Residents of Kirkland mobile home community face eviction

Harrison Lee • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Residents of Kirkland mobile home community face eviction</h1>
                <h2><p>KOMO News reports that residents of a Kirkland mobile home community are all being evicted to make way for high-end home development. Families, veterans and seniors now have 10 months before they will be forced to leave Firwood Lane Mobile Home Park. The land was bought for more than $3</p></h2>
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            <p>KOMO News reports that <a href="http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Kirkland-community-forced-out-to-make-room-for-high-end-homes-304951191.html?ref=avalancheghost.one">residents of a Kirkland mobile home</a> community are all being evicted to make way for high-end home development. Families, veterans and seniors now have 10 months before they will be forced to leave Firwood Lane Mobile Home Park. The land was bought for more than $3 million this spring by a Texas-based developer, who plans to construct 19 new homes on the land. “We're looking at 150 to 200 people that are just going to be displaced,” says resident Lynn Leonard. The homeowners are meeting with the developer this week to discuss options for relocation assistance.</p>
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KOMO News reports that residents of a Kirkland mobile home community are all being evicted to make way for high-end home development. Families, veterans and seniors now have 10 months before they will be forced to leave Firwood Lane Mobile Home Park. The land was bought for more than $3 million this spring by a Texas-based developer, who plans to construct 19 new homes on the land. “We're looking at 150 to 200 people that are just going to be displaced,” says resident Lynn Leonard. The homeowners are meeting with the developer this week to discuss options for relocation assistance.

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By Harrison Lee

Harrison Lee is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He is a senior at Seattle Academy. He has had journalistic experience working with Microsoft in Bangalore, India. In Seattle, he produced an investigat