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Despite assurances that her home is safe from redevelopment, Tina Craig doesn’t believe it.

Craig lives in Breakaway Bays in south Surrey near White Rock. She’s lived there with her husband, Bud, for 25 years.

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It’s called a manufactured home park in B.C. law, though many people know of them as mobile home parks or even trailer parks. But the homes don’t have wheels and they’re no more mobile than any other single family house.

A few years ago, she said, the park was owned by a U.S. company that assured her the park wasn’t for sale. Three months later, Tina and Bud found out it was sold. That’s the kind of thing that makes her doubt what she’s told.

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“When they say nothing is going to be redeveloped, we don’t know,” said Craig, president of the Lower Mainland Manufactured Home Owners Association. “They never tell. It’s all about the big bucks. They don’t care about people.”