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| * The Fleak Family, Rohnert Park |
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 Robert Fleak is a 78-year-old retired disabled veteran of the Korean War. Robert and his wife of fifty years, Dorothy, live in a modest mobile home park in Rohnert Park. Because of rent control, they manage to survive on their very limited fixed income. Mobile home owners own their homes, but rent the space they sit on. Because Prop. 98 would eliminate rent control, Robert and Dorothy would be unable to move from their home. After all, who would be willing to buy a home with such uncertainty over the rent they could be forced to pay with no cap? What’s more, mobile home owners like the Fleaks worry that Prop. 98 takes away the most basic protections that they have against unfair landlords. If Prop. 98 passes, landlords would be able to pursue controversial “condo conversions” – literally selling the ground out from underneath their homes, leaving many homeowners with a stranded investment that they could not afford to move.
“If Prop 98 were to pass, it would amount to economic eviction for most seniors that can’t exist without rent stabilization. Everyday we see attacks from wealthy landlords to maximize their profits off the backs of those who can least afford to defend themselves. My wife and I are concerned about our survival if Prop 98 passes. If seniors and low-income families lose our rent control and other protections that safeguard our homes, we’ll be left with nothing.”
-Robert Fleak, Rohnert Park
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