Mobile Home Park News Briefing

Private equity has become an important target on the campaign trail for the US midterms as candidates blame large investors for soaring housing costs.

An FT analysis of campaign language in competitive congressional races over the past decade found that negative comments about private equity and corporate landlords have risen sharply in 2026, with their investments frequently being linked to rising prices. In previous election cycles, Wall Street and the banking sector were singled out for driving up the cost of living.

Chris Pappas, a moderate Democratic House member who won New Hampshire’s open Senate primary in September, is one of the...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Brunswick County is facing a new lawsuit over a mobile home permit application, with the complaint alleging roughly $700,000 in alleged damages and violations of state law.

Mobile home developer Shawn Vincent applied for a permit to place a mobile home on Leland School Road in Leland and had a buyer from Texas set up. Brunswick County then denied his permit application, a decision the Board of Adjustment upheld after an appeal.

“It’s not just me. They displaced a family, which I think is terrible,” Vincent said.

Vincent is now suing Brunswick County, asking a court to reverse that decision. He filed his...

Bill Boor, president and CEO of Phoenix-based Cavco Industries Inc., is in Washington, D.C., unveiling a new type of home at the 2026 Innovative Housing Showcase at the National Mall.

He is debuting the first manufactured home constructed without a permanent steel chassis frame, built to the codes of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

This new product allows a manufactured home to be placed closer to the ground. It was designed to help address the nation's affordable housing crisis.

This new HUD code is a result of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act that Congress passed in July. Policymakers are getting a first...

BUCKS COUNTY, PA – State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) will introduce legislation establishing an Office of Manufactured Housing Ombudsman to help Pennsylvania manufactured home residents understand their rights and resolve disputes with community owners.

Sen. Santarsiero's legislation, Senate Bill 1446, will serve as a Senate companion to House Bill 2098, sponsored by Rep. Joe Ciresi (D-146) and co-sponsored by Rep. Tim Brennan (D-29), which would establish an Office of Manufactured Home Ombudsman and a Manufactured Home Hearing Board.

The legislation would provide residents and community owners with a dedicated process for resolving...

About 30 families still residing in the mobile home park Silver Court, located in Little Havana in Miami, appeared before the city commissioners this Thursday to demand more financial support before the evictions begin, as reported by Telemundo 51.

The deadline to vacate the complex is September 30, leaving only six days to find a solution to the problem.

Neighbors report that the available relocation assistance—estimated at about $10,000—is completely inadequate to tackle the rental market in Miami, where the average rent exceeds $3,285 per month.

"That's a shame because everything is expensive nowadays," stated Elvin Arévalo, one of the...

After two years of fighting, residents of Evergreen Village in Summerside are taking their case to the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission.

Residents of the 57-lot mobile home park are claiming its owner, Clifford McQuaid, failed to follow the proper process in evicting them. They'll bring that argument to IRAC through a hearing set for Nov. 5.

Reasha Walsh has been acting as a representative for the community and said there has not been any "meaningful negotiation" with the landlord over the past several months and there appears to be no meaningful way to move ahead.

"We believe that when issuing the official eviction, which we got...

Residents of Rivercrest Estates must leave the mobile home park by Oct. 30, when the City of Princeton will ask county inspectors to tag homes uninhabitable for lack of running water.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP — When Bobbie Miller and her husband Steven bought their mobile home in rural Centre County 25 years ago, it seemed like the perfect place to grow older.

The new home on Dogwood Circle was affordable, part of a community owned by a local couple, and right next to Bald Eagle State Park. They have good neighbors.

Miller likes where she lives. But she wants to leave — and isn’t sure she can.

They own the home, but not the land beneath it. In the past, the couple planned for a $10 hike to their monthly lot fees every other year. Since a private company purchased the property last fall, fees have gone up three times, including...

When Eugene-based nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County bought Saginaw Mobile Home Park in 2017, it was in pretty rough shape, according to executive director Bethany Cartledge.

“A bunch of potholes in the road, really hard to drive,” she said. “You have to really watch where you're going. Poor sanitation, failing infrastructure, a lot of dilapidated homes that really needed to be pulled out and replaced.”

St. Vincent de Paul owns and operates more than 1,400 affordable rental homes in five Oregon counties.

“And some of those have been maybe $200,000 per unit,” she said.

But, when it came time to replace and grow at...

Residents of Phillips Mobile Home Park in Woody Creek could see their monthly rent increase after the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners discussed those changes at a meeting Tuesday. 

The board signaled support Tuesday for raising monthly rents from $430 to $550 in 2027, but will wait until Oct. 14 to make a final decision. 

Housing Program Analyst Andrew Miller said that tenants would need to be notified of an increase by Nov. 2. He called rent increases “the most time sensitive item that we bring to you.”

The rent discussions come as construction began at the mobile home park Sept. 1, which includes site grading, installation...

Overnight, the gate tripled the travel time to the children’s elementary school. Later, it delayed a woman’s oxygen delivery. Every time a wildfire threatens their homes, it stands between residents and safety.

The sturdy gate is also an everyday reminder of the class divide separating the 350 homes in Cavalier Mobile Estates from the larger family homes of their neighbors on the other side of it.

Six years ago, South Oceanside neighbors banded together to raise thousands of dollars to build and lock a gate between them and the mobile home park next door. They said they were fed up with the increased traffic and parking issues that the...

Laramie City Councilors signaled their interest in revamping the city’s mobile home park regulations during a work session Tuesday.

The council is likely to scale back some siting regulations that hinder the placement of manufactured homes, especially in West Laramie, following testimony from several park owners.

Councilors could further examine fire risk in the parks, rules surrounding RVs and rentals, and the utility fees that parks have started charging on top of lot rent. But Mayor Sharon Cumbie said the council would be hesitant to institute changes that drive up residents’ monthly bills.

“I think we have identified some definite...

TOWN OF SOUTHPORT, N.Y. (WENY) — After two years, discussions about the future of Cherry Lane Trailer Park are still ongoing.

During Tuesday’s town board meeting, several residents raised concerns about the state of the trailer park. They were eager to discuss the park with town officials, but were unable to do so during the meeting.

“What I told the public is that the board and the supervisor are still considering information, and it's still under review,” said Town of Southport Supervisor Joseph Roman. “We are still working on it as the town; that's the information that I have right now.”

Roman said the town was unable to provide a...

MALTA, N.Y. (WNYT)- Residents at Malta Gardens Mobile Home Park say a sale of the park has left them worried about evictions and what comes next.

Residents told NewsChannel 13 they have been informed the park was sold, but they said they do not know what the new owner plans to do with the property. Some said they have already received eviction notices, often because their homes are in disrepair or do not meet park standards.

The issue is especially difficult because residents own their mobile homes but rent the land beneath them. Residents said many of the homes are old and may not survive a move, while many people also cannot afford...

(Missoula Current) For the second time this month, Missoula County is asking an out-of-state investment firm to meet and discuss the future of two mobile home parks and the impact that recent rent hikes have had on residents.

The letter, sent to Axia Realty Partners based in Dallas, again urges the firm to meet with residents and establish an open line of communication. This time, however, it also asks Axia to consider selling the properties so that residents may establish a resident-owned community.

“Residents in these communities own these homes but rent the land underneath it,” said John Wilke, the county's housing policy specialist....

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Residents of a low-income mobile home park in south Reno have moved out after being told earlier this year by the owner that they had 30 days to leave, and people connected to the property say the land is likely headed for commercial development.

About a dozen mobile homes were still standing in the past week and were about to be removed or demolished at the former Evergreen Trailer Park off Virginia Street in south Reno.

In April, residents received a 30-day notice to move out. Lloyd Palmer, a former resident, said at the time, “Well, 30 days isn't enough, I don't think. We've been here nine years. I'm...

Residents of Phillips Mobile Home Park in Woody Creek could see their monthly rent increase after the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners discussed those changes at a meeting Tuesday. 

The board signaled support Tuesday for raising monthly rents from $430 to $550 in 2027, but will wait until Oct. 14 to make a final decision. 

Housing Program Analyst Andrew Miller said that tenants would need to be notified of an increase by Nov. 2. He called rent increases “the most time sensitive item that we bring to you.”

The rent discussions come as construction began at the mobile home park Sept. 1, which includes site grading, installation...

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. (KATU) — A group of seniors living at Battle Ground Mobile Estates are calling for Battle Ground City Council to temporarily halt a proposed redevelopment of their community.

The mobile home park is home to around 350 people ages 55-plus.

Residents said they were warned earlier this year of a potential new buyer and are concerned redevelopment could push dozens of seniors out of their homes with limited housing options.

"There are people there that don't have anybody to watch out for them, and they're in their 80s," said Karen Scott, who lives at Battle Ground Mobile Estates. "I don't want them to be out on the street...

A decade ago, Saginaw Mobile Home Park teetered on the brink. 

The park, developed in the 1950s, had become a hodgepodge of dilapidated trailers with rundown water and septic systems. Crime was high. Children played in muddy potholes on dirt roads at the 41-space park, located in a rural stretch north of Cottage Grove. 

These days, Saginaw Mobile Park has a different vibe. Local officials and nonprofit leaders gathered Friday, Sept. 18, to mark a milestone in the park’s transformation, which started when nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County purchased the property in 2017 and started making improvements. 

The most recent upgrade:...

Across the country, corporate investors and private equity firms are buying up mobile home parks, spending around $9 billion in 2021 alone, according to government data. Since then, the trend has continued, including in Colorado, where one park is hoping to avoid that fate.

Residents of Sunset Park, a community of 164 double-wide homes, have a multimillion-dollar problem.

“We've talked to different lenders, and the big thing seems to be price, at $44.5 million,” resident Tim Fritch said.

That is what the 24-acre park is listed for. Fritch and his neighbors were notified of the sale in April. So far, he said, lenders are hesitant to move...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Hidden Village Mobile Home Park is getting new owners, and for the people who have lived there for years, the change could mean more than a new name on the property.

For Michele Miller, the park has long had its share of problems.

“It’s had its ups and downs,” Miller said.

Ongoing issues she's dealt with at the park, include problems with the septic system and other issues she says the current owners have failed to address. Miller said ownership of the park has changed twice since she moved in. Conditions have also declined over the years, she said.

“There’s just been kind of a lot that has been let go in the...

Nearly 60 residents took to the streets of Clover Commons in Plum last week to protest their rising land rent.

The quiet modular-home community in Plum has housed residents 55 and older for nearly 40 years. Now, folks that have lived there for decades are pinching pennies as they brace themselves for an 11% rent increase.

“It’s what you call an excessive rent increase,” Clover Commons resident Larry Forbes said.

Forbes and his wife, Patty, have lived at Clover Commons for six years. When they moved in, their rent was $590 per month.

“Currently, we pay $722 per month for the land our home sits on. Starting in October, our rent will jump to...

PLUM, Pa. —

Plum Borough Council backed residents in a senior housing community faced with rent increases by passing a resolution to encourage action from the state legislature.

On Monday, several Clover Commons residents attended the borough council meeting to speak out on rent increases at the 55+ adult community.

“It's just hard to afford it,” Maris Wentworth told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Reporter Jordan Cioppa.

Wentworth moved to Clover Commons in 2019. She said back then, her rent was $590, but that number continued to jump.

“Well, they're raising our rent from $722 to $800. We already got the notice,” Wentworth said. “We own our...

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act authorizes new programs and major regulatory changes, but most provisions need appropriations and rulemaking. HUD must complete 9 rulemakings and 70% of 125 federal actions, pointing to timelines into 2028.  AI Summary

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law two months ago.

Now comes the hard part: getting the money to get the results.

The implementation process, including securing funding for new programs and finalizing regulatory changes, could take from now until well into 2028, optimistically speaking.

After that, possibly, some early outcomes.

The bill, the most comprehensive...

Clark County is considering permanent restrictions on redevelopment of manufactured home parks. (KATU)