HICKORY, N.C. — Families at a Hickory mobile home park said they’re scrambling to find new housing after receiving end-of-lease notices giving them until Sept. 1 to leave. County records show the property was sold in mid-July for $1.8 million by Hickory MHC Land based in Delaware.
Tenants are unsure where they’ll go next and told Channel 9’s Dave Faherty that some of the homes are in bad shape and are full of bugs.
Destiny Fuller isn’t sure where she and her four-month-old daughter will end up after receiving an end-of-lease notice from the property manager at Hickory Place Mobile Homes.
“New management just came in, swept in,” she said. “Kind of messed up because we have kids. What are we supposed to do?”
Fuller isn’t alone.
Justin Powell has also been told he has until Sept. 1 to leave his home. He said he’s on a month-to-month lease. The end-of-lease notice says, “If you do not vacate the premises by the end of the date below, an eviction will be filed against you.”
“I had to read it numerous times because I thought it was a joke,” Powell told Faherty. “I thought it was against the law to do something like that, especially with people with kids and school starting back.”
The property manager spoke with Faherty, saying, “It will be handled in the right way, and we will work with people,” but they declined to comment further when asked about the reason for the notices.
They told Faherty that he was trespassing.
Several residents told Faherty that they are up to date on their rent payments.
Kari Wilkie, a mother of three, wasn’t sure where her family will go next.
“I really don’t know what I’m going to do as far as getting another place, because that’s just not enough time for somebody to find somewhere else to go with kids, especially,” Wilkie said.
Some residents said that they had not received the notices.
The mayor of Hickory said no one has reached out to the city about any issues at the mobile home park.
Action 9 attorney Jason Stoogenke often encounters landlord-tenant issues.
He said to always start by seeing what your lease says about termination.
Under North Carolina law, a landlord typically must give you:
- A 30-day notice for a year-to-year lease.
- Seven days for a month-to-month lease.
- Two days for a week-to-week lease.
- 60-day notice for manufactured home spaces, no matter the length of the lease.
- Stoogenke is checking if there are exceptions for cases like the one Faherty reported about.
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