Editing Trailer park (section)

==== Disputed trailer parks====
While the majority of trailer parks are used as permanent residences, and are paid for in the usual way by residents, a minority are used by nomadic people who in some cases may be occupying them illegally.

In Britain and Ireland, the term [[halting site]] is sometimes used for some trailer parks. The biggest difference in Europe is the presence of unauthorised halting sites (or trailer parks). This stems from the practice of traditionally itinerant ethnic groups, such as the [[Romani people|Romani]] and [[Irish Travellers]], to periodically during the year set up a transient community. From the late 1970s onward there was also a growth in [[New Age travelers]] culture; these groups espoused alternative lifestyles combined with a Do-It-Yourself punk ethic. The latter were a commonplace phenomenon in Germany,<ref>{{cite book | title=Cool Places: Geographies of Youth Cultures | publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-4151-4920-4| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rizRuQEACAAJ | access-date=February 18, 2021 | pages=289}}</ref> giving rise to expressions such as ''Wagenburg'', ''Wagendorf'', and ''Bauwagenplatz'' ("[[wagon fort]]", "trailer village" and "construction trailer site" respectively).

Either rejected from or refusing to seek entrance in municipally authorised halting sites, groups of families practising a nomadic lifestyle would trespass in order to camp on land belonging to local communities. These illegal encampments are often resented by local people, owing to their lack of sewage and waste disposal capacity, and the fact that such encampments are often difficult to remove under human rights legislation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.localsolicitors.com/conveyancing-and-property-guides/law-on-gypsies-travellers-and-unauthorised-encampments|title=Law on Gypsies, Travellers and Unauthorised Encampments|website=Local Solicitors|language=en-GB|access-date=July 7, 2024}}</ref> The use of land without permission is also illegal, which leads to such groups being moved on by the police or councils.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30954709.html|title=Traveller couples given 24 hours to move away from vicinity of illegal halting site|first=Aodhan|last=O’Faolain|date=October 3, 2019|website=[[Irish Examiner]]|language=en-US|access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref>