I am writing because I am concerned about a new resolution that the Louisiana Manufactured Housing Commission is attempting to sneak through.

A summary of the resolution was posted in the Quik Quarter on November 23 on page 42. The resolution calls to prohibit the relocation of mobile homes older than 1994. If this resolution were to pass, people could buy older model mobile homes but could not move them to new locations, such as a trailer park or onto their own land. As the article in the Quik Quarter proclaims, this "is discriminating against lower to middle class individuals, the elderly and the young couples starting a family."

This new resolution would decrease the sale of older mobile homes. Thus, this would place more people in renting or leasing situations, especially those who are unable to afford a newer model mobile home or a site built home. This resolution would also discriminate against current owners of older model by restricting them to their current locations. What would happen if someone was evicted from a trailer park? They could not take their trailer with them, but it cannot stay there because it has to be moved.

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I assume that this resolution is for the safer establishment of mobile homes, since older models were not built to withstand high wind gust. However, there are many older model mobile homes which have been remodelled and strengthen to withstand such winds. Many homes cannot withstand these wind gust either, but there is no quarrel over their relocation.

The resolution is completely unfair to sellers, buyers, and people currently owning a mobile home who wish to move it. The entire resolution is a joke, probably to boast new mobile home sales.

Jarred James Breaux, New Iberia