Cary mobile home park owner gives residents deadline to leave
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- Chatham Estates residents must vacate by June 30, 2026 after owner found buyer.
- Moving costs and aging homes create financial and physical relocation barriers.
- Town and nonprofit aid exists but residents doubt adequacy for $15,000–$18,000 moves.
In a town where rents average over $2,000 per month, residents of Chatham Estates Mobile Home Park near downtown Cary can pay $400 a month to lease their lots.
But as of Monday, residents have six months to leave the property.
The News & Observer obtained a letter dated Dec. 29 from owner Curtis Westbrook Sr. announcing he has found a buyer for the property which has been for sale since the fall of 2023. The buyer anticipates closing in mid-2026, Westbrook wrote in the letter.
“We are hereby providing formal notice to all residents of Chatham Estates that their mobile home and all personal property must be removed by June 30, 2026,” Westbrook wrote.
Several residents told The N&O Westbrook’s daughter had told them he would be notifying them this week. Some are concerned that older neighbors won’t be able to move or fear their mobile homes — some built in the 1990s — cannot be moved without falling apart.
Westbrook attached a flyer with information on relocation assistance from the nonprofit NeighborUp, formerly known as Dorcas Ministries. In March 2024, the Cary Town Council approved nearly $2.5 million in funding for Stable Homes Cary, a partnership between the town and NeighborUp that provides cash assistance and displacement support for residents, The N&O previously reported.
Of the $1.55 million Cary appropriated from its general fund to Stable Homes Cary, $500,000 has been spent so far, according to the town’s 2025-26 fiscal year budget.
Still, some of the 700 Chatham Estates residents fear that won’t be enough to cover their relocation costs. Moving their mobile home — if it can be moved — could cost $15,000 to $18,000 alone, according to N.C. Congress of Latino Organizations organizer Katia Roebuck. Residents hope to meet with whoever buys Chatham Estates to discuss how they can help with relocation.
In his letter, Westbrook thanked the residents for being good customers and friends to his family but said “age and health issues have caught up with me personally.”
“We have watched families grow and watched their kids get a good education and become adults,” Westbrook wrote. “Many parents have started their own business and become successful.”
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