) – Sibling abuse/violence, Children assaulting other children, and Adults assaulting children
- (15:18 – 16:23) – Graphic description of a deadly motorcycle accident
- (18:55 – 19:16) – Sibling abuse, fatphobia
- (19:30 – 20:15) – Description of flirtatious activities
- (22:14 – 23:05) – Alcoholism, and alcoholism related domestic violence and child abuse
- (26:30 – 27:30) – Injury induced self-medication, Alcohol abuse, and Medical malpractice
- (39:24 – 39:46) – Racism
- (46:15 – 49:03) – Graphic description of a gastrointestinal condition
- (47:04 – 48:30) – Workplace bullying, medical discrimination
- (54:41 – 58:50) – Domestic violence/abuse, and child abuse/manipulation
- (1:00:14 – 1:01:23) – Discussion of suicide and living with bipolar disorder
- (1:12:44 – 1:14:14) – Discussion of 9/11/2001, and the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy
- (1:16:42 – 1:17:25) – Sexual assault, depression, and discussion of a medical professional endangering a minor/sexual assault survivor
- (1:22:20 – 1:25:30) – Discussion of previously illegal drugs, and drug related incarceration
- (1:26:15 – 1:26:21) – Joke about sexual assault in prison
More about the situation at 6-0-5 MHV
Check out this Richmond Times Dispatch article, about the 6-0-5 community, and how it’s one of many manufactured home communities nation-wide being purchased and neglected by real estate private equity:
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