PEIResidents of a Summerside mobile home park have received eviction notices — for the second time — and now fear losing both their homes and their community.Evergreen Village residents fear losing affordable housing as province’s efforts to secure land deal stallThinh Nguyen · CBC News · Posted: Oct 27, 2025 5:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesSummerside mobile home residents worried about eviction — for a second timePeople who live in a Summerside mobile home park have received eviction notices for the second time, with the owner of the park saying it’s too expensive to run. City and provincial officials say they’re still hoping something can be worked out. The CBC’s Laura Meader has more. Residents of a Summerside mobile home park have received eviction notices — for the second time — and now fear losing both their homes and their community.“It’s a big emotional gut punch for sure,” Evergreen Village resident Reasha Walsh told CBC News.“We have a lot of families here who are on various incomes. We’ve got widows, fixed income families, single moms, so that makes it really difficult for them to even begin to search for something that could possibly [be] affordable or attainable.”Evergreen Village, a community of 57 homes, is owned by landlord Clifford McQuaid. It sits on private land, with a private water system and privately maintained roads.Residents were first notified last year that McQuaid planned to sell the land.Walsh said they asked provincial and city officials for help and had thought there would be a solution that would allow them to stay.“A mini home park is an incredible example of affordable housing. So I think to lose that in general is huge,” Walsh said. “We pushed the levels of government to see what their intervention could be.”Residents have been given one year to leave under the latest eviction notice. Walsh said they plan to file an appeal with the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission.Landlord difficult to work with, province saysIn an emailed statement to CBC News, the province said it had tried to work with McQuaid and a community partner to buy the property so residents could remain in place.However, both the province and the City of Summerside say the process has been challenging.”The province’s efforts to secure long-term stability for Evergreen Village residents have been significantly challenged by the property owner’s unwillingness to work with the province… or approach solutions fairly and reasonably,” the province said in an email.Summerside Mayor Dan Kutcher says the city is offering all the support it can to Evergreen Village residents, but the city’s authority is limited because the park sits on private land and has its own water system and privately maintained roads. (CBC)Summerside Mayor Dan Kutcher agrees.“The province has been working, I think, really, really well to try and get a solution here,” Kutcher said.“The city has been there to support in any way possible and keep this moving along so that people can stay in their homes. But here we are in a situation that nobody wants to be in.”Landlord cites rising costsMcQuaid told CBC News the park is no longer financially viable due to rising expenses and rents that aren’t covering his costs.He said he’s trying to work something out to save these homes, but that the province’s offer was lower than what he originally paid for the land.Evergreen Village residents have been given one year to leave under the latest eviction notice. (CBC)McQuaid said he has meetings scheduled with officials this week to continue the discussion and said he hopes a non-profit housing group can eventually take over the park.Meanwhile, residents say they are holding on to hope that a solution can be reached to keep them in their homes, and they want governments to consider long-term changes to protect others.“It’s happening to us. We’re fighting it. Let’s figure out what a solution can be for all the other parks on the Island. We don’t want to see anybody in this situation again,” Walsh said.With files from Taylor O’Brien and Laura Meader
Summerside mobile home park residents face eviction as province, landlord fail to reach deal
