After more than four years of turmoil, the legal fight over a mobile home park in north Fresno appears to be over as a Visalia affordable housing developer officially took ownership last week.

Self-Help Enterprises closed escrow Aug. 4 on La Hacienda Mobile Home Park, said Betsy McGovern-Garcia, vice president of the nonprofit. With litigation over rent increases and evictions ended, McGovern-Garcia said the focus is on improving safety.

The organization will first meet with tenants and get them up to speed on leases and good-neighbor policies, she said. They’ll also be reaching out to evicted residents, giving them a chance to return.

“Everyone who is living in the park will be allowed to continue living in the park, and no one will be displaced because of us taking ownership of the pa

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