Residents of Li'l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater must move out today

Hundreds of people living at a Sweetwater mobile home park are now forced to find somewhere else to live as the official deadline for their move out arrived Monday Li l Abner Mobile Home Park is where more than residents first received eviction notices last November learning they d have until May to move out The owners of the park have already started demolitions of vacated mobile homes But chosen residents have stayed till the end One homeowner stated NBC crews on Monday that he s not planning to leave He noted he has nowhere to go and will wait for someone to physically force him out The owner of the park CREI Holdings is planning to build brand new housing on the site and has offered residents thousands of dollars in monetary incentives for moving out ahead of the deadline Various residents who have refused to leave have formed part of a class action lawsuit against the property owners asking a judge to squash the vacate notices The lawsuit alleges that the city of Sweetwater Miami-Dade County and the landlord didn t follow proper procedures by failing to ensure those homeowners had somewhere else to go Dozens have protested expressing their frustration and concerns This is a progressing story Refresh for updates