The big question isn't why the banks, business interests and the government are pushing us out in the name of profit (they shred peoples lives as a matter of standard operating procedure.)
The real question is, why Richard Klarchek isn't in jail, having deliberately decimated the lives of hundreds (if not thousands) of families across several states?
For someone who was described in bankruptcy petitions as a "pauper" he certainly isn't living life that way.
This abuse of corporate bankruptcy laws is one of the main reasons our economy is in the state it's in. This slickster operated dozens of LLC's and subsidiary entities in an obvious attempt to circumvent laws and obfuscate finances.
When I see him living here amongst the genuine "paupers" then I'll believe it. Until then, it's just another case for meaningless contracts. And then pundits wonder why our businesses and economy are at a standstill?

Did anyone actually visit Chris Iosello's Facebook page before including the link in this story? Based on the profile I'm presented with when clicking through, I went from having total sympathy to thinking this person has zero credibility. This sounds like a serious story and a serious problem. If so, it certainly deserves better reporting and using better sources than someone who lists his hobbies as "making happy people miserable, abject violence, being negative, peeing on your shoes and being mean."

@Patricia, thanks for your comments. Chris will need to speak for this on his own, but I believe much of what's listed in his personal Facebook page is in jest. We wanted to include the video for readers who were interested but unfortunately, because of tech issues, could not upload it. Linking to Chris' personal Facebook page was the next best option. If you take a peek at the letters to the editor Chris has shared over the last several months, that may provide you some better insight and a larger picture on the very real struggles experienced at Sunset Village.

Yes. I am being a smart alec on my Facebook page. I have never been someone who either lists huge credentials or one that sits around crying about my lot in life. As I don't need peoples sympathy or their worship.
I listed University of Hard Knocks as my Alma Mater because I barely made it through high school and had children young in life so I wasn't able to further my education.
Most people who know me, know that I am not the jerk you might have thought by my tongue and cheek description.
In fact, by the grace of God, my struggle at Sunset is over as I could afford to purchase another house. My primary effort now is to try and preserve the safety and lives of those people who cannot afford to escape. Sorry if you misinterpreted my sense of humor, but FB wasn't meant to be a legitimate or accurate curriculum vitae although some people treat it as such.

Also, as they are demolishing homes and removing/auctioning off homes, the population of the park has been reduced significantly enough to make the possibility of purchasing the park as a resident coop a virtual impossibility. This time last year, we had upwards of 260 homes occupied. My best guess is that we are close to half as many currently.

that area is a slum......unfortunately despite all the liberal 'bleeding hearts' everyone cant have everything.

I don't know that there are enough of us left to qualify as a "slum." The third world infrastructure is very slum like, but the people here aren't.
Most of us work long hours and/or multiple jobs to afford the $2000 a month it costs to live here and as far as I am aware no liberal bleeding hearts or anyone else is subsidizing our existence here.
What they need here is another bankrupt or half empty publicly funded debacle like Glen Town or the old Dominicks site. I guess in Glenview if you come "hat in hand" you have to have a designer hat? Maybe instead of being hoodwinked by blue blood investors, you might consider us "poor people?" At least we pay our obligations.

2000$ month? That will pay rent on some pretty decent apts in many areas. What is attraction for staying there at that price.....? Which I really have a difficult time believing by the way. My business has taken me into that area some few times. And I am positive the people I dealt with couldn't pay 200$ month from what I saw. Literally filthy liviving conditions. One woman was living with perhaps 50 cats. Could not even breath the air in her unit. The area is a health hazard on many levels.

Believe it or not, the lot rent alone is $954.00 a month and if you have a mortgage on the house, that's another $900 a month.
But there's also some ancillary costs such as buying drinking/cooking water which is $200 a month for our family. And because these are poorly insulated and all electric, the electric bills here average $300 a month.
Renting a unit would be an easy choice, except we would have a mortgage default on our credit making all future loans for cars, etc, much more costly.

I also think there's some misconceptions about us being "trailer trash" or any one of various other negative connotations associated with residents here.
Quite a few of us (myself included) own our own businesses or serve in an executive capacity at various corporations and have annual incomes well in excess of 100k.
The average per capita income in Sunset Village is about $40,000 per year.
In my own case, I was being frugal when I purchased here and despite exercising due diligence, found myself in this precarious position. But, if someone like the previous owner set out to deliberately defraud consumers, no amount of due diligence can protect you totally. Look how many well educated, business savvy people were conned by Bernie Madoff.
The lesson to be learned here is just how ineffective the law is in dealing with crooks. And just how easily people can be swindled and how the failure of municipal regulation can compound the problem.

God Bless You All And Thanks For The Heads Up~!

Chris,
It's sometimes a human failing to get sketchy initial information about a controversy and then take sides based on that info, and begin condemning the side you're against. Perhaps we've seen a little bit of that here. I salute you for dispassionately sticking with this and explaining the devil in the details, as someone who has first-hand knowledge of it all.

Thanks Keith. Enough people here have been affected and have even more details than I do. The problem is that most residents here are elderly or otherwise unable to utilize social media and so I have become the public voice of the situation.
Anyone could drive through here if they cared to and see for themselves how bad it has become. But with so many problems in the world, ours seem pretty insignificant by comparison.