00:02Reg Halling is one of two dozen long-term residents evicted from Albany's Rose Gardens Holiday Park.
00:08He moved here after a terminal cancer diagnosis three years ago.
00:13It was perfect. It had hospitals, it had shopping centres, I loved the water.
00:19But the sale of the caravan park on condition of vacant possession meant he couldn't stay.
00:24I panicked and went to Members of Parliament, Consumer Protection, Sat Tribunal.
00:34We've been everywhere and it's cost me a lot of money for zero outcome.
00:41Most of the residents at Rose Gardens Caravan Park were on periodic leases.
00:46If someone is on a periodic agreement, which is kind of month to month,
00:50if the new buyers want vacant possession then they're entitled to ask for vacant possession of that.
00:57And that is one of the risks that comes with this style of accommodation.
01:00Tenants were each offered $25,000 compensation from the former park operator and new owner.
01:06Payments like that are not required under WA's residential park laws, which are currently under review.
01:12It needs to be clear and consistent information and it needs to be fit for purpose in the legislation,
01:18which at the moment is not working well enough.
01:19A change too late for Mr Hauling, whose dream of spending his final years in secure accommodation has been sold
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