Residents at the Sintich Trailer and RV Park are taking complaints over current living conditions to the next level.
The park, which is intended for residents over 50, has been a victim of the heavy rains Prince George experienced this season. It has led to malfunctioning run-off systems and damaged trailers, which residents say the park's manager is refusing to address.
"I just don't know how they could let this happen," said 51-year-old park resident Shayne Pozdnikoff.
In the last month, he has been forced to rip out the underneath of his trailer and found black mold and all of the wood beams were soaked and rotting.
It has been left to dry out for a month and the soil and remaining wood is still water-logged.
He moved into the park and has been renting his trailer pad for nearly a year, and said he wasn't made aware of any issues with the grounds.
"When I bought it in the fall, I did not know that this water problem existed, no one told me and now I can't even sleep in the bedroom because of the musty smell. I sleep in the living room," said Pozdnikoff.
Another resident (who prefers to remain anonymous), moved in during the winter and had no way of knowing about the lack of drainage in the row of trailers she lives on.
"I wasn't expecting to be dealing with any of this when I moved in," she said.
Both residents have attempted to contact the onsite manager but were told repairs would be up to them.
Both the residents own their trailers and rent their trailer pads.
The Citizen also contacted the manager of the park and was directed to the owner of the park, Ken Larsen.
Larsen, who lives in Alberta, said he wasn't aware of the problems.
"I have no knowledge of a sewer problem or a water run-off problem," said Larsen.
But, he said, he's aware of the park's challenges when it comes to wet weather, however there has never been a challenge in the past.
"We have had amazing rain fall recently and throughout the summer. The nature of the materials, underlying soils and the types of clay that are there, you'll find there is very little ability for the earth to take water straight down and when you get wet seasons there certainly could be some challenges with water sitting on thick grassy areas for a time. I'm very familiar with the conditions last year and there were no challenges then," he said.
Poznikoff said the next step for him is to schedule an appointment with the local Health Board to have them determine the air quality inside his trailer and the status of the rotten wood underneath his trailer.
According to the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, "a landlord must provide and maintain the manufactured home park in a reasonable state of repair, and comply with housing, health and safety standards required by law."
The act goes on to state "emergency repairs" is anything "necessary for the health or safety of anyone or for the preservation of use of property in the manufactured home park... including major leaks in pipes and damaged or blocked water or sewer pipes."
