WEBSTER, Mass. - Dozens of families living at the Webster Family Campgrounds are still looking for a new place to call home after judge last week ruled the campgrounds were uninhabitable.

The residents have been granted a 30-day eviction extension and are being told they have to leave by October 30. Residents were originally given 48 hours to move out following the ruling.

“This is nice," said resident David Pickering. "This is home. I don't understand it. It's livable.”

“My husband just suffered two heart attacks due to all the stress with what's going on with the town," said Patricia Maine, another resident. "I’ve contacted the governor, I’ve contacted the mayor. I just want to get this out there to have somebody really, really investigate.”

The town's health department said they found several serious violations of the sanitary code as well as zoning ordinance violations, leading a judge to rule the campgrounds as uninhabitable.

Maine disagrees with the ruling.

“There is nothing uninhabitable," Maine said. "If there was, Mike would be right on it and his son, Greg. They fix, a minute there is a problem, they're right out here and they fix it right then and there.”

“To say that the campground is uninhabitable is one thing, but the campers, nobody's ever inspected the campers," campground owner Michael Finamore said. "These are the people's homes. Every one of them has heat, hot water, cold water and electric flush toilets in them. If they didn't, they wouldn't be livable. I'm not a slumlord. This has been an ongoing battle between me and the town for 25, 30 years.”

In an interview last week, Webster Town Administrator Richard LaFond called the issue is a matter of safety and said it's up to the campground owner to find a place for the families to go.

“It is the owner’s responsibility to find them housing," LaFond said. "If someone should get hurt up there, the town could certainly not, in any way, deny that we weren’t aware of potential danger.”

Finamore said many of the year-round residents have moved out, but finding places for those who remain has been nearly impossible.

“This park is perfect," Maine said. "It's quiet. It may not be the Ritz, but it's home. This is our home. And everybody here feels like we're all family and nobody – all, half this park cannot go anywhere. There was no place for anybody to go.”

“These people have been more than gracious, are more than wonderful," Finamore said. "Not one of them, not one of them that left blame me for anything. In fact, I told them that if there is a change in the judge's heart and we do get to open in the winter, they'd be the first ones I call back.”

Finamore said as it stands now, the campground will be able to open seasonally from April to October if they meet certain requirements. He’s meeting with a judge in the coming weeks to find out what those requirements are.