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    "deck": "One of Anchorage's oldest neighborhoods is being cleared for 150 townhouses, and the people living there are getting six thousand dollars to disappear.",
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    "body_md": "South Park Estates, a mobile home park near Arctic Boulevard and Benson Boulevard in Midtown Anchorage that has stood since around the late 1950s, is being cleared by its property owner to make way for up to 150 new townhomes. Residents are being evicted in three phases, with the first phase deadline set for June 1, 2026, and one resident already flagged as a holdout.\n\nThe developer is offering $6,000 per family to vacate the property. Residents say that figure falls far short of what it actually costs to move, since relocating a mobile home runs closer to $40,000, and many of the older units in the park cannot legally be moved at all.\n\nFamilies in South Park Estates say they have roughly $70,000 invested in their homes once purchase price, materials, and labor are added up. They are asking for $35,000 per family instead of $6,000, an amount they say would let them relocate without going broke.\n\nCity staff have floated alternatives to outright displacement, including resident owned communities and modular cottages, as the three-phase eviction process moves forward in Midtown Anchorage.",
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