Palm Beach resident refuses to leave

A Rockingham grandmother who has lived at Palm Beach Caravan and Camping Holiday Village for more than 15 years says she would not leave her home to make way for a housing development - until she was forced out.

Rose Flint, who paid $58,000 for her 12m caravan and annexe in 2000, said the eviction of 138 permanent residents from the Fisher Street site without compensation was "white collar theft".

The 83-year-old said the WA Housing Authority had offered her a small unit in Waikiki, but she refused because she would be forced to leave her possessions behind.

She said she would remain until bulldozers arrived.

"I've lost two sons to cancer - I have nothing left to lose," Mrs Flint said.

"I could die within a year and I want to spend that year in my own home. My family sat at my dining room table when they were young and I will not part with it."

A spokeswoman for Defence Housing Australia, which bought the park in May 2014, said park operators were required to pay compensation only if residents were asked to move before the end of a fixed-term tenancy. She said the dozen remaining residents at Palm Beach Caravan and Holiday Village had until June 30, 2016, to find alternative accommodation.

Mrs Flint said friends and neighbours had asked family members to share the cost of new homes elsewhere, but she was not willing to ask her children for money.

She said residents had been told they would be charged a fee of up to $5000 to remove any caravans left behind.

"A neighbour was forced to sell her piano, washer and living and dining room suites and buy new things, all at her own expense," Mrs Flint said.

"It suits me here and I would have stayed here until they carried me out in a box. If the bulldozers come, they will have to come for me first."

WA Housing Authority general manager service delivery Greg Cash said 57 residents had approached the organisation for help to relocate.

Mr Cash said 33 had been rehomed and 16 approved for assistance.

"The Authority will ensure all registered applicants are offered assistance before they are required to vacate the park," he said.