'San Lázaro Is Not Temporary Housing': Residents Organize to Buy the Mobile Home Park in Boulder County

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Written by Brooke Stephenson and translated by Untying Knots. Read in English. When residents of the San Lázaro mobile home park learned the property was for sale, many shared the same fear as resident Lety Garcia: displacement. “We’re afraid the new owners will raise the rent or close the park, and that many families will be forced out of their homes,” she said. Residents say buying the park themselves would not only help protect hundreds of fa…