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The Ledger: Habitat for Humanity supports rare renovation project for Lakeland veteran's mobile home

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LAKELAND — A few days before St. Patrick’s Day, a swarm of green-clad volunteers busily dug, sawed and drilled outside a mobile home in a rural patch of the Kathleen area. Posts went into the ground, preparing for a front deck and wheelchair ramp to be installed at the front of the structure.

Though it didn’t reflect the expected image, the activity was part of a Habitat for Humanity project. The Lakeland chapter of the international nonprofit is providing both materials and muscle to help the owner, Sunil Persaud, with a complete renovation of the decades-old manufactured home.

It is just the second time that Lakeland Habitat for...

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Our thoughts on this story:

This is a great article and this is exactly what Habitat for Humanity should be doing instead of building $200,000 modular homes (as described in an earlier mention above). For that same money, they could rebuild 10 to 20 existing homes and help many more people for the same cost.

CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR: Thousands approved to help 'worst living conditions' in Richmond. Why hasn't it been spent?

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RICHMOND, Va. -- Catarino Salvez Galvez and his family have lived in a mobile home park on Richmond's Southside for six years.

The home he owns currently is falling apart.

The floor has sunken in, the roof caved, and it has cracked in multiple places.

The windows do not close, keeping it cold during the winter and swelteringly hot during the summer months.

His 11-year-old daughter has been sick because of the conditions, he said.

"I don't feel good sharing it, I don't want to share the conditions I'm living in," Galvez said.

It's a reality for many of his neighbors who own trailers in his neighborhood but cannot afford to fix them.

"It's...

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It’s a consistent theme of bureaucrats in the U.S. to offer great-sounding programs that never actually get funded (particularly when they need attention before an election). While we applaud the concept of giving $8,000 to individual mobile home owners to make necessary repairs – and then having them pay it back in regular monthly installments – talking about it doesn’t do any good. It’s a shame that park owners are not held to the same standard, promising to pay their property taxes and then, if they don’t, having no consequences or accountability.

Cape Cod Times: Pocasset mobile home park residents try again to buy land. Judge gives opinion.

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A Superior Court judge has rejected a move to reverse his decision that determined a Wyoming investment firm was the rightful buyer of the Pocasset Mobile Home Park.

Judge Michael Callan's original Jan. 11 decision seemed to end a years-long legal battle between Crown Communities, LLC, and the Pocasset Park Association, with both sides seeking ownership of the Bourne park, also known as The Park at Pocasset.

The mobile home park has about 170 residents at its prime location off Barlow's Landing Road. The current owner is Philip Austin, trustee of the Charles W. Austin Trust.

The association would have been able to purchase the park,...

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Our thoughts on this story:

The park residents apparently cheated on the required 51% of signatures to start the process of exercising their first option, and they got caught. No amount of woke pandering is going to fix this simple fact, and the judge stood up for the park owner – and the letter of the law – and did not back down. Good for him!

CBS8: Vista mobile home park evacuated due to nearby sinkhole and flooding

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VISTA, California — Flooding of unknown origin forced the evacuation of a dozen mobile homes at Green Valley Mobile Home Park in Vista on Thursday morning.

Denise Dougi said she woke up and discovered her home had shifted.

"I woke up this morning and heard running water; there was no reason for me to hear running water. I went outside; I noticed things were not right. I noticed my stairway had moved; there’s no reason my stairway should’ve moved," she said.

"I went down my stairs. My concrete driveway has buckled up; it has trapped my car," said Dougi.

She said she also noticed her front door wouldn't open. She called 911.

"There’s...

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Between fires, flooding, landslides, homelessness, crime, taxes – and now even sinkholes – you would think that there is a conspiracy to turn California back into agricultural land as residents flee. Will there one day be avocado orchards again where Bel Air used to stand?

The Press Democrat: Sonoma County Home and Garden Show presents good designs in a small package

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indsay and Eric Wood bought and flipped a few houses in their day. Still, they didn’t have a home of their own. But in 2017, after years of being subject to the rising whims of the rental market in Marin County, they said, “enough.”

The pair decided their best path to homeownership was to shrink their footprint and go tiny.

They found a contractor to build them a tiny home, a compact and efficiently designed residence on wheels that would have all the comforts they needed but not a square inch of wasted space.

“We had spent a total of $100,000 in rent in seven years. That pretty much could have paid for a tiny home,” Lindsay said.

Lindsay...

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Our thoughts on this story:

A 380 square foot house for $125,000 is something that would only work in California. And that does not even include the land. As a Midwesterner, this blows my mind.

Warren County Record: Belaire trailer park taken over by new owner

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Property investor Josh Scronce told Truesdale city leaders last week that he followed through with his purchase of the Belaire Mobile Home Park in February, and is taking immediate action to restore the run-down neighborhood.

Scronce first announced in January that his business, Signature Investment Group, was planning to purchase the mobile home park.

Since closing on the sale Feb. 17, the first course of action has been to become familiar with residents and assess the condition of various mobile homes that need to either be renovated or removed, Scronce said.

“I’ve met about 75 percent of the people, and so far, so good,” Scronce told...

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Our thoughts on this story:

Best article of the week. It gives credit where credit is due, and focuses on the benefits to the majority of residents and not the gripes of the few that hate positive change.

The Bourne Enterprise: Shockwaves Felt By Residents Following Pocasset Mobile Home Park Ruling

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Shock and disbelief.

Those are the words used by The Park at Pocasset residents Albert MacDonald, Jim McSharry, and Bill Lytle to describe their feelings when the Barnstable Superior Court handed down its ruling in a case surrounding the sale of the park three months ago.

All three men are members of the park’s resident association, which has been enveloped in a three-year-long legal battle over the park’s sale. Mr. MacDonald, a resident for more than eight years, could not believe what he read until he saw it in print: the court had ruled against the Pocasset Park Association, the residents group intent on purchasing the community,...

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Our thoughts on this story:

A judge shoots down each and every claim from a group of disgruntled residents and decides that the tenants failed in their quest to buy the park under their first option, having failed to get the necessary resident signatures to start the process by around 30%. The crazy part is that the residents were able to keep this case in court for years when the whole case was so stupid. Shame on this judge who wasted so much time and legal fees on points of law that any sane adult could have ruled on within an hour.

New Hampshire Public Radio: In some NH communities, housing is on the ballot this local election season

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Julia Neily has lived in Lebanon for the last 25 years. Recently, she tried to find a one-bedroom rental in the Upper Valley for her mom — who lives in Massachusetts — so that they could live closer to each other. But it wasn’t easy.

“Oh, my gosh, horrible,” she said. Listings were going so fast that she barely had time to send in an application. “As soon as you find a place, it was gone in a day.”

Julia Neily stands on a sidewalk and smiles at the camera
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Julia Neily has lived in Lebanon for the last 25 years. Her sister who also lives there. Neily tried looking for a rental in the Upper Valley for their mother — but after a drawn-out search yielded few options, she...
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Only a handful of towns in New Hampshire’s Upper Valley are taking up zoning changes this town meeting season. But farther south, in New London, town officials are also pushing for changes in an effort to address the housing shortage.

“I think we’re feeling the same pressures as the rest of the state in the housing market,” New London Zoning Administrator Adam Ricker said. “We’ve been hearing from our major institutions that they’re having a hard time recruiting because people can’t find housing — not just in New London, but anywhere in a reasonable commuting distance that’s affordable for the positions that they’re recruiting for.”

Recent census data shows that single family units make up the vast majority of New London’s housing. This spring, the town’s planners are hoping voters will be open to incentivizing different types of housing developments. That would include multi-family homes, condos, and workforce units. Another proposal would grant density bonuses — financial incentives to build units in a specified development project — in certain parts of town where planners think more housing would work well.

Paradis, who leads the town’s planning board, said that kind of mixed housing stock is exactly what the town needs: Right now, New London officials say out of the more than 2000 units in town, only 7 are available.
Building a variety of housing, Paradis said, would allow many different people to make New London a home.

“I don't think you're going to see a wholesale change,” he said. “We would just have different types of housing beyond just single family housing in certain areas where it makes sense.”

Ricker said it’s hard to tell how the proposals will go over when voters finally weigh in.

“I think that whatever the will of the voters ends up being, it will provide the planning board data,” he said. “Then, they can readjust and decide what their path forward will be.”

Bradenton Herald: One of Anna Maria Island’s last trailer parks is for sale in Florida. ‘It’s a family.’

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Along with the bright colors, quirky personal touches and flowering plants at the Pines Trailer Park, there is sadness and uncertainty among residents.

Park owner Jackson Partnership LLLP plans to sell the park and offered the home owners association the first chance to buy it, as it is required to do under state statute.

The asking price for the 87-lot, 2.78-acre park at 103 Church Avenue: $16 million.

Residents own their homes but rent the land under their trailers.

Dating back to 1935, the park was first used by members of a traveling circus, some say, and baseball great Babe Ruth once owned a home at 402 Church Ave., that later burned...

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“The asking price for the 87-lot, 2.78-acre park at 103 Church Avenue: $16 million”. I know that the fact that Babe Ruth lived in this park in the 1930s is cool, but let’s face some reality here. First of all, that’s a density of 29 units per acre, which is insanely tight (the lots are crazy small, as are the trailers). And that price works out to $183,908 per lot. Wouldn’t the residents be miles ahead if you just gave them that money and they could move into a nice brick house?

Realtor: 7 Magnificent Mobile Homes That Defy the Tired ‘Trailer Park’ Reputation

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Mobile homes have come a long way. Despite their reputation as a last resort for desperate homebuyers who can’t afford a “traditional” home, these prefabricated structures are not all depressing metal boxes. They can be stylish, well designed, and extremely affordable options for a buyer looking to either downsize or get a foot in the housing market.

Today, mobile homes have interiors that are sometimes truly extraordinary. If you don’t believe us, check out this mobile home in the Hamptons that was recently sold for a record price of $3.75 million.

Spurred by that big buy, we perused listings nationwide to find seven stylish mobile homes...

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When you pay $1,000 to $3,000 per square foot for a mobile home, you have to be basically nuts. A nice stick-built home can be had for less than half that amount – and comes with the land underneath. Overpaying for an asset is nothing to be proud of, but it is fun to see just how stupid people can be.

The Durango Herald: Under new control, water on the way for mobile home park west of Durango

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Nearly a month has passed since the water stopped running at Lightner Creek Mobile Home Park on Feb. 13. With each passing week, the situation has continued to devolve as the park’s owner, Darlene Mann, finds herself facing mounting legal trouble.

But as of Friday evening, Mann is no longer in control. She signed an agreement leasing the property on a month-to-month basis to Chris Hamilton, a Durango attorney who has been under contract to buy the park for over a year and a half. Hamilton will take control of the park effective April 1.

Although Mann has been pressured by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for years...

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Our thoughts on this story:

Great quote from the new owner who is trying to bring this old park back to life:

“Darlene claims, and may be right, that she doesn't have the money to save the park, to fix the water,” Hamilton said. “If the water doesn't get fixed, the park will implode and have to close down and that will be the end of it for everybody there. They don't deserve that, they're innocent people. And no one else is going to do it.”

This is one of those rare articles that is actually fair and balanced.

azcentral: Phoenix cannot stand by while mobile home parks are razed

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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and our colleagues on the Phoenix City Council have an opportunity to join our efforts to keep more than 130 families out of homelessness.

It should be an easy choice, but it will require real leadership.

This past week, we worked to pass protections for residents facing imminent eviction at three mobile home parks in Phoenix: Periwinkle, Weldon Court and Las Casitas, now called Beacon.

These protections hinge on creating a zoning designation that would keep these properties as mobile home parks. This would allow residents – like elementary student Daniel Ochoa and his five siblings, and U.S. Army veteran Gerald...

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The author of this story believes that it is the fundamental right of the city council to force property owners to accept whatever zoning (and value) the city cares to designate. This is completely contrary to all property rights – and is one more example that woke journalists are completely insane. If a mobile home park owner wants to sell their land for redevelopment that’s completely their legal right. One of the fundamental underpinnings of socialism is the removal of the right to privately own property and this writer apparently thinks that’s a great idea.

Phoenix New Times: Mobile Home Park Residents Plead for Phoenix to Stop Evictions

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The city of Phoenix is considering several ways to halt evictions that are displacing mobile home park residents across the Valley.

At an emotional meeting of the City Council's Community and Cultural Investment Subcommittee on Monday, councilmembers heard from residents at three different Phoenix trailer parks that are facing evictions in the coming weeks. In more than an hour and a half of testimony, residents and supporters pleaded with the elected officials to take action to stop the evictions.

Councilmembers Betty Guardado, Carlos Garcia, and Yassamin Ansari voted to bring several policy suggestions to the full city council, including...

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Here’s what the writer of this article is promoting:

“The councilmembers also recommended that the city partner with a nonprofit to study the city's mobile home parks. The city would then use the study to create a special zoning overlay, which would prevent property owners from redeveloping mobile home parks and changing the land use without city approval.”

This would effectively qualify as a “public taking” of these parks and there is a methodology to that which would require the city to pay the park owners what they could get for the land for redevelopment. But, of course, the city does not want to pay anything for this ability to “take” these properties so they want to put an overlay on them to reduce their value without paying the difference.

If the city council passes this, I would hope that the park owner sues each and every council member personally for illegally taking away their property rights. That will get their attention and perhaps end their pandering to this nonsense. I saw this same thing happen in the 1980s when a landowner tried to tear down a grocery store to build a movie theater. The neighbors didn’t want to lose the grocery store, so they convinced the Dallas city council to vote to refuse to allow the developer to build the theater, even though it meant all their guidelines. The property owner filed suit personally on each member of the city council the following morning and the council mysteriously voted to undo their ruling within a couple days.

The Sun: Owners of Fresno’s troubled mobile home parks invented a spokesman named after a sex joke

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Harmony Communities, the property management company that purchased a troubled Fresno mobile home park, appears to have used a prank name as it worked on its PR issues. 

The Stockton-based company interfaced with Fresno-based media under the pseudonym “Heywood Jablóm,” presented as the director of communication and marketing, but a report from The Business Journal revealed that he does not exist and that the name is merely a play on a play-on-words sex joke.

The backstory: Harmony Communities stepped in as the buyer of the troubled Trails End Mobile Home Park in north Fresno last year for $1.7 million. 

  • But the company faced stiff...
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Our thoughts on this story:

The first funny mobile home park story of 2023. Why not make a joke of how unfair the media portrays mobile home park owners by inventing a fake official spokesperson and spoofing reporters who are too stupid to figure it out?

The Press Democrat: Santa Rosa mobile home park residents won’t let city forget its unfinished rent control law

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At Thursday’s marathon session to set Santa Rosa City Council's policy priorities for the year, several residents showed up to remind officials the recent rent control law governing mobile home parks remains unfinished.

“We have a real mess,” mobile home owner and longtime advocate Roger McConnell said during public comment. ”This has gone on and on...We need help. We need to get this done. Please.”

On Dec. 6, the council updated a decades-old law restricting how much mobile home park owners can raise rent each year on the land under residents’ homes.

Previously, Santa Rosa’s mobile home rent control, governed by different laws than other...

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WARNING: READ THIS ARTICLE BEFORE YOU BUY A PARK IN CALIFORNIA. No wonder everyone is fleeing the state.

Houston Chronicle: Houston developer unveils $34M luxury mobile home community with 420 lots for sale

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Houston-based Live Lone Star Communities unveiled the first of several manufactured home communities planned across Texas as it aims to provide affordable homes in a setting that incorporates elements found in upscale master-planned communities.

The developer on Tuesday provided a preview at The Landing at Pearland, a gated 55-acre community at 17730 County Road 127, near Pearland Regional Airport. The $34 million project includes plans for 420 home sites and is expected to open in April.

“The goal is to bring quality manufactured homes with amenities to markets where houses are so expensive that it’s keeping people from owning in those...

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“The homes range from two to five bedrooms, contain 850 to 2,200 square feet, and sell from about $80,000 to $170,000, according to Live Lone Star. Residents pay monthly fees of about $675, which cover lot rental, use of the amenities and common-area maintenance.” If you add in the lot rent, that’s the same as a mortgage on a $180,000 to $270,000 stick-built home. You can buy a really nice single-family home in Missouri for that much money.

The Union Democrat: 'Like a war zone': Jamestown mobile home park devastated by tornado-producing storm

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Residents of Woods Creek Mobile Home Park and RV Resort between Sonora and Jamestown were cleaning up Monday from the path of destruction left by a severe weekend storm that produced a rare confirmed tornado which touched down Saturday afternoon in the Jamestown area.

Rhonda and Don Casner, residents of the creekside-hillside community for more than five years, said the storm on Saturday brought extreme, sideways, circular winds, uprooted trees and flying tree limbs, rains pouring through broken windows and damaged roofs, and flood waters from rising Woods Creek that severely damaged or destroyed the two homes closest to theirs, set one...

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Our thoughts on this story:

Only 5 out of 91 mobile homes were severely damaged in a tornado hit directly on the park? Pretty impressive. Mobile homes are a lot tougher than people give them credit for. Of course, the modern tie-down is a big part of the story, as a mobile home that breaks loose from the ground becomes effectively a giant, flying wrecking ball.

The White House: FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Housing Costs and Expands Access to Affordable Rent and Home Ownership

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President Biden believes that everyone deserves to live in a safe and affordable home. Whether you rent or own, having a place to live that you can afford in a neighborhood with opportunities is the foundation for so much else in life.

It’s also the foundation for so much else in our economy. A lack of quality affordable housing hinders the job market and holds back economic growth by making it harder for workers to access good-paying jobs. It drives up costs for families and inflationary pressures. It also increases commutes and inefficient energy consumption, which exacerbates climate change. And a lack of affordable housing...

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Our thoughts on this story:

Since the Democrats no longer have control of Congress, the odds of the Biden budget ever actually going anywhere is probably lower than the Chicago Bears winning the Superbowl in 2023. Actually, the Bears probably have a better shot.

Wiscasset Newspaper: Wiscasset mobile home park resolves water issue

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Water that, for weeks, was sometimes off, is back on and, knock on wood, will stay on, a lawyer representing Whippoorwill Mobile Home Park’s management firm, Maine Real Estate Management (MREM), said. According to attorney Michael Harman of Bloomer Russell Beaupain in Bangor, pumps at the fully occupied, 31-unit park on Route 27 in Wiscasset repeatedly kicked off due to a shortage of water and had to be manually restarted. 

Whippoorwill retained Maine Rural Water to do sonogram studies, as a leak was suspected, Harman explained in phone interviews and in letters March 2 and 7 to Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation...

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The government department for park owners in Maine is the “Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation Manufactured Housing Board”? That’s funnier than the fake spokesperson article above. I’d like to see that letterhead.

KATV: Tenants of Benton mobile home park worry about future after given 30 days to vacate land

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BENTON, Ark. (KATV) — The sun isn't really shining at the Sunset Lake Mobile Home Park in Benton after the landlord terminated their leases.

From continuous issues on the property like a lack of water to now being forced from their homes.

"We've went weeks at a time without water and we get threatened that the water will be off longer if we say anything," said tenant Jennifer Aloway.

Close to 100 tenants receiving a notice that said the landlord is terminating their lease in 30 days.

"We don't know what we're going to do," said Aloway. "It's very expensive to move a trailer. It's expensive. A lot of places aren't even allowing...

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Our thoughts on this story:

First the resident harass the owner over the water system, and then are horrified when he decides to simply shut the park down and redevelop it into something else. Has anyone ever heard the old adage “biting the hand that feeds you”?

Peninsula Daily News: Housing proposals advance

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OLYMPIA — Whether you call it rent control or stabilization, the bill cleared a hurdle Friday as the 2023-2025 state legislative session approached the halfway point.

Two bills friendly to tenants and manufactured-mobile (MMH) homeowners were pushed ahead with “do pass” committee recommendations forwarded to their respective Senate and House rules committees, with the March 8 deadline to make it out of their chamber of origin fewer than two weeks away.

Friday was the tipping point for bills to pass out of committees from fiscal, Senate Ways and Means and Transportation committees.

One housing-related proposal that got the go-ahead adds...

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Our thoughts on this story:

One more reason not to buy a mobile home park in Washington (as if you needed one). Of course, it’s a good idea to buy a demolition company because all of those parks are going to make great pad sites for Home Depot if this rent control law passes.

Patch: State Launches Inquiry Into Killingworth Mobile Home Park: AG

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KILLINGWORTH, CT — State Attorney General William Tong has launched an inquiry into longstanding property management concerns at Beechwood Community mobile manufactured home park in Killingworth.

Tong has received numerous complaints over the last year from Beechwood Community residents who have seen sustained, escalating rent hikes despite deteriorating conditions, according to a statement.

Beechwood residents, like many residents of mobile manufactured home parks, own their homes but pay monthly rent for the lot of land they sit on which covers various common amenities, including property maintenance.

Beechwood was acquired by Sun...

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Our thoughts on this story:

Not sure if Attorney General Tong knows who he is dealing with, but SUN is one of the largest and best REITs out there, with strong management and great properties. When the facts come to light, I’m betting Tong regrets this publicity stunt.

New York Post: Inside the Hamptons trailer park that’s become a playground for millionaires

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In the summer of 1998, Ken Hilderbrandt was contemplating buying a bigger boat — or a beachfront trailer on a wave-swept bluff in Montauk overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. 

“There was a [for-sale] sign on the window, rotted off,” Hilderbrandt, 85, told The Post, recalling the dilapidated trailer sitting on a 1,972-square-foot lot of land within Montauk Shores, the former seaside campsite for working-class vacationers, locals and surfers. Hilderbrandt, who owns a jet-ski rental business in Bellport, saw the potential. Sure, it was a fixer-upper off a dirt road — but the million-dollar ocean views pulled him in like a riptide. The asking...

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I find this article disturbing at the sheer amount of arrogant waste that some Americans indulge in today and the fact that the media relishes this type of over-the-top behavior. When you spend nearly $4 million for an 800 square foot mobile home on the beach, you are basically depriving a willing charity of $4 million that could actually do many people some good. If this buyer had donated that $4 million to St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis (the non-profit that treats children with cancer for free) think of how many kids and families could have their lives changed. Or you could start your own non-profit and give the money to individuals in need. But to waste that type of money on literally nothing is a testament to the complete lack of moderation and morality which is currently ruining our society. I’m all for buying nice things, but this story is all about sheer and utter waste – literally burning $4 million in a bonfire. The fact that a media outlet would find it funny and cute is gross.

NBC Montana: Missoula considers turning mobile home park into resident-owned community

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MISSOULA, Mont. — Public comment is now open on a proposal to turn a mobile home park into a resident-owned community in Missoula.

The area is Bonnie's Place in the Franklin to Fort neighborhood.

In a meeting on Monday night, Missoula City Council considered granting more than $181,000 to a Montana nonprofit to help buy up the park.

Neighborworks Montana is leading the project with an estimated budget of just under $3 million.

The deal would preserve housing for 28 households that rent or own homes in the park.

According to city officials, if Bonnie's Place isn't purchased by March 21, it will be sold to an outside buyer and likely...

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Our thoughts on this story:

Spending $3 million to save a 28 space park from the wrecking ball equates to over $100,000 per household. Why not simply give each family $100,000 cash to go by a stick-built home with no lot rent. Sure, some may need to move to a different town, but what is Missoula really trying to prove here? It just makes no economic sense.

The Columbian: Local View: Rent control makes for healthier communities

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When my husband and I carefully planned for our retirement, we didn’t anticipate rent gouging. I have been a nurse for 43 years. I’m still working for Veterans Affairs as a nurse case manager. When my husband retired from his career as a business owner in 2019, we sold our home in Salmon Creek to downsize and cut back on our expenses, in anticipation of the need to make ends meet on a fixed income.

We moved to Woodland into a manufactured home we bought. When we moved here the monthly rent for space in this park was $685 a month. When we signed the paperwork, the property management said our rent won’t be increased within the first year....

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As the State of Washington is debating rent control, some woke journalist put this story in the paper to attempt to sway politicians that rent control on mobile home parks is a good thing (see the above story). I’m sorry, but it you look at the articles by economists on the impact of rent control, they unanimously conclude that it’s a complete catastrophe in which nobody reinvests capital since you can’t get it back.

This article wins the dumbest media insertion of the week.