The Village of Shiloh (southwestern Illinois) Board of Trustees has approved an agreement to authorize Village Administrator John Marquart to carry out the statutory requirements of the Abandoned Mobile Home Act, and assist the Valley View Estates manufactured home community in disposing of abandoned pre HUD Code homes, according to bnd.com. Because of possible legal ramifications, neither the village nor the community owner can send the abandoned MH to the shredder. Upholding the state statute, Valley View would then execute the Hold Harmless and Indemnity form, which protects the village from liability; and then a form is submitted to the Secretary of State with an application for a salvage title so the unit can be transported to the shredder. Donald Wiehl, attorney for Valley View, says, “In order to keep the manufactured and mobile home park in viable condition and being an attractive place to live, we want to have that mechanism…the next time we have somebody who wants to walk away from their manufactured home we can say, ‘if you do that we’re gonna sue you, and get the title to possession and we’re gonna haul your home away and take it to the shredder.’” As MHProNews understands, this represents a better alternative to demolishing manufactured homes on site and hauling away the parts. ##

(Photo credit: Kaitlyn Walsh/northfieldnews.com–abandoned manufactured homes)