rest of the homes down the street from us, with the exception of one, are empty

spaces. There's no one in them."

       Johnson-Fowler signed up for emergency rent stabilization after separating from

her former husband in 2009. She participated in emergency rent stabilization again in

2010, 2011, and 2014 but not in 2012 or 2013. She decided to stop signing emergency

rent stabilization documents in 2015 after joining the instant lawsuit. She had been a

month-to-month tenant since May 2013 and her rent at the time of trial was $1,471.98.

She and her current husband had explored the option of moving the home out of the park,

but it was not a realistic option because they could not afford the estimated cost of

$35,000-$40,000 to move the home, she hadtwo children living at the home, and they

would be without a home for two months. She felt trapped, although she noted the park

was "starting, finally, to fill up some of the homes, which is nice."

       Finally, Juanita Colley testified that when she moved into Terrace View in April

2005, there were no empty lots and only two homes for sale. She bought a home in the

park for $96,000 and assumed a long-term lease from the seller with monthly rent of

$1,013. By 2009, the park was almost half empty. One of the empty homes on her street

was in a state of disrepair with overgrowth of weeds around it for several years until the

park "started fixing it up" in 2013 or 2014. Another home across