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Bangor Daily News: Old mobile home stigmas are leading to higher housing costs

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A real estate agent recently asked a client whether they would consider a manufactured home.

The person said no, so the agent then asked the same question in a different way: Did they want a custom-built house that would be ready in four months?

“They’re like, ‘That would be great!’” state Sen. Matt Pouliot, R-Augusta, who runs his own realty firm in his home city, said.

The story illustrates the stigma around manufactured homes, which are often known as modular or mobile homes, depending on how or when they were constructed. Policymakers are trying to dispel the negative perception of homes built off-site to drive down housing costs,...

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20% is simply not enough discount for a consumer to choose a modular home over a stick-built home. It would have to be more like 50% off to get any traction. Every time I go to the annual mobile home show and walk these $150,000 modular homes I think how crazy it is for manufacturers to think that those are going to sell when you can buy a stick-built – without the stigma – for nearly the same price. I must be correct because all of this misplaced “CrossMod” excitement has amounted to nearly nothing in actual sales.

NewsNation Now: Manufactured homes are more affordable. Why aren’t we producing more?

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Manufactured homes have historically been considered a solution to affordable housing shortages, but ballooning rent and financing costs are creating new barriers.

Sometimes referred to as mobile homes, they are built entirely in manufacturing plants and transported to the property where they’ll stay. It’s an option that’s 35% to 47% cheaper per square foot than traditional housing, which is built on-site on a permanent foundation, according to data from the Urban Institute.

“The puzzle is why there’s so little (manufactured housing) being shipped when it’s a much better product than it used to be,” said Laurie Goodman, an Urban Institute...

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“The puzzle is why there’s so little (manufactured housing) being shipped when it’s a much better product than it used to be,” said Laurie Goodman, an Urban Institute fellow.

Here’s the reason they’re not selling more new mobile homes:

  1. The prices are too high.
  2. Nobody has put together financing programs that consumers can qualify for without park owners having to participate in the default process.
  3. The outside of the homes are not appealing to the eye.
  4. The HUD installation guidelines add $10,000 to $20,000 to the already too high pricing.

Solve those issues and you might sell more homes. Until then, forget it.

ABC 5 Cleveland: Residents start to leave Euclid Beach Mobile Home Park

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The deadline is rapidly approaching for residents to vacate the Euclid Beach Mobile Home Park in Cleveland's North Collinwood neighborhood.

Their final day is set for August 31, 2024.

It's been an ongoing legal battle, as they fought to stay.

But the plan according to property owner and non-profit Western Reserve Land Conservancy is to ultimately expand it into the Cleveland Metroparks in the near future.

News 5 returned to the site of the park and captured multiple empty lots, some leftover parts from the prior mobile homes that once stood and many boarded up windows.

For as many who have moved out, there are just as many folks that are...

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It's been an ongoing legal battle, as they fought to stay. But the plan according to property owner and non-profit Western Reserve Land Conservancy is to ultimately expand it into the Cleveland Metroparks in the near future.

I’ve been following this story for a while now, and it’s interesting how private owners can’t close a park to develop it into something else without the media getting out flaming torches and pitchforks while a non-profit can seemingly do anything they want as long as they attach some B.S. reasoning to it. In this case the Cleveland park system suddenly needs this lousy chunk of grass to promote the healthy outdoor experiences of nearby residents (as opposed to wanting to get the eyesore out of the city). You know, private owners could make up similar nonsense but they don’t because they think it’s so stupid that nobody would believe it. I guess that to shut a park down today the key is to say that you are “working to reduce America’s carbon footprint and restore the natural habitat for birds and small animals”.

Missoula Current: Missoula County Approves Loans For Mobile Home Park Purchase

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Missoula Current) Residents of a manufactured home park in Lolo will soon own their property now that Missoula County has signed off on two loans to aid in the purchase.

Commissioners on Thursday approved a $310,000 loan agreement with NeighborWorks Montana to help purchase the Two Rivers Mobile Home Park. They also approved a separate $100,000 loan from the county's Housing Innovation Fund.

Garrick Harmel, the county's housing specialist, said the agreement marks the first time the county has allocated funding from the innovation fund.

“This was the first program and opportunity where we got to use that fund,” said Harmel. “It allows...

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Becoming a resident-owned community gives owners more control over their future, advocates said. “This allows them to have some decision making power to secure their housing in the future,” said county grants administrator Heidi West. “It's exciting they'll have control over where they live.”

This non-profit paid $90,000 per lot to “give the residents greater control over where they live”. Well, they certainly have more control now I guess, and they will pay for it with giant rent increases as loading that much debt on the property – coupled with the reduced collections and lack of cost containment that resident-owned communities provide – will make those rents skyrocket. I can’t wait to see what the articles say about this deal a couple years from now. Given that these non-profits never do correct due diligence I am willing to bet that this owner is laughing all the way to the bank.

KYMA: Local mobile home park finding solutions

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YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - One local mobile home park is evicting some of its tenants for failure to pay their rent.

But the mobile home park is also under the microscope.

Yuma County Supervisors say the park has multiple code violations they have not remedied.

“They need to get them out, they need to collect rent from people who have contracted to pay rent in order to fix the park," stated Jeremy Claridge, representing Bann Mobile Home Park.

Lawyer Jeremy Claridge representing Bann Mobile Home Park has started the eviction process for nine tenants, including Sean who has been living in the park for about two years.

Claridge said Sean...

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Yuma County Supervisors say the park has multiple code violations they have not remedied. “They need to get them out, they need to collect rent from people who have contracted to pay rent in order to fix the park," stated Jeremy Claridge, representing Bann Mobile Home Park. Lawyer Jeremy Claridge representing Bann Mobile Home Park has started the eviction process for nine tenants, including Sean who has been living in the park for about two years.

Welcome to the new America. A property owner is simply trying to evict tenants who have not paid rent (some for years now) and the city inspectors are colluding to derail that because “gosh darn it, it’s so much fun to stick it to the evil landlord”. What has happened to our country?

Communist Party USA: Trailer Park America highlights the crimes of capitalist housing

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Sociologist Leontina Hormel’s  is a granular examination of an ill-fated rural, working class community in a mobile home park located a few miles outside the small town of Moscow, Idaho.

Syringa Mobile Home Park was established in 1966 and for a generation offered an affordable housing option for “half-way homeowners,” who bought their manufactured homes and rented land in the private park. Young families, retirees, veterans, disability recipients, and graduate students at the nearby University of Idaho made their homes here.

Through the late 1970s, Syringa was known for its “resort-like atmosphere,” its recreation...

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Throughout the book’s chapters, Hormel shows how rural working-class people are immiserated by the structures of capitalism, particularly global “campaigns of privatization and deregulation”.

Thank goodness the “free rent movement” gang has shown up again in the news this week with their endless allegations that capitalism is inherently evil. Of course, the problem is that the only way that housing gets built is capitalists in search of profit. I haven’t seen too many woke socialists building much of anything in America – just criticizing those who actually invest and construct things that they then live in and complain about.

fresnoland: Fresno mobile home park owner argues that court, city can’t force business to remain open

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Residents of a Fresno mobile home park are waiting on a court ruling that could determine whether many of them get to remain in their homes at least through the summer.

Fresno County Superior Court Judge D. Tyler Tharpe could hand down a ruling as early as Friday that would either keep tenants in their home while legal skirmishes play out or allow the park owners to continue evictions and ultimately close the park in the coming months.

Tharpe heard arguments from both sides Tuesday and said he would issue a written ruling in the coming days.

The judge on Jan. 30 issued a temporary order protecting park residents from swift evictions. La...

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What goofball judge would not agree with this common sense?

Harmony and their attorneys have said they are closing down the park and going out of business. They say they are not trying to repurpose the property, which would require government approval. They say that distinction is crucial and would mean the city and court have no authority to prevent a park closure, the company argued in a written filing submitted on Friday. “The government cannot stop someone from going out of business,” the argument reads. “The government may impose conditions and require a permit when the owner wishes to redevelop the park into something else.” 

But the same state that brought you the O.J. verdict may hold the judge just goofy enough to rule that the government can force a business to stay open indefinitely when it wants to close.  I doubt it will withstand an appeal to a higher court. However, if they rule that no business can close without government approval then I hope the government will force all Steak & Shakes to remain open as they are a great late-night stop when you’re out driving parks.

FOX Business: Trailer park 'stigma' for manufactured homes is one of industry's biggest obstacles: Mitch Roschelle

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Video at: https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6346421625112


Madison Ventures+ managing director Mitch Roschelle breaks down the surplus in housing, its impact on rent prices and the appeal of mobile housing.

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I would think the first order of business to stop the negative stigma is to quit calling them “manufactured homes”. NOBODY wants to live in a “manufactured” home. Everyone wants to live in a “custom” home that does not come out of a factory like a widget. Ferrari became famous by building each car by hand, one at a time. Why brand your product as something that is mass produced by using the name “manufactured”? That has always seemed idiotic to me.

NBC Montana: HRDC to purchase Belgrade mobile home park to preserve affordable housing

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BELGRADE, Mont. — The HRDC in Bozeman is buying up the Belgrade Trailer Court to preserve important affordable housing.

The nonprofit is purchasing the property at 315 W. Main St. this month. It was listed for sale last year for $1.5 million.

HRDC is taking on mortgage debt and two years of temporary financing to see the deal through.

The organization could maintain ownership or the residents could form an owners cooperative.

HRDC’s president and CEO says they are pleased to preserve another affordable housing option in the community.

HRDC released the following information:

Belgrade Trailer Court was listed for sale in 2023 for $1.5...

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So the non-profit is buying a 19 space park for $1.5 million? That’s around $80,000 per space. The seller had no known intention of shutting the park down, but the non-profit was adamant that they had to buy the park to save it from the wrecking ball. Here’s a quick fact-check for these non-profits: nobody is going to pay $80,000 a space for a park in Belgrade, Montana to shut it down. Basically the seller is a lucky guy because the non-profit probably overpaid and did zero due diligence, as they were simply obsessed with a public relations opportunity for more fundraising. They bought this park with a two-year interim note. I can’t wait to see how this thing appraises two years from now and how much more money they have to dump in just to get it into permanent financing.

Fox 12 Oregon: Fight to buy mobile home park property

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Video At: https://www.kptv.com/video/2024/02/10/fight-buy-mobile-home-park-property/

Residents of a mobile home park in Gladstone were preparing to buy the property they call home after their landlord informed them of his intent to sell. However, the residents found out Friday that the property had already been sold to someone else.

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The owner gave the residents 15 days notice to try to buy the property. Over a month later they still had never made a formal offer for the park. So the owner sold to a regular buyer. Now the residents are enraged he never gave them a shot at buying it. This is the fallacy of these “resident first option” concepts, in which there is this false pretense that park residents can somehow magically pony up millions of dollars. In the entire United States there is something like ten to twenty of these “tenant buying the park” deals consummated – that’s it. To pretend that this concept has any real chance of success is statistically absurd. Why not also extend the first option to extraterrestrials by beaming the offer into outer space – because that’s about as likely to occur.

WPXI-TV: Residents of Cranberry Township mobile home park upset over large lot rent increase

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CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — People living in a community tailored to seniors say they moved there because it was affordable. Now, they’re staring down a 40% rent hike.

Residents of Oak Spring Mobile Home Park along Route 19 in Cranberry Township are facing a difficult choice: pay up or move out.

Some people who live here are very upset, telling Channel 11 that a lot of them moved to the park because it was affordable.

They say this extreme rent increase is unfair and that some of them can’t afford it.

Barbara Bindewald moved to the park to be closer to her kids and grandkids.

“Everyone is upset with that much of an increase that fast with...

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OK, now we have three “free rent movement” articles in a row. All you need is the first sentence to get the picture:

People living in a community tailored to seniors say they moved there because it was affordable. Now, they’re staring down a 40% rent hike.

In this case, it’s revealed later in the article that the rent has gone up only $200 per month. That’s less than these residents’ grocery bill increases and gas increases. But apparently only the rent increase matters and is making their life untenable NOT each and every other elevated cost they face every day.

Do you think there’s a possibility that all these publications have decided to fire off these nearly identical articles at the same time? You bet they did. It’s certainly not a coincidence. It’s a “free rent movement” brainwashing blitzkrieg. Aren’t you impressed?

KDRV: Manufactured home park residents celebrate first resident owned community in Grants Pass

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GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Residents of the Family Redwood Park, formerly known as the Redwood Estates, in Grants Pass celebrated their purchase of the manufactured home park today, becoming the first resident owned community in the city.

Community and Shelter Assistance Corporation of Oregon says residents of the 110-space park created the first resident-owned community in Josephine County.

The manufactured housing community completed its purchase of the business January 12, 2024, and celebrated the accomplishment today.

"I am very excited to say that the date has finally arrived for us to celebrate," said Family Redwood Park Interim Board...

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And, of course, here’s the ever-predictable “residents owning their own parks is the solution to evil landlords pricing them out of buying food” articles, which is timed to come out exactly in tandem with the three articles above. Of course, what’s left out of these articles is that lot rent goes up just as fast – or faster – when the tenants own the parks. But nobody ever mentions that.

KOB4: 4 Investigates: Out-of-state housing game squeezes mobile home owners

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The manufactured home next to Rochelle Smith’s home sits empty. 

“This is the last place before heaven,” Smith said.  

For some of her neighbors in the 55+ mobile home community, she said, “That is exactly what it has been. To have them spend their last few years fighting to keep a roof over their heads at 70, 80, 90 years old, is not right.”  

The man who lived there died recently. Smith said his rent, like hers, increased three times in the last three years. 

“We were just taken aback because it was so much higher than it had ever been before,” she said. 

Across New Mexico – and the rest of the country – out-of-state companies are...

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Great, another “free rent movement” article – imagine that. And look, it’s the exact same format:

#1: Ham it up that higher lot rent will lead to famine, pestilence and nuclear war – take it completely out of perspective.

For some of her neighbors in the 55+ mobile home community, she said, “That is exactly what it has been. To have them spend their last few years fighting to keep a roof over their heads at 70, 80, 90 years old, is not right.” 

#2: Only talk about percentage increase and never the actual numbers.

Smith’s lot rental rate increased by nearly 25% since the new owners took over. Holy cow, Dollar Tree did the same increase recently from $1 to $1.25 – that’s 25%, too.

#3: Hide the important information.

“We don’t really have very robust laws to protect people from that type of pinch, in New Mexico,” University of New Mexico property law professor Elizabeth Elia said. So basically there’s absolutely nothing wrong with raising rents in New Mexico to market levels.

The problem with this “free rent movement” stuff is that you probably aren’t going to buy into the concept unless you’re an out-of-work Millennial. Articles like these are not going to actually persuade people. You either believe in “free rent” already or you don’t.

Catalyst: Former mobile home site to become affordable housing

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What was once a deplorable mobile home park just outside St. Petersburg city limits will now house an affordable housing community for residents with special needs.

Pinellas County officials discussed the former Wood Acres mobile home park’s ongoing saga Tuesday. While old asbestos-filled trailers no longer occupy the 1.55-acre property at 3901 46th Avenue North in unincorporated Lealman, redevelopment plans have repeatedly stalled.

Pinellas Affordable Living (PAL), a nonprofit operating under the Boley Centers’ umbrella, will now assume control of the triangular-shaped parcel. Commissioner Charlie Justice stressed the importance of...

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When you don’t raise rents to market levels you can’t inject capital back into the property and instead tear it down and convert it into apartments at rents five times higher.

Western Mass News: West Street Village trailer park residents see huge rent spike

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LUDLOW, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - People living at a mobile home park in Ludlow are speaking out against a huge increase in rent that recently went into effect.

One resident we spoke with told us now her rent has nearly tripled, she’s left with only about $47 each month after paying rent, her cable bill and heating her home.

On Monday, Western Mass News spoke with Amanda Sturtevant, she told us she’s lived at the West Street Village Park for just over a year and now a sudden rent increase could leave her without a place to live.

“Personally I’m on social security I’m very low income for me it’s the difference between going to get groceries a...

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I’m glad to see the “free rent movement” gang is back in town. Here’s how to create a “free rent movement” article:

#1: Pretend that residents can’t afford both food and rent – really ham it up. Turn on the gas light.

One resident we spoke with told us now her rent has nearly tripled, she’s left with only about $47 each month after paying rent, her cable bill and heating her home.“Personally I’m on social security I’m very low income for me it’s the difference between going to get groceries a week or paying a bill or hearing my home,” said Sturtevant.

#2: Focus on the percentage of increase and not the numerical amount.

This is a story Western Mass News has been looking into and in our research we spoke with the Ludlow town administrator and he told us rent at the West street village mobile home park has increased by well over 100%. Adding that the Mobile Home Rent Control Board authorized an increase from just over $195 a month all the way up to $549.33 a month. 

#3: When the facts don’t support your theory, hide them.

Did you notice that little item from above that says the “the Mobile Home Rent Control Board authorized these increases”? Gosh darn it, that kind of really changes the narrative here. How is the park owner evil when everything he did was approved by a “rent control board”?

Bad news for the “free rent movement” folks: it’s NEVER going to happen. Even in Massachusetts you have this problem called property law. And if you don’t let property owners charge fair market rents then they just bulldoze the mobile home park and find another use that’s more profitable. The property owner always wins.

Yahoo! Finance: ‘Shark Tank’ Star Barbara Corcoran: Why I Live in a Mobile Home (and Why I Paid $1 Million for It)

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Living in a mobile home or trailer probably doesn’t always have a positive connotation among the wealthiest class. But, that perception apparently didn’t stop “Shark Tank” businesswoman and real estate entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran from buying a double-wide trailer in Los Angeles.

She recently showed off her mobile home to TikTok star Caleb Simpson in a video tour. Corcoran previously walked the TikTok star through her Manhattan apartment about a year ago, which she also owns.

The Pacific Palisades trailer cost Corcoran $800,000 and she said she put another $150,000 into it.

For comparison, the average price of a new double-wide trailer...

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During this tour, Corcoran told Simpson, “Here’s my Taj Mahal — everything’s little.” The interior offers a light, airy and sophisticated feel, boasting an open-concept boho aesthetic.

Look, any way you spin it, paying $1 million for a mobile home is just plain stupid. The mobile home parks in Malibu have long been the exclusive domain of television personalities who want to maintain a beach address when their careers and incomes are on the downward slope (Pam Anderson after Baywatch, Hillary Duff after Disney, etc.) – and everyone knows that. Give it up, Barbara Corcoran.

The Colorado Sun: At a Glenwood Springs mobile home park, residents are working toward controlling their destiny

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now removal contracts. Broken sewer pipes. Insurance payments.  

Owning a mobile home park is no easy business. The two dozen people packed into a small meeting room in Glenwood Springs, Colo. at least once per month are finding out just how difficult it will be as they train to become owners of the 3-Mile Mobile Home Park south of town.  

Some of these owners-to-be have rented spaces in 3-Mile for nearly four decades. Their mobile homes are situated on 20 cottonwood-shaded lots snugged up against steep hillsides at the end of a precipitous one-lane drive. Over the years, the 90 or so residents have added extra rooms and covered porches....

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I’m not sure how their new “destiny” is any different under a corporate owner or their own. Will it actually lower the monthly lot rent? No. These programs sound exciting to residents on the front end, but the reality is that running parks is hard and they will not enjoy evicting neighbors for non-payment and enforcing rules, nor will they like worrying about maintaining infrastructure and budgeting for capital repairs. It would be interesting if someone went to those tenant groups that have purchased their parks – five years or so later – and conducted interviews to see if the reality lived up the hype. My bet is the answer is “no”.

Virginia Mercury: Three interesting bills: medical debt, mobile home park tenant rights and state data breaches

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This bill from Del. Nadarius Clark, D-Portsmouth, would prohibit the collection of medical debt if collection proceedings aren’t begun within three years of the due date noted on the final invoice for a health care service. The prohibition would not apply to patients who are on a payment plan that allows a hospital or health care provider a longer period of time to collect medical debt. 

Current law has a five-year statute of limitations for the collection of medical debt related to services provided in private hospitals. However, no such requirements exist for public hospitals or debt collection agencies that buy medical debt from health...

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Wow, those are pretty stupid bills:

Under those bills, renters in manufactured home parks would be able to halt the automatic renewal of their rental agreement by notifying their landlord 60 days prior to the agreement’s expiration date. Tenants would also be allowed to not renew a rental agreement if the landlord changes its terms if they notify the landlord within 30 days of receiving the notice of the change. The bill also prohibits fees for late rent payments unless such fees are outlined in the rental agreement and caps them at 10% of rent or 10% of the balance the renter owes the landlord, depending on which is less. Additionally, the legislation would give manufactured home tenants the right of redemption, or the right to remain in their residence after being served with a court-ordered unlawful detainer for late or missing rent if they have paid what is owed.

So let me get this straight. Under these new bills 1) residents have the right not to have longer than a 30-day lease (which is what park owners actually want) 2) late fees are capped at 10% of what is owed (which is just about exactly what they are currently charged) and 3) residents have the right to live in their house if they pay the rent in full (which is all that park owners ask).

Another example of bureaucratic virtue signaling – nothing more.

WTVG: Defiance trailer park residents given more time to find new home

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Residents at a Defiance trailer park have more time to find a new place to live following a court hearing in which the property owner and the city were at odds over demolition.

The owners of Northtowne Estates in Defiance agreed Friday to let the city demolish 12 uninhabited trailers and give the residents in six other trailers 45 days to find a new place to live, according to a city law director.

Earlier this month, 13 Action News reported one resident was caught between the trailer park in the city when the city said she had to vacate the property but the trailer park said she didn’t have to. It was just weeks after she had moved in.

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So here we have a city tearing down a mobile home park because they want a better use of the land. It would be nice if the city was honest with the residents and just told them that and stopped pretending that they care and that maybe there’s a magical solution out there. Because there’s not.

JOLT: Mobile home residents are seizing the opportunity to buy their parks

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Mobile home parks are coming up for sale and there are signs that a new law giving residents a chance to buy them is working.

Since mid-July, 11 properties have gone on the market in Washington and residents of seven are using tools from the three-month-old law to pursue ownership, the state House Housing Committee heard Thursday.

The other four “didn’t pencil out for folks,” Brigid Henderson, manager of the Manufactured/Mobile Home Relocation Assistance Program told lawmakers.

There are 1,169 registered mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities in Washington. Collectively they have 65,175 spaces of which 5,950 are vacant,...

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Can we get a little accuracy on these stats, please? The article fails to name even a single mobile home park that the residents have successfully purchased so far, but names 12 that failed to do so. When you use a title like “residents are seizing the opportunity” it seems more than a little inaccurate if there’s not a single example of this “seizing”. 

Vermont Biz: What’s a mobile home park? A Vermont House bill could change the definition

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by , Community News Service Only a third of Vermont’s 20,000 occupied mobile homes qualify for the state’s mobile home park registry, a list often included in criteria for home improvement loans and grants. A House bill introduced last week seeks to include more of those homes, and homeowners, in the list — and give them more financial opportunities. 

The bill, H.618, aims to expand the legal definition of mobile home parks to include communities of mobile homeowners who own their own lots. Currently, state law defines mobile home parks as land with at least two mobile homes or mobile home lots, or adjacent land owned by the...

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The bureaucrats in Vermont claim this is all for the public good – allowing grants for home remodeling and infrastructure – but the realist in me tells me that there are also negative aspects to declaring that basically all mobile homes on private land are actually “parks”. I’m all for the concept of having the state pay for infrastructure upgrades and making older homes in better repair, but it does seem odd to me that this new “classification” is not voluntary and will pin the “stigma” of mobile home park on thousands of people who are, by definition, not actually living in a mobile home park.

KRCR: Tehama County's problematic 'high-crime' trailer park undergoes transformative demolition

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RED BLUFF, Calif. — What is said to be by the Tehama County Sheriff's Office a ‘high-crime’ trailer park in Red Bluff was being demolished Thursday.

The Antelope Homewood Mobile Home Park off of Belle-Mill Road has been a problem area for the Tehama County Sheriff's Office for several years. Now, with the demolition of multiple condemned trailers and squatters being removed, it may no longer be a thorn in their back.

Tehama County Sheriff Dave Kain told the Northstate's News Tyler Van Dyke they have been dealing with the problem property for years.

"I think we can look back at least seven years ago that we were sending complaints...

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Kain told Van Dyke that he believes from conversations with them and the property manager already, the new owners have plans to return it back to a cleaner and safer mobile home park for low-income residents in Tehama County.

New park owners doing what they do best: bringing old parks back to life.

Global News CA: West Kelowna defers mobile park decision that would displace residents

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West Kelowna city council has decided to hold off third reading on a re-zoning application that would displace dozens of residents amid the ongoing housing crisis.

Kerr Properties owns the land that currently houses Shady Acres Manufacturing Home Park. It was hoping to have the property rezoned to light industrial.

However, the proposal would see dozens of residents displaced — all on low income and many with physical and mental disabilities.

“There is definitely a need for assistance that goes beyond just the relocation assistance that’s being offered by Kerr Properties,” said councillor Stephen Johnston.

Many of the affected residents...

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“Is this humane? What about humanity or is this all about the dollar?” Carpenter asked.

Kerr Properties is offering relocation packages to both owners and renters.

“As part of our re-zoning application, we have prepared and implemented a comprehensive relocation program which provides transparency and greater notification to residents,”  development manager Travis Tournier stated at the public hearing.

So where do the obligations of a parking lot owner end? Is the owner of a mobile home park required to take care of the residents even after the property is redeveloped? Is it some type of lifetime commitment? The park and the residents had a contractual agreement that allowed them to park their mobile homes on the land for a specified period of time. It was a mobile home park lease that was signed – NOT adoption papers.

The Center Square: Manufactured homeowners rally against rent gouging

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The growing trend of large corporations imposing exorbitant rent increases after acquiring manufactured home communities limits affordable housing options and threatens the financial security of those on fixed incomes – especially seniors. 

That’s why a coalition of communities in Pennsylvania is advocating for legislation that would protect residents from this practice. 

Manufactured homes are built in factories and assembled on-site. They are unique in that residents own the home, but not the land they occupy.

After their community was sold to Kingsley Management in Provo, Utah in 2022, the residents of Douglass Village in Berks County...

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What protects tenants against “gouging” are other park owners who will relocate customers from parks that no longer offer a good value by offering free moves of the mobile homes to their properties. That’s always been the way the industry has regulated itself and it’s extremely effective and efficient. They are called “organic” moves and all park owners engage in them when the situation arises.

Fullerton Observer: “How to Empty a Senior Park” – John Saunders’ latest assault on Rancho La Paz

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To paraphrase Dustin Hoffman speaking about Peter Pan in the movie Hook, park owner John Saunders HATES, HATES, HATES Rancho La Paz Senior Mobile Home Park. YOU WOULD, TOO, if you were John Saunders. But therein lies a challenge – to imagine you are John Saunders, you first have to arm yourself with boundless greed, entitlement, and malevolence. Only THEN can you grasp how much he hates the plucky mobile home-owning seniors of Rancho La Paz, the ONLY park of the dozens he’s gobbled up to actually get STATE LEGISLATION (thanks to Sharon Quirk-Silva) to protect them from his insatiable rent-gouging. THE GALL!

So for the last three years...

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Our thoughts on this story:

I know Mike Cerillo and he is a top-quality operator of mobile home parks. Look at the photos in the article of the clubhouse and the street scene. To claim that he has let this property go down in quality is utter nonsense. There are always two sides to every story, but this author only offers one – and one that I believe to be as accurate as claims that Kamala Harris is managing the border well.